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A second child has been discovered with bite marks on their body at a nursery in Arizona. News of the first incident, which involved a child being bitten 25 times, broke in the UK yesterday. Taking to Facebook, the second child's distraught mother, Rocio Umsted, shared pictures of her daughter,…
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Summer is hands down the best season of the year - no matter what anyone else says. By that time, the grey, rainy days that confined you to your house in the winter should hopefully have passed, and you can actually spend time outdoors. But if you happen to live…
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On Tuesday of final exam week, a man armed with a pistol opened fire on a classroom at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. He killed two people, 21-year-old Riley Howell and 19-year-old Ellis Parlier, while wounding four others. Authorities identified the injured students as Drew Pescaro, 19; Sean…
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An amputee was forced to drag his body across the floor for three weeks on vacation after an airline confiscated the batteries for his electric scooter. Stearn Hodge lost his left arm and right leg during a workplace accident in 1984, but retained his independence through the use of his…
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Circuses, which are apparently still a thing, are about to experience a major change in the United Kingdom. For centuries, the spectacles have featured wild animals, like elephants, lions, tigers, bears, camels, zebras, chimpanzees and reindeer. Animal rights activists have vigorously criticized circuses for subjecting those animals to confinement, torture…
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The way in which crimes are dealt with by authorities has a huge effect on how, and whether, they are reported. A key example of this was the #MeToo campaign - a global movement where victims of rape, harassment and sexual abuse stepped forward. For many people, this was the…
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Following weeks of protests from the nonviolent resistance movement Extinction Rebellion, the UK government has become the first in the world to declare an "environment and climate emergency." On Wednesday night, members of Parliament passed the motion, a symbolic move that recognizes we must take urgent action to tackle the…
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A 10-year-old girl from Michigan tragically died from an underlying heart condition as she travelled down a 270-foot water slide. London Eisenbeis had been waiting two years to be deemed tall enough to go on the Super Loop Speed Slide - the biggest slide at Zehnder's Splash Village in Frankenmuth…
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A mother was horrified to discover that her 15-month-old daughter had been left with 25 bite marks on her back following an incident at her preschool. Alice Martin, from Arizona, says that the incident occurred just five days after she signed her toddler, Rosalyn, up for daycare at the Creative…
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Potholes are some of the worst things left behind by what we can all agree is already a depressing season. And long after winter has passed, it can sometimes appear that very little is done by the council to fix the damage. Not only are potholes unappealing in an aesthetic sense,…
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In New Jersey's Liberty State Park, a section called Freedom Way displays flags from all 50 states. This includes Mississippi's state flag, adopted in 1894, which features the "Southern Cross," aka the Confederate battle emblem. During the Civil War, traitors in the South rebelled against America in a bloody battle…
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A woman has developed a new invention designed to prevent wrongful police shootings as a result of racial profiling. Jackie Carter, a former resident of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, who now lives in DC, has created a special magnetic pouch she has dubbed the "not reaching pouch", which holds your driver's license…
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Two people who received facial injections from the same spa have been infected with HIV, New Mexico health officials announced this week. The VIP Spa in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which shut down last year, is under scrutiny - with former customers now being urged to undergo testing for HIV, hepatitis…
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Now that the sun is starting to peek through the clouds, a lot of us are gearing up for what will hopefully be a glorious summer. And for a lot of people, a real summer highlight is that precious time spent with friends and family in the garden. But when…
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It’s often said that the President of the United States is the most powerful man in the world. However, as God’s representative on Earth, the Pope would likely be the most powerful - and most important - according to followers of the Catholic faith. As vastly different positions, this question…
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A UK police officer is facing an inquiry after being filmed playing on a trampoline during what was believed to be a drugs raid. The uniformed cop was caught on camera in Coventry, England, bouncing up and down and performing tricks while other officers laughed last week. British newspaper The…
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Sri Lanka has banned face-covering clothing, after suicide attacks killed 250 people and injured hundreds more on Easter Sunday. The emergency law, imposed by President Maithripala Sirisena, will assist security forces in finding remaining attackers, eight days after Islamist militants targeted churches and hotels. From Monday, any face garment which…
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Virginia will not be visiting the White House to celebrate this month's NCAA national championship win over Texas Tech, their coach Tony Bennett has confirmed. This follows the decisions of NBA champion Golden State Warriors, who elected to decline an invitation to visit the White House back in 2017, and…
