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Four people have been arrested after their chilling plan to kidnap and murder a child was uncovered. David Bailey, 37, Matthew Toole, 32, Talia Furman, 32, and Jayme LaPoint, 19, were all arrested by Michigan State Police and charged with conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit kidnapping and conspiracy to…
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An 18-year-old University of Iowa student has passed away after being found unconscious outside a campus building in the freezing cold. Gerald Belz was found by campus police lying on the ground behind Halsey Hall in extreme temperatures just before 3 am on Wednesday. The unresponsive teenager, who was studying pre-med, was taken…
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Westworld star Evan Rachel Wood has discussed candid details of her suicide attempt in an open letter published in Nylon. In the solemn essay, Wood discusses how she placed herself into psychiatric care at the age of 22 and states that her mental health and self-esteem had severely deteriorated as a…
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Charles Dion McDowell, a convicted felon whose mugshots went viral due to his wide neck, has allegedly been arrested again in his hometown. In case you missed out on the news the first time around, on Thursday, November 15, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office posted the mugshot of McDowell on their official Facebook page.…
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As North America braces against a lethal chill, some Iowa natives have found a funnier side to the freezing cold. In the past weeks, a polar vortex has been wreaking havoc across the Midwest, delaying over 2,500 flights and halting the U.S. Postal Service. Pictures coming out of the snow-covered cities…
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A 27-year-old nutritionist has tragically been found dead after hanging herself in her Manhattan apartment. Tara Condell, who was a San Francisco native, was found by police after worried co-workers reported her missing when she didn't show up for work. Condell, who worked as a nutritionist at the Midtown office of…
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A graduate has revealed that she turned down a job opportunity because the boss made her feel like she was back with her abusive ex-partner during her interview. 22-year-old Olivia Bland took to Twitter to blast CEO Craig Dean, of Web Applications UK, accusing him of trying to intimidate her…
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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…
