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A survivor of the Thousand Oaks shooting has gone viral with a heart-wrenching apology to the victims. The man, identified only as Tim, broke down as he was interviewed by a local ABC affiliate, after a gunman killed 12 people and injured a dozen more on Wednesday night. The 56-year-old,…
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A paraplegic man who was left to drag himself through a British airport by staff has decided to drop legal action. Justin Levene, an international wheelchair athlete and mentor to disabled athletes, was forced to pull himself along the floor, before sitting on a luggage trolley, after his self-propelled wheelchair…
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In 2017, an Iranian teenager claimed to have gotten more than 50 cosmetic surgery procedures to look like Angelina Jolie. However, she boasted a gaunt, grotesque appearance, with an upturned nose and bloated lips, that more closely resembled Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. Well, some stories are too good - or…
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The Borderline Bar & Grill is described as the largest country dance hall and live music venue in Ventura County. It's known as a favorite spot for line dancing in Thousand Oaks, California, an affluent city located 45 miles from Los Angeles. On Wednesday, the venue hosted "college country night,"…
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Love can make people do strange things sometimes, and lust can push people to even crazier extremes. Emile Ratelband, a 69-year-old "positivity trainer" from the Netherlands, is taking legal action to change his age so that he can be in a more "luxurious position" when it comes to scoring dates…
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The United States has suffered another tragedy this week, after a shooter killed 12 people at a bar and grill at Thousand Oaks in California. Ian David Long, a 28-year-old man, opened fire with a .45 calibre handgun on innocent bystanders at the Borderline Bar and Grill at around 11.20pm…
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Hundreds of people have slammed an Austrailian TV show for "exploiting" the story of a man who died after injecting his scrotum with silicone. The Project, a news and current affairs talk show, aired a segment which saw mother Linda Chapman confront a 'bondage master', accusing him of coercing her…
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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…
