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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…
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Princess Eugenie has shared the name of her newborn son as well as a photo of him. Taking to Instagram today, the 30-year-old shared with her 1.3 million followers on the platform that her baby boy is called August Philip Hawke Brooksbank. She also shared a photo of him for…
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A South Carolina man has won custody of his own daughter after she was adopted without his permission. WACH Fox57 reported that Christopher Emanuel's daughter, Skyler, was put up for adoption by his girlfriend without his knowledge or consent. "I was lost… I was hurt, I was confused because I…
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The star of a Cadbury advert featuring a gay kiss has spoken out after 25,000 people have signed a petition to ban it. The ad features real-life gay couple Callum Sterling and Dale Moran, who share a kiss while eating a Creme Egg. Posted on CitizenGO, a website that typically…
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Ted Cruz has spoken out for the first time since returning from his infamous trip to Mexico during a tumultuous period of severely cold weather in the state of Texas this week. According to The Guardian, arctic storms that have swept across large parts of the central and southern United…
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Exhausted Domino's employees have been hailed "the essential workers that need recognition" amid the ongoing cold weather snap in Texas. Attention was drawn to the hard-working employees when a photograph of two weary Domino's workers in went viral online, prompting many calls for higher wages. In the picture, the two…
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have officially left the Royal Family - resulting in the Duke being stripped of his military titles. Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39, stepped down as "senior" members of the Royal family in early 2020, with a 12-month review being agreed. A statement released today (February…
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An investigation has been launched into the GoFundMe account of Tessica Brown - the woman who went viral earlier this month after applying Gorilla Glue brand adhesive to her hair in lieu of hairspray. In a recent virtual interview with The New York Post, 40-year-old Brown stated that, although she…
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All schools in New Zealand will be offering free sanitary products from June in order to stamp out "period poverty", the country's Prime Minister has announced. PM Jacinda Ardern announced the move on Thursday (February 18) following a successful pilot initiative, which launched in mid-2020, the Daily Mail reports. The…
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President Biden has stated that white supremacy is the greatest domestic terror threat in America today. Speaking at a CNN town hall meeting on February 16, Biden was asked a question about how his administration would address the threat of white supremacy in light of the deadly Capitol riot last…
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A series of images showing the recent sub-zero temperatures in Texas have appeared on social media this week, with power outages plunging millions of Americans into dangerous conditions of freezing cold and darkness. According to The Guardian, arctic storms that have swept across large parts of the central and southern…
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Students and teachers in England have been left horrified after a school Zoom event was hacked by naked men. The event, which had been organised by external provider Reading Rampage, had been set up to teach the children how to stay safe online as part of Safer Internet Day. Reading…
