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On Friday morning, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rattled Anchorage, Alaska. Roads were cracked in half, items flew off the shelves in stores, and students were evacuated from schools. Initially, a tsunami warning was issued, but now that warning has been cancelled. The National Tsunami Warning Center says there is no…
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Cameron Underwood, who attempted to take his own life by shooting himself in the face, has now undergone a face transplant. The Yuba City, California native, had a life-changing reconstruction operation on his face back in January, and the results have only now been revealed. The 26-year-old welder attempted to…
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When someone passes away, it can be hard to accept that they're gone. For adults, it's difficult to deal with the grief in all its forms. However, it can be even harder for young children to understand when a loved one is lost. Jase's father passed away in May 2014,…
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Passing gas is a natural bodily function, yet we always try to 'hold it in' while in public spaces. (Unless you're like, in a frat house.) Typically, if you break wind next to people, you feel embarrassed and apologize. Or, in the event the fart was "silent but violent," you…
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Last week, reports emerged that 26-year-old John Allen Chau was killed, when the American visited the tribespeople of the remote North Sentinel Island in an attempt to convert them to Christianity, ignoring numerous warnings of the tribe's hostility to outsiders. Chau's final letter to his family, According to the Washington Post,…
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Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán has finally been taken to trial, after two prison escapes and numerous drug charges levelled against him. Even the opening statements from the trial earlier this month were chilling, revealing that even some of his family members weren't safe from his "thirst for blood," but now…
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At John Wayne airport in Orange County, California, a mother and her five-year-old daughter suffered an uncomfortable experience during the pre-flight boarding process. The Southwest Airlines gate agent noticed the girl had an unusual first name: Abcde, which is pronounced ab-city. Instead of complimenting the unique name, or saying nothing…
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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…
