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Yesterday, after a particularly rowdy news conference at the White House, President Donald Trump made the decision to ban CNN's chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, from accessing future press talks. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders posted about the reasoning behind the president's decision on Twitter yesterday evening, claiming that Acosta's behaviour…
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Multiple people have reportedly been injured following a violent incident in Thousand Oaks, California -about 40 miles west of Los Angeles. The Ventura County Sheriff's Deputies responded to reports at Borderline Bar and Grill, around 11:30 pm local time. While the extent of the victims' injuries has not yet been released,…
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Islam is the fastest-growing religion, and the second largest one, under Christianity, according to Pew Research. You'd think that with roughly 1.5 billion Muslims in the world, we'd be able to live with them in peace, and respect their way of life. Yet there are still people who hold prejudices…
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Yesterday Americans voted in the 2018 midterm elections, hoping to create either a "blue wave" of Democratic wins or a "red wave" of Republican wins. The results were more like a purple wave. After record-breaking voter turnout across the country, the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives (as…
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History was made last night when the United States elected its first two Muslim women to Congress, Rashida Tlaib And Ilhan Omar. Democrat and Palestinian-American Tlaib won her election in Michigan after running unopposed by a Republican. Meanwhile, in Minnesota’s Fifth congressional district, Democrat and Somali-American, Omar, beat out GOP candidate Jennifer Zielinksi…
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In 2004, Cheryl Williams and her mother, Carol Bareis, were murdered in their Altamonte Springs home in Florida. Their neighbour, Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin - who was an undocumented immigrant from Honduras - discovered the scene, and rushed to check whether the two women were still breathing. He also picked up a knife near…
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Yesterday, Americans across the nation took to the polls in order to vote in the midterm elections. Tensions were high as both Republicans and Democrats encouraged their supporters to have their say, with many politicians seeing the ballot as an unofficial referendum on Donald Trump's presidency. The Republicans maintained their…
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There are some parents who are obsessed with getting far too close to their kids, to the point where it just comes across as creepy and weird. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm all for parents showing affection to their offspring - that can only be a positive thing.…
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Who run the world? Girls! Women showed the United States what they were made of on Tuesday night when more than 100 were elected to Congress in the midterm elections, a historic victory which marks an all-time high for female presence in the House. With results still rolling in, it's a…
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After a night of drinking in 2004, Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, went searching for beer in his neighbor's home. Instead, he found his neighbors' dead bodies. The two victims, Cheryl Williams and Carol Bareis, had been stabbed multiple times. Aguirre-Jarquin, then 24, told authorities that he got blood…
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It's Election Day in the United States, when everyone has the chance to make a difference, instead of just complaining about politics to their like-minded friends on Facebook. The 2018 midterms have already seen record-breaking voter turnout, as citizens from all over the country decide the future of Congress. And…
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The open-world western video game Red Dead Redemption 2 has been a phenomenal success. The highly anticipated sequel earned $725 million worldwide on opening weekend, the single biggest opening weekend in the history of entertainment. If y0u haven't had time to play the game, and become so addicted to it…
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A rescue dog in England has died from a suspected heart attack after being left terrified by Guy Fawkes Night fireworks. Moscow watchdog Winston was kept inside until midnight by staff at the Dogs 4 Rescue centre near Barton Moss, Greater Manchester. When it was thought by staff that all fireworks had stopped,…
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Pregnancy seems like an experience with a wild range of ups and downs. For one, there's dozens of strict rules you have to follow to ensure your baby grows healthy - and pretty much everything you're denied is fun, too. There's back pain, general lack of movement, having to be…
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Days before the midterm election, President Trump is fear-mongering about immigration, describing a migrant caravan in Mexico as an "invasion of our country." The estimated size of the caravan varies from 3,500 to 7,000, and is hundreds of miles away from reaching the U.S.-Mexico border. It is believed that most…
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Malcolm James McCormick, better known as Mac Miller, was found dead in his Studio City, California home on September 7th. Today the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office released its toxicology report, revealing that he died of an accidental overdose. Investigators stated the cause of death was mixed drug toxicity, a…
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An 18-month-old baby boy was recently saved from near-certain death after being pulled out of the ocean by a fisherman. The miraculous incident happened at 6.15am on October 26th when Gus Hutt, a fisherman who was camping on Matata Beach on North Island, New Zealand, spotted what he thought was a toy…
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Sam Ballard, a 28-year-old man from Australia, passed away last week after eight years of medical complications that started when he swallowed a garden slug. The initial incident happened back in 2010, when Ballard was just 19 years old. He had been drinking wine with friends in his garden, when…
