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A paralyzed student has wowed his classmates by walking across the stage to accept his master's degree. Aldo Amenta suffered a debilitating spinal injury in 2015 that left him paralyzed in all four limbs. But he hasn't let that slow him down. After making headlines by walking up to collect…
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A group of teenage boys have taken a stand against their school's sexist dress code - by wearing crop tops to class. In a video posted to TikTok, the boys can be seen walking around school in skimpy tops, exposing their bellies - and their school's unfair policy. Seventeen-year-old Mason…
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The Supreme Court has backed the UK Government's decision to not allow gender-neutral passports, Daily Mail reports. Earlier this year, an appeal was filed from campaigner Christie Elan-Cane who believes the Government's current passport policy is "degrading" and "illogical". Christie Elan-Cane, who identifies as non-gendered, said requiring people to say…
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A Fordham University professor has been fired after reportedly mixing up the names of two Black students in his class. Christopher Trogan was a lecturer in the English Department before an incident led him to him being fired on October 25. A month earlier on September 24, Trogan allegedly confused…
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Three Amish children were miraculously saved after they were heard crying while trapped in the remains of the Kentucky tornado aftermath, Washington Post reports. The children lived with their parents in a double-wide trailer, but tragically the deadly tornado swept through their home and nearby surroundings. The surviving children lost…
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A comedian put a rude heckler in her place after she kept interrupting comics on stage. In a video posted to his TikTok, comedian Kevin McCaffrey shuts down a woman who wouldn't stop cutting in and disrupting his performance. The clip starts with the woman - who Kevin describes as…
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An Arkansas waitress received a generous $4,4000 tip - only to be fired days later after her manager allegedly made her split it with other staff. On December 6, waitress Ryan Brandt served a party of over 40 people at Bentonville's Oven and Tap. She was helped by just one…
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A missing child from Texas has been found safe in an undisclosed foreign country after disappearing in July earlier this year. Eleven-year-old Sophie Long was at the center of child sex abuse claims before US authorities found her with her father, Michael Long, who they took into police custody. Sophie…
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At least 84 people have tragically died following a series of tornadoes on Friday night, the governor of the US state of Kentucky has confirmed. As reported by BBC News, Governor Andy Beshear stated that the number could go up in what he has referred to as the most severe…
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Moving house normally means packing up your belongings and taking them to a new home. But one man in San Francisco gave the term a whole new meaning when he literally moved his house - porch and all - to a new location seven blocks away. After 139 years at…
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A Catholic diocese in Italy has publicly apologized after its bishop told a group of children Santa Claus does not exist. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Noto in Sicily said Bishop Antonio Stagliano was trying to underline the true meaning of Christmas. The diocesan communications director, the Reverand Alessandro Paolino,…
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More than 70 people have died following a series of tornadoes on Friday night, the governor of the US state of Kentucky has confirmed. As reported by BBC News, Governor Andy Beshear stated that the number could go up to over 100 in what he has referred to as the…
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A man fell to his death from a freeway after helping a stranded driver last weekend, People reports. Timothy Baclit, 41, lost his life after he stopped to help a driver who had crashed into a guardrail on the Bryson Road overpass in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania, according to his father.…
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A woman who died after her submerged car was found near the brink of Niagara Falls, "deliberately and intentionally" drove into the waterway, according to New York State Park Police. As reported by People, investigators stated that an unnamed woman in her 60s was pulled from the car by a…
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A viral TikTok video showing one cook preparing food for 12 customers has sparked debate about acceptable labor practices. In a clip posted to the social media platform last week, a single young woman can be seen rushing around a Waffle House kitchen plating up 12 meals. The video -…
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The producer who pulled out of a film adaptation of The Lovely Bones author's memoir due to inconsistencies over a passage written about an innocent man's rape conviction has said he has "questions" for her. Anthony Broadwater, who was incarcerated for 16 years after Alice Sebold misidentified him in court…
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A mother from Missouri has pleaded guilty to fraud after she spent two years pretending to be her estranged 22-year-old daughter, the Independent reports. In 2016, Laura Oglesby, 48, stole her daughter Lauren Ashleigh Hays' identity after applying for a Social Security card in her name in order to enroll…
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A couple who were asked to leave an American Airlines flight while they were traveling with their seven-week-old baby on Sunday are suing the airline. As reported by TMZ, the airline kicked a mother, father, and their newborn baby off a flight after the couple became embroiled in an argument…
