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A long-fought debate over trans rights and the provision of healthcare has served to widen the gap between liberals and conservatives in America. While the liberal argument champions the choice of the individual, the conservative argument often focuses on the preservation of health, the idea that transexuality is unnatural and…
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A former English teacher from New Jersey could serve up to a year in jail after admitting she sent nude photos of herself to a pupil via Snapchat and email. Michelina Aichele, who is 30 years old, was arrested and charged with third-degree endangering the welfare of a child back…
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Hay fever sufferers, this is a red alert! I repeat: hay fever sufferers, this is a red alert! We're sorry to inform you that there is a reason behind those runny noses, giant sneezes and itchy eyes you've been getting over the past few days, and it's not a good…
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A British woman has been found dead in a luxury hotel room after allegedly engaging in a "sex game gone wrong", her boyfriend allegedly told police. 22-Year-old Anna Florence Reed was found in the bathroom in one of the rooms at Ramada La Palma au Lac in Lorcana, Switzerland -…
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A father was shocked to find a half-naked man hiding in his wardrobe, with the man allegedly hoping to have sex with his 12-year-old daughter. According to investigators, the father, who came into his daughter's bedroom at 5:30 am back on November 2 last year, found Christopher Todd Leonard in…
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Derrick Nelson, the 44-year-old principal of Westfield High School, tragically passed away last weekend. He died after trying to save the life of a 14-year-old boy from another country, who he had never met. Nelson fell into a coma in February this year, after undergoing a procedure to donate bone…
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Scientists in the Philippines have this week published a paper on the discovery of a previously unknown species of ancient human. The specimen, which has been named Homo luzonensis, was found in a cave on Luzon Island in The Philippines - and its discovery has thrown quite the curveball into…
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New Zealand's parliament has voted overwhelmingly to ban most semi-automatic weapons, a month after a gunman murdered 50 people in the Christchurch massacre. The fast-tracked gun reform bill was supported by all but one of 120 parliament's lawmakers after its final reading, but it must receive royal assent from the…
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19-year-old Shana Grice from Brighton, England, reported her ex-boyfriend Michael Lane to the Sussex Police five times within a six month period in 2016. The officers responded by fining her £90 ($117.82), for "wasting police time." That same year, Lane killed Grice by slitting her throat in her bedroom and…
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The increasingly frosty relationship between America and Iran will have been causing distress to anyone with a nervous disposition. President Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal last year in order to put sanctions on the country. In doing so, he has destabilised a delicate political situation which had brought…
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A mother has been accused of child abuse after she was spotted kicking her young daughter in public. The woman, who has not been named, is believed to have physically lashed out at her daughter after the three-year-old, identified on social media as "Niu Niu", failed to pose properly for…
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In what is being described as a "world first", a woman from Taiwan was found to have four bees living in her eye after she went to the doctor complaining of some swelling in the region. The 29-year-old patient, named only as He, turned up at the hospital suspecting she had…
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On Tuesday, federal prosecutors charged 'Full House' star Lori Loughlin and 15 other parents who have not said they would plead guilty with new money laundering charges in the college admissions bribery scandal. Combined with the previous charges, they each could face up to 40 years in prison, according to…
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The Mountain is one of the most intimidating characters in Game of Thrones. He's barely had any dialogue, and it's uncertain what exactly he wants other than to fight, murder and maim, but his actions speak volumes. He managed to kill off fan-favourite Oberyn Martell in an astoundingly horrific scene -…
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It's fair to say that Alec Baldwin and President Donald Trump aren't exactly on close terms. Baldwin's views mean that he's often at odds with the Republican leader, and choosing to portray him in a series of sketches on Saturday Night Live certainly didn't help matters. To be fair to…
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An Uber driver in San Mateo, California dropped a passenger off at the airport, then returned to their empty home and attempted to break inside, police said. However, an alarm went off at the residence, which is located on the 600 block of Rand Street, scaring the burglar the away.…
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A leading British supermarket has been forced to apologise after suffering backlash over their Easter chocolate ducklings, with some customers branding them 'racist'. Waitrose, a supermarket chain with around 350 locations in the United Kingdom, recently released a set of chocolate ducklings in anticipation of Easter, selling for around £8,…
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In a crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates, Pete Buttigieg, pronounced boot-edge-edge, has a lot of momentum. He's a former Naval Intelligence Officer who served seven months in Afghanistan, the two-term mayor of South Bend, Indiana and, oh yeah, an openly gay Christian, who married his husband, Chasten, last June.…
