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Amanda Gorman - the 22-year-old poet who wowed the world after her performance at President Biden's inauguration - has shared a story of being racially profiled by a security guard. The former National Youth Poet Laureate may have captured the nation's attention with her reading of 'The Hill We Climb'…
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A young wheelchair user with cerebral palsy has saved his family from a potentially lethal gas leak after crawling to his parent's bedroom to warn them of the danger. Last month, seven-year-old Michael Martinez was woken by a loud beeping sound ringing through in his family's home in Aledo, Texas,…
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People have been left outraged after discovering that a seven-year-old girl in Alabama is selling lemonade inside her family-owned bakery to fund her brain surgeries. Elizabeth Scott is the mother of Liza who suffered a seizure earlier this year, leading doctors to discover "multiple cerebral malformations in Liza's brain that…
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An American Airlines pilot's recent sighting of a UFO has been confirmed by the FAA as the FBI reveals it's now "aware" of the incident. ABC7 reports that the incident took place on February 21 36 thousand feet above New Mexico during an otherwise normal four-hour flight to Phoenix, Arizona.…
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Donald Trump has said that Joe Biden has had "the most disastrous first month of any president in modern history" in his first official speech since departing the White House. According to BBC News, the recently-acquitted former president made his damning comments on Sunday while speaking at the Conservative Political…
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A Trader Joe's employee has taken to Twitter to share an email that he sent to management about Covid-19 safety precautions that he claims resulted in him being fired. Ben Bonnema's story went viral after the Manhattan-based former employee decided to suggest ways that the company could help to keep…
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A man has died after being killed by his own bird during an illegal cockfight in southern India. Per BBC News, the rooster had been fitted with a three-inch knife called a "kodi kathi" prior to the blood sport event, which was being held at the Yellamma Temple in Jagtial…
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A zookeeper has died after being struck by an elephant's trunk. The news was confirmed by staff at the Cabarceno Natural Park in Spain, as well as local officials from the northern city of Santander. Per The Guardian, 44-year-old male zoo worker Joaquín Gutiérrez Arnáiz was cleaning out a female…
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An American man has gone viral after listing all of the ways that Britain is better than the US. As per the Daily Mail, Imgur-user Chimichanga007 was born and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but he has also lived in California, Chicago, New York City, New Jersey, and Connecticut. However,…
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Barack Obama has stated that reparations for Black Americans are "justified" because the wealth of the US was "built on the backs of slaves". On his new podcast with Bruce Springsteen, Renegades: Born in the USA, Obama, who served as President of the United States between 2009 and 2017, spoke…
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A father-to-be has been killed after a gender reveal device exploded ahead of a baby shower. According to New York State Police, Christopher Pekny, 28, was working on the device that was to be used for his child's gender reveal and bay shower on Sunday (February 21) when it suddenly…
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Conspiracy theorists have been flooding social media with videos claiming the winter storm in Texas is "fake" as the snow "doesn't melt". Many parts of the US have had had to contend with the winter storm, which started last week. Texas, of which Republican Greg Abbot is governor, appears to…
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A radio interceptor claims to have tapped into a recording of an American Airlines pilot talking about his close encounter with a UFO. Per ABC7, the incident took place 36 thousand feet above New Mexico during an otherwise normal four-hour flight to Phoenix, Arizona. "Do you have any targets up…
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A teenager from Arizona has been arrested for faking his own kidnapping in order to get out of work, the Casa Grande Dispatch reports. According to police, on February 10, Brandon Soules, 19, was found with his hands tied with his own belt and a bandanna in his mouth in…
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A Texas man has pleaded for help after his family was left with just one piece of firewood amid the state's ongoing cold weather front. Chester Jones took to TikTok on Tuesday (February 16), under the account name @checkjones, to share a video of his four children sleeping in Dallas…
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The family of an 11-year-old boy who froze to death in a Texas trailer amid the state's ongoing cold snap is suing power companies for $10o million. Christian Pavon Pineda died on February 15 after his family were left in freezing temperatures without heating or water. His body was found…
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A number of videos are circulating on social media this week showing passengers cheering after a pilot managed to land a plane after its engine exploded. According to Sky News, the pilot of Flight 328 was forced to turn the Boeing 777-200 airplane around and land at Denver airport, just 30…
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Senator Ted Cruz reportedly left behind his family pet poodle, Snowflake, when he took off for Cancun on Wednesday evening while tens of thousands of Texas residents were left without power or running water for a fourth day. A picture taken by a New York Magazine reporter showed the dog…
