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Shocking Viral Video Shows Teen Girls Attacking Elderly Man Who Asked Them To Get Off His Lawn
A shocking video has gone viral this week appearing to show two teen girls attacking a 62-year-old man — after he asked them not to sit in his yard. The man, who has not been identified, is seen speaking to…
On 9/11, This Firefighter Climbed 110 Sets Of Stairs In Full Gear To Honor His Fallen Colleagues
Front desk associate at Tennessee Planet Fitness, Lezlie Bauler, posted a photo to Reddit this weekend of a man in full firefighter gear climbing stairs at the gym. The man was dressed in full firefighter gear and climbed 110 sets…
Disabled Veteran Left Humiliated After Coffee Shop Questions His Need For A Service Dog
Yancy Baer is a disabled war veteran, though you can’t really tell right away by just looking at him. He’s a left leg amputee from the knee down. His service dog, Verbena, helps him with everyday tasks. The San Antonio,…
US City Uses Technology To Help Parents Safely Abandon Unwanted Infants
Michigan City, near Chicago, US, has just installed its first ‘Safe Haven box’, a high-tech box for mothers to abandon unwanted infants safely and anonymously. The box, fitted into a wall at Michigan City fire station, uses sensors and a smart…
Lithuanian Cops Were Pulling Over Female Motorists Yesterday. This Is Why
Women driving around Lithuania yesterday may have been slightly alarmed when they were pulled over by police officers for no apparent reason at all. But they needn’t have been, because these cops weren’t issuing tickets or warnings — they were handing…
Pharma CEO Who Raised Price Of Life-Saving Drug By 5,000% Arrested By FBI For Fraud
Remember Martin Shkreli, the pharma company CEO who price-jacked a 62-year-old vital medicine used for AIDS by 5,000%? The 32-year-old entrepreneur known as the “world’s most hated man” has been arrested on charges of securities fraud at the Murray Hill Tower Apartments, his residence in New…
Army Dad Back After 9 Month’s Service Surprises Daughters With A Little Help From Santa
Father-of-two Trent Baskerville was returning from a nine month deployment when his wife had the idea to give his daughters the best Christmas surprise ever — their dad. Trent told ClarksvilleNow how excited he was: “It couldn’t be a better feeling. There’s…
Two Women Make History By Passing US Army’s Elite Ranger School
History was made this week when two women completed arguably the toughest combat training course in the world, which aims to develop elite fighters and leaders. The US Army’s elite Ranger school won’t confirm the name of the women, saying…
Broke Teacher Forced To Live In Asda Car Park After Refusing To Give Up Dogs For Council Housing
How’s this for loyalty? 57-year-old Hillary Barrows has been living in her Alfa Romeo in an Asda carpark because she refuses to part with her dogs. After living in Europe for eight years, she recently returned to Kent, UK, with her two rescues in…
People Have Voted Harriet Tubman To Be The First Woman To Feature On US Money
If you want to get a sense of the gender gap that exists in our society, you don’t have to look any further than your wallet. An organization called “Women on 20s” wants to change that. The not-for-profit group recently…
This New Map Just Revealed There Still Aren’t Any States Where Women Earn As Much As Men
It’s 2015, America, and on average, women still make a paltry 78 cents to a man’s dollar. Admittedly, that is an oft-quoted statistic. But there is a new report that dives a whole lot deeper and examines this discrepancy along…
This Man Got Accidentally Called Into A Meeting With President Obama, But Just Look At His Reaction
On Wednesday, Reddit user ‘cc971172’ posted this photo of his friend, who was accidentally called into a meeting with President Obama. Now, while the rest of us would die of horror for showing up in a short-sleeved polo shirt with no…
Boy Hilariously Head-Desks Tony Abbott — Nails What Most Australians Are Thinking
“Headdesk” is the universal internet symbol for frustration. …the kind of frustration where your brain can’t process the utter hopelessness of a situation so much, that you feel compelled to rest your head on a flat surface for a while. This phenomenon has…
Basketball Team Walk Off Court After Cheerleader Gets Bullied For Having Down Syndrome
“Sweet, kind, awesome, and amazing.” Those are the four words that Desiree Andrews, an eighth grader in Kenosha, Wisconsin, used to describe a beautiful show of kindness that sparked her story to go viral. Born with Down Syndrome, Desiree is a normal…