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What with the recent focus on wellness and self-care, talking openly about - or promoting - dieting has become increasingly taboo. One company that has made its allegiance to the aforementioned the centre-point of their branding is Weight Watchers. However, the 55-year-old company has now announced that it is rebranding…
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"I am not the first woman to multitask," New Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said in January in response to criticism that she was "betraying [her] voters" by getting pregnant. "I am not the first woman to work and have a baby; there are many women who have done this before." Now,…
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A rookie police officer from Detroit has been terminated from his position after allegedly posting what was considered to be "racially charged" content on Snapchat. Sean Bostwick, who is 27 years old, had only been on the force for about 18 months at the time of the incident, but his…
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In 2014, Donald Trump tweeted, "We need a President who isn't a laughing stock to the entire World. We need a truly great leader, a genius at strategy and winning. Respect!" It is unclear what he was talking about, since Barack Obama was president at the time, and was widely…
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"Did you see what happened last night on Suits?!" That's a question I've never heard anyone ask before. However, somebody must watch the USA legal drama, since it's been on the air for eight seasons. According to IMDB, it's not about tailoring: "On the run from a drug deal gone…
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Many people do their best to look like their favourite celebrities when they grow up; personally, I remember asking my mum to buy me a particular leather jacket when I was eleven, in the mistaken belief that it would make me look like Johnny Depp. However, for one baby, superstar…
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Bill Cosby, the 81-year-old comedian who created the groundbreaking sitcom The Cosby Show, has been sentenced to three to ten years in state prison. In addition, he will be required to register as a sexual predator for life. Last April a jury found him guilty of three counts of aggravated…
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Dellen Millard, a 33-year-old man from Canada, appeared to have it all. His father ran a multimillion-dollar aviation business, the profits from which allowed him to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle, and there didn't seem to be anything in his life that was causing him any major problems. However, it seemed…
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In May of this year, news of a woman's arrest went viral after body cam footage taken by an officer appeared to show him using an excessive amount of force against her. The woman in question, Emily Weinman, was approached by police when they suspected she might have been drinking underage.…
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Joandrea McAtee, from Porter County, Indiana, is facing preliminary felony charges of child neglect after it was discovered she had allowed three students to take the wheel of a school bus. The 27-year-old bus driver was caught on camera in a now-viral video, allowing students from Boone Grove High School…
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A restaurant employee at Comerica Park in Detroit was terminated from his job this week after a colleague shared video footage of him spitting on pizzas. Jaylon Kerley, the employee in question, apparently spat on customers' food after his managers irritated him, and was exposed when a video of the incident was…
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Eating dog food is the sort of cruel punishment you heard about by way of playground rumour. Like “Bad Santa Claus” or falling irretrievably down the toilet, it doesn’t seem like the sort of thing that would actually happen in real life. However, two brave souls are currently knee-deep in…
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Last week, Donald Trump took to his favourite social media platform - Twitter - to share his thoughts on the sexual assault allegations surrounding the current SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh has been accused of sexual assault by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who claims that the…
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A teenager from Indonesia has been found alive and well after being lost at sea for 49 days. Aldi Novel Adilang, who is only 18 years old, became stranded in the open ocean after the "rompong" (floating fishing hut) he was working on became unmoored just over two months ago. Adilang was…
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A 19-year-old woman in Florida has claimed she was forced to jump out of a moving car to escape after an Uber driver attempted to "kidnap" her. Brooke Adkins suffered cuts and scrapes to her feet and hands after her Uber driver reportedly refused to stop the car when she…
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An "exceptionally rare" two-headed venomous snake has been found in a woman's backyard in northern Virginia. The reptile, which has been identified as a copperhead snake, was found by a woman named Stephanie, who reportedly posted a picture of it on Virginia Wildlife Management and Control’s Facebook page asking: "What are…
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An anorexic woman who weighs the same as a four-year-old has reportedly been told by her doctor that she could play a "living corpse in a horror movie". Kristina Karyagina, from Barnaul in south-central Russia, weighs just 2st 7lb (17kg) and has spent years surviving on a diet consisting mainly of…
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Sorry, kids, Halloween's not just for you anymore. Every year, adults put on ridiculous costumes from the creative to the funny to the sexy. Like they say in Mean Girls, "Halloween is the one day a year when a girl can dress up like a total slut and no other girls can…
