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Soon enough it'll be time for the Super Bowl one more, with the 53rd edition of the monumental sports event airing on Sunday February 3. The two-time defending champions, the New England Patriots, will be facing off against the Los Angeles Rams to determine the champion of the NFL's 2018 season,…
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A death row inmate has been executed in Texas 30 years after he was sentenced to death for killing a policeman. Robert Mitchell Jennings was pronounced dead at 6.33pm local time after being taken from his cell at 6.04pm, becoming the first person to be put to death in the US…
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Modern Family actress Ariel Winter has responded to body-shaming critics who accused her of going under the knife in a bid to slim down. The trouble began earlier this month when the actress uploaded a number of pictures of herself to Instagram, and some commenters rather rudely pointed out that…
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Every winter, the United States is hit by a polar vortex, an expanse of swirling cold air traveling south from the North Pole. However, this year the temperatures are unusually chilly, plunging as low as sixty degrees below zero (Fahrenheit). This arctic blast is mainly affecting the Midwest, where it's…
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This week the American Midwest was gripped with a record freeze as a result of the polar vortex. Every winter, a wide expanse of swirling cold air moves south from the North Pole, creating cold snaps in the United States. However, this year the temperatures are unusually low, plunging far…
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Last Tuesday, Jussie Smollett was the victim of a brutal attack in downtown Chicago, at about 2 a.m. local time. Two unidentified men wearing masks shouted racist and homophobic slurs at the actor, who plays an openly gay character on Fox's hit drama series Empire. The suspects physically assaulted Smollett,…
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A Florida man has been sentenced to 10 days in jail for attacking a man who was dressed like a Minion from the Despicable Me film franchise. Ryan Nihart from Citrus County pleaded 'no contest' on Monday to misdemeanour battery and criminal mischief for the 2018 attack on 41-year-old Jamie Roehm.…
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A woman from Washington pleaded guilty to charges of attempted first-degree domestic violence murder this week after allegedly attempting to kill her boyfriend with a samurai sword. Emily Javier, who is 31, told investigators that she launched the attack on her boyfriend, Alex Lovell, in March last year after finding that he had…
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On March 17, former US soldier James Harris Jackson travelled to New York, where he he stayed at a Manhattan hotel, planning an attack. Three days later, the 28-year-old from Baltimore searched the streets for black men, wearing a long coat to hide a 26-inch Roman-style sword, which he drew…
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At the start of January, it was announced that Channel 4 and HBO are co-producing a documentary titled Leaving Neverland. The two-part show will detail the experiences of James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who were aged 10 and seven when they were befriended by the so-called King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Now…
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More than 1,000 strangers showed up to the funeral of Air Force veteran this week, after learning that his service was to be sparsely attended. Joseph Walker, who was born in 1946 and served in the Vietnam war, was laid to rest at the All Faiths Funeral Service in Austin, Texas. However, before…
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Gwyneth Paltrow is being sued for $3.1 million by a Utah doctor who accuses her of leaving him with a brain injury and four broken ribs in a skiing incident. Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson claims the "distracted" Iron Man actress was going too fast when she lost control and slammed…
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When we experience cold weather, and somebody says boy, we sure could use some global warming right now, their motivation isn't clear. Are they making a lame joke? Do they not understand simple scientific concepts? Or are they deliberately saying something ignorant to get a rise out of people? (Woooo!…
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Jussie Smollett, who plays the singer Jamal Lyons on the hit television drama Empire, has allegedly been the victim of a brutal attack, apparently motivated by racism and homophobia. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Smollett, who is openly gay like his Empire character, ambushed outside of a Chicago…
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Going to the dentist isn't always at the top of people's lists as far as maintaining their health, but there are times where even those who keep their distance will need to have something done. David Woodhouse, a 62-year-old man from Truro, England, was one such man - but he…
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A 24-year-old maths teacher has resigned after allegedly sending a student nude photos and asking if he wanted to play "naked hide and seek". Kelsie Schmidt is said to have sent X-rated images to a 17-year-old at Beulah High School in North Dakota last August. According to court documents, Schmidt, who was…
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New medical research has declared that a regular sore throat, combined with shortness of breath, trouble swallowing or earache, could be a sign of larynx cancer. General practitioners have reportedly been told that hoarseness that is severe enough to prompt a patient to book an appointment should make them think seriously…
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This weekend, a pregnant woman was stabbed to death in Tempe, Arizona while working as a Lyft driver. The victim, 39-year-old Kristina Howato, was in her third trimester when she was fatally attacked by a man she had just dropped off outside an apartment complex in the early hours of…
