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Bryan Michalek | October 18, 2017
Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney has recently revealed that one the USA Gymnastics team doctors, Larry Nassar, molested her for years, starting when she was just 13-years-old.  Finding inspiration from the #MeToo movement, calling on women to come forward with their stories of abuse in the wake of Hollywood's recent Harvey Weinstein scandal, Maroney posted this lengthy statement on social…
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Bryan Michalek | October 17, 2017
Hundreds of people came together to walk an 11-year-old Utah boy home from school after he said bullies had shouted racial slurs at him from a car, according to a story from KSTU-TV. Heather Romauldo spoke with KSTU about her son, Mateus, who had called her on the phone sounding very “frantic” after walking home from Viewmont Elementary school. “He was walking home from school last Thursday…
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Bryan Michalek | October 17, 2017
Amid the ongoing scandal involving disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, many actresses -- and even a few actors -- have come out with their own experiences with sexual abuse in Hollywood. But unlike many who suffered in silence, one woman told a remarkable story about the late Carrie Fisher’s bold response to a would-be abuser. This story comes from Heather Ross, a film industry worker and…
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Bryan Michalek | October 16, 2017
Disgraced Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has pleaded guilty to the charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy via his attorney on Monday morning.  Bergdahl, a member of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, is best known for walking away from his combat outpost in Afghanistan in June 2009. During his attempted desertion he was captured by the Haqqani Network, which is a faction within the…
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Bryan Michalek | October 12, 2017
Ferndale mother Rebecca Bredow served five days in jail for refusing to obey a court order requiring her to vaccinate her nine-year-old son. But upon her release, she was devastated to find out that he had, in fact, received his vaccines.  In addition to discovering the news of her sons vaccinations, Bredow's ex-husband, James Horne had also gained joint custody of the young boy, reducing Bredow…
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Bryan Michalek | October 12, 2017
A Canadian-American couple and their three children have been rescued and released after being held hostage by the Taliban for the last 5 years.  Caitlan Coleman, 31, and her husband Joshua Boyle, 34, were abducted while hiking in Afghanistan's Ghazni province in 2012. According to NPR, the two were expecting their first child at the time of the abduction.  In addition to their first child, the…
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Bryan Michalek | October 12, 2017
Actress Rose McGowan has been temporarily suspended from Twitter after comments she made against Harvey Weinstein and his defenders this week.  McGowan, who had reportedly reached her own settlement deal of up to $100,000 with Weinstein over undisclosed claims in 1997, has been one of the loudest voices in the recent campaign against the disgraced Hollywood producer.  On Twitter, McGowan first…
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Bryan Michalek | October 11, 2017
At least 20,000 underage girls around the world are illegally married off every single day, according to a new research conducted jointly by the Save the Children charity and the World Bank.  The study found evidence that around 7.5 million underage girls are married off illegally every year, even in countries that have banned the practice. It was also found that nearly 100 million young girls…
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Bryan Michalek | October 11, 2017
After declaring that any of his players who kneel during the National Anthem would be disciplined, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has received a formal complaint from a local labor union.  According to ESPN, Local 100 of the United Labor Unions claim Jones has violated the National Labor Relations Act by threatening players if they choose not to stand for the anthem.  Jones claimed earlier…
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Bryan Michalek | October 11, 2017
In July, a video featuring a Utah police officer handcuffing a nurse who refused to let him draw blood from an unconscious patient went viral. Today, that officer has now been fired, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. [Video provided by The Salt Lake Tribune] Recorded on the police body camera, the video shows University of Utah Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels being forcibly handcuffed and…