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A long-lost Italian village has remerged after over 70 years underwater. Curon, in the province of South Tyrol, was submerged in 1950 when a dam and a merge were built by authorities so that hydroelectric power could be established in the area. However, it resulted in 160 homes being submerged…
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The Idaho teacher who stopped a sixth-grade school shooter says she hugged the young girl after disarming her. Earlier this month, the shooter pulled a loaded handgun from her bag and opened fire, wounding three people at Rigby Middle School. Krista Gneiting, a math teacher at the school, managed to…
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A 1,000-foot skyscraper began shaking in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, sending people fleeing for safety. Per BBC News, SEG Plaza was captured in footage swaying from side to side on Tuesday, seemingly for no apparent reason. The video, which was posted to Chinese social media platform Weibo, also…
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A new law in South Carolina forces inmates on death row to choose between a firing squad or the electric chair if the lethal injection is not available. According to CNN, the state's Republican governor, Henry McMaster, signed the bill into law on Friday. Driving the new legislation was the…
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A New Hampshire man has been charged after setting off 80 pounds of explosives at a gender reveal party, causing an "earth-shaking" explosion. Anthony Spinelli of Kingston has been charged with disorderly conduct after the blast "caused public alarm", NBC Boston reports. The explosion rocked the houses in nearby neighborhoods and…
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A video has emerged on social media showing a ninth-grade student saving a classmate's life. According to KUTV News, Jackson Johnson was saved from choking by his fellow pupil Hunter Olson. Surveillance cameras installed at West Jordan Middle School in Utah managed to capture the ordeal, which took place in…
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A man whose family was told to say goodbye to him as a result of his ultra-rare cancer has miraculously made a recovery. Sam Parker, from England, was given a "one in six million" chance of survival from his rare diagnosis, per Lancashire Telegraph. The 22-year-old found himself needing life-saving…
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An Instagram influencer allegedly used over "$100,000 in Covid relief" to purchase plane tickets and luxury hotel getaways. Cops have accused Danielle Miller of stealing the identity of a person in Massachusetts, then using their details to claim extensive Covid relief, which she went on to spend extravagantly, Independent reports.…
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A woman who started out as a janitor at a local school has managed to become a teacher after finally earning her degree. Per TODAY, Wanda Smith worked long hours with two full-time jobs for the Brenham Independent School District in Texas - working from 6:00AM as a bus monitor…
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An 18-year-old has gone viral on social media after sharing her admissions essay to Harvard college. Abigail Mack, who was recently accepted into the prestigious college's class of 2025 on an undecided major, took to her TikTok account last week to share footage of herself reading a deeply personal letter…
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Six Flags has responded to claims that staff at one of their theme parks "body-shamed" a female guests over the length of her shorts. Last week, Colorado native Bailey Breedlove went viral after she claimed she had been stopped by police in the park over her attire and subsequently "banned".…
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A Tesla driver has been arrested for sitting in his car's back seat while it was on autopilot. Param Sharma, 25, was arrested for reckless driving on Monday, May 10, and held overnight at the Santa Rita jail after he was seen riding in the backseat of his Tesla with…
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The family of a young boy who tragically died after being struck by lightning have donated his organs to save three other children. Per Blackpool Gazette, nine-year-old Jordan Banks of Blackpool, England, was in the middle of a one-to-one football training session at a local playing field when he was…
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The shutdown of a major US pipeline from a cyberattack has resulted in mass panic-buying and physical brawls over gas. Colonial Pipeline fell victim to the attack on Friday, May 8, and its information technology systems were shut down as a precautionary measure, per NBC News. This resulted in the…
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Passengers onboard a small Boutique Airlines plane have recounted the horrific moment an emergency exit door flew off just moments before take-off. The incident took place on an eight-seater plane at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport on May 3. In an interview with WUPM, a passenger named Tom Yon said: "We…
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Violence continues to escalate between the Israeli military and Gaza - leaving the death toll at 35. Among those 35 casualties are 12 children. Violence broke out after the Israeli Supreme Court upheld plans to evict Palestinians from Jerusalem. And tensions rose on Tuesday, May 11, after a huge 13-storey…
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A Black homeowner says the value of her home soared by more than $100,000 when she had a white male friend sit in on an appraisal. Per Fox59, Carlette Duffy of Indianapolis has filed a complaint with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development after failing to attain adequate…
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The US saw a deadly weekend with at least 10 mass shootings taking place. Those 10 mass shootings resulted in a combined 17 people losing their lives, and a further 33 people wounded. Additionally, data from Gun Violence Archive (GVA), local media, and police reports showed that 117 people lost…
