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Mexican crime lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, leader of the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel, was found guilty of all 10 federal criminal counts against him, after his trial returned a verdict in the US today. The 61-year-old faces a mandatory sentence of life of prison. El Chapo, which means "Shorty" in…
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Blackface is a form of makeup used by a nonblack person to play a black role. Regardless of one's intent, the practice has an ugly history tethered to the brutal treatment of an oppressed group of people. Sporting blackface in public is bound to offend people, and could even kill…
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Many people fantasise about quitting their job to spend all their time on social media, but one college dropout has managed to actually follow through with this dream, and now earns over $6,000 a month via donations from his Twitter fanbase. 25-year-old Jovah Hill, a former political science major who…
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Two years ago, WWE star Paige had her life turned upside down when a tape of her performing sexual acts was released online in an act of revenge porn. The 26-year-old, whose life is the subject of an upcoming film starring Game of Thrones actress, Lena Headey, found herself at…
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The teenage girl who was pushed off a 60ft bridge last summer in a horrifying viral video has spoken out on her conflicted feelings towards the friend who shoved her and her long road to recovery. Jordan Holgerson, 16, was left with six broken ribs, a punctured lung and air bubbles…
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A 16-year-old girl ended her own life just moments after sharing a video of herself on Snapchat this weekend. Hailey Nailor, a student at Danbury High School in Connecticut, jumped off the fifth-floor parking garage of the Danbury Fair Mall on Saturday afternoon following alleged bullying from her peers at school. "Before she…
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Singer Katy Perry has allegedly been forced to pull a particular style of shoe from her latest fashion range after critics accused the design of promoting 'blackface'. Perry's "Rue Face Slip-On Loafers" and "Ora Face Block Heel Sandal" (which cost the hefty price of $129 per pair at Dillard's and Walmart)…
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There is much talk at the minute about whether particular US states will fade from red to blue or blue to red. However, a number of states have also turned green. Cannabis is now legal in Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. However, they are…
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A woman who allegedly participated in a long campaign of transphobic harassment has been arrested by police and jailed for seven hours. However, the woman in question, Kate Scottow, (who hails from Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England) claims that she was arrested after misgendering someone once, and claims that the police have not…
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Abigail Arias has been diagnosed with a Wilms tumour, a type of cancer that starts in the kidneys in children, and can often be terminal. The six-year-old's condition has worsened, to the point that she is not expected to live too much longer. But before things get any worse, she was…
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Kyle Yorlets, a 24-year-old man from Nashville, was shot and killed outside his home on Thursday. The culprits, police later found, were five children, aged 12 to 16. Yorlets, the lead singer of rock band Carverton, gave them his wallet, but was shot after he refused to give them his…
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Former boxing champion Rick 'Rocky' Lockridge has passed away at 60-years-old, his family have confirmed. He died in the home of his caregiver in Camden, New Jersey, due to complications that arose from pneumonia and a series of strokes. “Rocky had a way to make an ordinary person feel extraordinary,"…
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In 1993, Princeton graduate Jeff Bezos opened an online bookstore. Browsing books on a website and then receiving them in the mail, he decided, made for a quicker and easier experience. Initially working out of his garage, he warned early investors that there was a 70 per cent chance that…
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On June 23rd, 1993, Lorena Bobbitt made headlines around the world after cutting off her husband's penis. She severed the member in the middle of the night, took it with her in her car, and threw it out of the window before calling the police and letting them know what…
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A Florida man has declared his innocence after police discovered syringes in his rectum during a police strip search. 40-year-old Wesley Scott, of Clearwater, was arrested on Friday in Pinellas County on an outstanding warrant for drug possession. When first arrested, he reportedly told police that he was aware of…
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A couple's wedding is supposed to be one of the best days of their lives. For one newlywed bride and groom in Pennsylvania, however, it ended up being the worst. Matthew Aimers, a 31-year-old groom, was arrested on his wedding day after starting a brawl amongst guests. The ruckus was allegedly started…
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A new video has emerged on social media which witnesses claimed shows the legendary 'Bigfoot' roaming the hills of rural Utah. Needless to say, social media users viewing the clip have been pretty skeptical on the whole about the sighting. The footage, which was taken by a shocked group of…
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Conrad Roy grew up in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, and worked for his family’s company, Tucker-Roy Marine Towing and Salvage. Roy suffered from social anxiety and depression and had once tried to take his own life by way of overdose. Despite his demons, he was an honour roll student and talented athlete…
