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Earlier this week, a Pennsylvania state lawmaker was lambasted online after she was caught on video describing early miscarriages as "just some mess on a napkin", FOX News has reported. State Rep. Wendy Ullman - a Democrat from Bucks County - made the visceral remark on Tuesday during a state House…
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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has lavished praise on Swedish teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg, calling her "a leader of our time". The Academy-Award-winning actor is well-known for his own environmental campaigning, and he recently had the opportunity to meet with Thunberg in person. DiCaprio took to Instagram to share two…
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A new audit has found that Coca-Cola is the biggest polluter in the world. It was conducted by the global movement Break Free From Plastics, which obtained its findings from the work of 72,000 volunteers who combed beaches, waterways and streets for litter on a single day in September this…
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The Daily Show host Trevor Noah has asked Hilary Clinton how she assassinated billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein. In a segment that was clearly designed to lampoon the various conspiracy theories that have arisen on social media in the wake of Epstein's supposed suicide, Noah asked the blunt…
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A court in Barcelona has acquitted five men over the rape of a 14-year-old girl because she was unconscious, and therefore no "violence or intimidation" took place, resulting in a lesser charge of sexual abuse. CNN has reported how, under Spanish law, a sexual attack can only be classified as…
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Queensland police are investigating a Halloween Facebook hoax after a woman pretending to be a nurse provoked controversy on social media, after she claimed to have given children Halloween candy infected with chicken-pox. According to a post shared in a pro-vaccine Facebook group Light for Riley, a mom by the…
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Congresswoman Katie Porter has provoked controversy on social media this week, after she showed up to vote on a bill dressed as Batwoman for Halloween. On Thursday, October 31, the Democrat representative strode into the Capitol dressed as the DC Comics character. Her colorful outfit came complete with a mask,…
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A New Jersey woman is suing a country club for $30,000 after a waiter allegedly spilt wine on her expensive pink handbag, the New York Post reports. Maryana Beyder is claiming as part of the lawsuit obtained by northjersey.com that back in September of 2017, a waiter at the Alpine…
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The shocking moment a teenager was thrown to the ground in Iran because she wasn't wearing a hijab has been caught on camera. The girl was walking unveiled through Shahr-e-Rey, near the south of Tehran, when she was stopped by a male officer. She kept on walking as the officer…
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A Muslim woman was reportedly refused entry into a nightclub in Australia after she refused to remove her hijab when a bouncer told her to. Twenty-one-year-old Soaliha Iqbal was barred from entering the Paragon Hotel by a bouncer there, who reportedly withheld her ID before confronting her about the hijab.…
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Former Democrat President Barack Obama has criticised call-out culture and stated that he thinks young people can be overly judgemental, particularly on social media. In a speech made at the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago on Tuesday, he also professed the opinion that the mounting political division in contemporary America…
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A drunk man has been jailed for trying to have sex with a pile of leaves in the car park of a Premier Inn, the Mirror reported. Michael Golsorkhi, from Hyde, Greater Manchester, was seen with his trousers down while he thrust his privates into the pile of leaves in…
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Earlier this month, heavily armed soldiers in Mexico carrying out a raid on a property where they were able to arrest the son of notorious drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, Ovidio Guzman. Then the young cartel leader, believed to be 27 years old, can be seeing coming out of…
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The US House of Representatives has voted to formally proceed with the impeachment inquiry of the President, Donald Trump. The vote, which went mostly along party lines at 232 to 196, was the first real test of Democrat support for impeachment. The measure is not a vote on whether to…
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Authorities have said that the body of Amelia Bambridge, the 21-year-old British backpacker who went missing more than a week go, has been discovered more than 30 miles from where she disappeared. The Mirror reports that her body was found in the sea near the Thai-Cambodian border, and has now…
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Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg has refused the offer of a $50,000 environmental award prize over her campaigning. The 16-year-old was recently honored by the Nordic Council, a regional body for inter-parliamentary cooperation, at a ceremony in Stockholm. However, despite saying the offer was a "great honour", Thunberg opted…
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A 13-year-old boy from Southern California who was accidentally killed by classmates allegedly complained about the bullies to apathetic school authorities just days before his death, his family has revealed. Diego Stolz died as a result of injuries he sustained at the hands of two other boys during a fight…
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A screening of Joker on Sunday night at the Grand Rex cinema in Paris came to a terrifying halt after a man screamed "Allahu akbar!" in the middle of the movie, Le Parisien reported on Monday. Several moviegoers fled the theatre as a result of what they believed was a…
