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A man who grew breasts after taking an autism drug has been awarded an $8 million payout from Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals. In the lawsuit, the companies were blamed for not providing the patient, Nicholas Murray, with an adequate warning about the possibility of the drug stimulating the…
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Most school kids hate getting their class picture taken. I know I did. Back in the day, when I was little, a class picture meant having to stay neat and tidy for the whole morning. No playing outside, no rough-housing. Your shirt had to be tucked in, your hair had…
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Comedian and host Ellen Degeneres has been forced to defend herself after she sat next to former president George W Bush at a football game. The trouble started when pictures emerged on social media of the talk show host sitting next to the former President, which immediately went viral. However,…
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The climate change crisis is possibly the most urgent catastrophe we face. In the last year, devastating wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have wreaked havoc on the Brazilian ecosystem, spurring climate change protesters (energised by Greta Thunberg) to take to the streets in a desperate bid to convince politicians and…
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Sahar Tabar, a 22-year-old Instagram star who became infamous for her resemblance to a 'zombie' Angelina Jolie, has been arrested, according to reports. The Iranian social media influencer, who often uploads images of herself in which she bears a caricaturish resemblance to the Girl Interrupted actress, has allegedly been arrested…
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Breakups are never easy, but they're even more difficult when they're the result of infidelity. While most people in these scenarios wish every kind of unpleasantry on their ex, the majority never act on them beyond the odd social media dig. One man from North Carolina, however, got the ultimate…
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A woman in Flippin, Arkansas, was discovered by a police officer smuggling meth which had bizarrely been disguised as a hair bow. She was wearing it in her hair when the officer spotted it. Last month, police officer Kenneth Looney pulled over 38-year-old Jessica Bernice Kropp after seeing that her…
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A girl from Utah, who survived being shot and left to die in a ditch, has been crowned homecoming queen by her high school. 17-year-old Deserae Turner was left paralyzed on her left side after being shot by two classmates and left for dead. She was found eight hours later,…
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It's often said that not all heroes wear capes. Now, it turns out that they can rock pompoms too. This was the case when 17-year-old Texas cheerleader Tyra Winters noticed a toddler choking from her homecoming float. She immediately jumped into action to save the child, whose mother had called…
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A father has provoked controversy on social media by removing his son from his school after disagreeing with the climate change syllabus. Thirty-eight-year-old Matt Karlos, who hails from Australia, was reportedly incensed about the way in which his son Max was taught about the issue of global warming. Karlos believes…
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Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish schoolgirl who galvanised a movement to fight climate change, is tipped to win the Nobel Peace Prize, which she was nominated for by three Norwegian MPs back in March. The environmental campaigner is reportedly the bookies' favourite to pick up the award next week, with…
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The Duchess of Sussex is suing British tabloid newspaper, the Mail on Sunday, for illegally publishing a private letter which it allegedly edited to proffer a negative portrayal of Meghan. In a damning statement published on the couple's website, Prince Harry said that the "relentless propaganda" about his wife was…
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The Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica has produced its biggest iceberg in over 50 years. According to the BBC, the calved block, called D28, is 631 square miles, which is just smaller than the Isle of Skye. The incident is not believed to be related to climate change, and instead…
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The owners of Wonderful Co., Stewart and Lynda Resnick have announced a $750 million pledge to the California Institute of Technology. The Resnicks, who made the announcement on Thursday, have advised that the donation is to support environmental sustainability research, per Forbes. The Wonderful Company is the world's largest producer…
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A policy from Japan Airlines shows passengers the location of any children under two years old as they are making their booking. Though the move is nothing new, it has recently caused a disturbance in the Twittersphere, as customers argue about the pros and cons of the plan. Several commentators…
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A 13-year-old boy has died just over a week after being sucker-punched at school in an attack that was captured on camera, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced yesterday, according to NBC Palm Springs reports. The video was posted to social media last week and showed the California middle school…
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Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg has responded to the criticism she received in the wake of her viral speech at the UN summit. During the speech, she encouraged world leaders to tackle the global climate change emergency. "People are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are…
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A woman was detained by police after she opened the emergency exit for "a breath of fresh air" before the flight took off in central China’s Hubei province on Monday, Newsweek reports. According to the South China Morning Post, it is believed that the unidentified woman was in her 50s. Footage…
