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The issue of euthanasia is one of the most pressing more conundrums facing our society, and assisted dying is something which still continues to divide people. One person who is desperate to marshal her own suffering and disability in the service of change is 27-year-old Holly Warland. Holly has an advanced form of muscular…
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Donald Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen, has made a surprise court appearance in New York, and pled guilty to lying to Congress about one of the president's real estate projects in Russia. The 52-year-old attorney has previously pled guilty to violating election campaign finance laws in August, telling the court that…
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What's right to do in the education system is often hard to figure out, especially when you get down to the nitty gritty of it. As a child, there are plenty of things you know would make school a more appealing place or obstacles that could be removed to make…
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'Video game addiction' has been thrown around for years now, whether it's someone warning of the potential pitfalls on a public platform, or your parents telling you to turn your console off and go outside. But it seems as if it has become a more substantial threat recently, with the…
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During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republicans and the mainstream media obsessed over Hillary Clinton's email scandal. During her four years as Secretary of State, Clinton set up a private email server at her Chappaqua, New York home, which she used for all work-related and personal emails. Previous secretaries of state,…
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It's a fact that beauty pageants are pretty damn divisive. Some people see them as just being harmless good fun and a competitive activity that encourages people to be their best selves, while others regard them as being sexist and patronising festivals that only serve to objectify women. Even more…
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It's not often that a cow makes the news, but on the other hand, there are not many cows like Knickers. Knickers, a seven-year-old Holstein-Friesian steer, is a staggering 6 foot 4 inches tall, weighing in at over 3,000 pounds. For reference, these dairy cows tend to only make it to…
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O.J. Simpsons 1994 murder trial was one of the biggest broadcasted events in modern American history. On the one hand, it was a simple case of a man accused of murdering his ex-wife and another man alongside her, but because this was one of America's most beloved icons, and just…
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A wedding photographer has reportedly been arrested after allegedly sleeping with a guest and urinating on a tree at Park Manor in Weatherford. According to the arrest report, a member of the wedding party alerted an off-duty sheriff, who was working on security at the event about the woman's "inappropriate"…
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What's the most damage you've ever caused at a party? I don't want to sound like someone from the Rolling Stones, but I feel like I've managed to trash a fair few properties while in a drunken state over the years. I once woke up after a night of heavy…
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"Climate change" refers to a rise in the surface temperature of the Earth, primarily caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Human activities, such as agriculture, deforestation and burning fossil fuels, contribute to the proliferation of these gases. If we don't change our activity…
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It has been reported that Indian authorities have been urged to abandon attempts to retrieve the body of John Allen Chau - the American man who was murdered on North Sentinel Island. His killers were members of the most secluded tribe in the world, who attacked him with bows and…
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The tribespeople of North Sentinel island have been called some of the world's most isolated people by Survival International, and as such, a comparatively small amount is known about them. This is largely due to their habit of aggressively rejecting visitors to the island, an ethos that had lead to…
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If you've ever had to take a long drive at night, or take the wheel when you're sleep-deprived, you know how dangerous it can be. It's a lot easier when you're making turns every other second, looking out for road signs, but when you're on the freeway for long stretches,…
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What's the most heroic thing you'd ever done by the age of 10? Most people probably haven't managed to do anything particularly courageous at that age - especially since we all want to minimise the danger that children find themselves in. I think the bravest thing I ever did as…
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I'm pretty sure that most people have at least one extreme sport on their bucket list, right? maybe you want to go hang-gliding, or rock climbing, or bungee jumping, but like me, your paranoid brain just can't help but imagine everything going horribly wrong. We're always assured though, over and over…
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Now that Thanksgiving's over, it's time to decorate your house, apartment and/or shack in the woods for Christmas. Maybe you'll keep it simple with a modest Charlie Brown tree and a wreath of holly. Or maybe you'll go all out, with a full Nativity scene in the front yard, a…
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Drama has unfolded on the U.S.-Mexico border this week as migrants traveled to protest officials to move faster with legal asylum requests. San Ysidro Port of Entry, supposedly the busiest of the border checkpoints, was closed to crossings on Sunday, Customs and Border Protection officials announced. As per the Indepdendent,…
