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Charmed actress and noted liberal activist Alyssa Milano has provoked controversy among certain social media users by comparing Trump supporters to members of the infamous white supremacist group the Klu Klux Klan. The trouble began on January 20, after a video emerged of what appeared to be a group of…
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In the UK, it's impossible to hear the name Ian Huntley without thinking of Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Aimee Chapman: the two 10-year-old girls he murdered back in 2002. Known as 'The Soham Killer', Huntley is one of the most notorious murderers to have made headlines over the past few…
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Following an incident involving a Native American elder in Washington DC this weekend, a group of teenage boys from Covington Catholic High School have become the subject of mass social media discussion. Thousands of people, including President Donald Trump, have tweeted about the matter, with some condemning and others excusing the…
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In the midterm elections, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) became the youngest woman elected to Congress at age 29. As a proud progressive millennial, she's electrified liberals, who see her as the future of the Democratic party. At the same time, she's terrified Republicans with spooky ideas like universal health care (no!),…
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During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised that he would be an ally to the LGBTQ community. "Thank you to the LGBT community!" he tweeted in June 2016. "I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs." One month later, he…
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Melissa White has one of the most unique jobs in the world. You may have heard of a midwife: someone who helps pregnant women through the difficult process of giving birth. But Melissa is a 'Soul Midwife' - someone who supports dying people as they approach their final days on Earth.…
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On Sunday, January 20th, a group of pupils from Covington Catholic High School were recorded chanting and jeering while a Native American elder, Nathan Phillips, participated in the Indigenous Peoples March. Initial reports of the incident sparked outrage against the boys, with Nick Sandmann, the boy who smirked while standing face-to-face with…
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Pay disputes and worker rights are one of the thorniest issues to tackle within the workplace, and all too often, it's the employee who ends up getting the short end of the stick. This is when protest comes in to play, whether it's an organised event by a union or…
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Singer Chris Brown has reportedly been detained in Paris and is apparently under investigation, after being accused of rape. A 24-year-old woman (whose identity is currently unknown) alleges that Chris Brown raped her on the night of Jan 15-16 after they met at a nightclub in France. The woman, who reportedly filed a complaint…
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A mountain climber famous for posting pictures of herself in bikinis on top of mountains has died after falling down a ravine during a solo trek. Gigi Wu, who was nicknamed the 'Bikini Climber', used a satellite phone to contact friends for help after she fell down a 20-metre gorge…
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A Kendall Jenner superfan has amused social media users with his comedy Instagram account, in which he photoshops himself into the background of her pictures. A man calling himself Kirby Jenner has made it his mission to edit himself into every one of Kendall's pictures - and the results on…
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A 28-year-old Bangladeshi man named Abul Bajandar, also known as the "Tree Man," who suffers from an extremely rare genetic disease, is facing more surgery after a relapse in his condition. Abul has been living with a curious dermatological phenomenon for almost 30 years: the uncontrollable growth of large, bark-like…
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For the past couple of days, social media has been awash with opinions over an incident involving a Native American war hero and a large group of MAGA hat-wearing teenage boys. Nathan Phillips, an Omaha Tribe elder, was participating in the Indigenous Peoples March on Sunday when he found himself…
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Over this weekend, a video clip showing a group of teenage boys in MAGA hats surrounding a Native American elder went viral. The boys, who were from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, had been in Washington DC in order to participate in the March for Life, but encountered Nathan Phillips,…
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Last year, the internet's collective imagination was captured after a CCTV video emerged showing someone who looked startlingly like Ross from 'Friends' making his way out of a store in Blackpool with a crate of beer. The video was viewed many thousands of times on Twitter, and naturally a widespread…
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Over the past few weeks, news of R Kelly's alleged abuse has dominated the media. Rumours of the matter had been circulating since the 1990s, but it was only after a recent documentary, Surviving R Kelly, that the issue seemed to be taken seriously by those in the music industry…
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Rescuers are desperately drilling to find a two-year-old boy who has been trapped in a deep well for a week. Julen Roselló fell down the 250ft borehole while out walking with his parents in a mountainous area near the village of Totalan, northeast of Malaga, southern Spain. The 25cm-wide waterhole is…
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A 72-year-old grandmother has claimed to found love with a 19-year-old that she met at her son's funeral. Almeda and Gary Hardwick wed back in 2016 - two weeks after they first met. The pair became acquainted at the funeral of Almeda's son, Robert, who died aged 45 after suffering…
