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Tyler McNally | June 8, 2015
During an interview on BBC's Newsnight, actor Sir Patrick Stewart came to the defense of Irish Christian bakers who were fined £500 - approximately $763.97 in U.S. dollars - for refusing to bake a cake decorated with the words "Support Gay Marriage." A long-time gay rights advocate, Stewart said that the owners of Ashers Bakery were within their rights to refuse service as the message the gay…
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Tyler McNally | June 5, 2015
Over two-and-a-half decades ago, one man unknowingly became the subject of one of the most iconic pictures of all time.  Thursday marked the 26th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, during which hundreds - possibly thousands - of students were killed standing up to the Chinese military for failing their people for years. They cried for political reform during a time when the Chinese…
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Tyler McNally | June 5, 2015
On Tuesday, a woman filed a federal lawsuit against St. Louis County for two of its police officers allegedly shooting and killing her four-year-old pitbull Kiya during a no-knock SWAT team raid back in April 2014. Missouri native Angela Zorich claims that the tactical officers used excessive force to get her family out of the house and killed their beloved dog without probable cause. The…
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Tyler McNally | June 4, 2015
A Connecticut man frantically called 911 after his cat attacked him in his home Thursday morning. The feline reportedly stopped the man and his wife from entering their home for nearly four hours before they ended up calling the police. The homeowner blamed the situation on the fact that the 7.5 pound cat had given birth to kittens earlier in the day before they had left the house. The man…
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Tyler McNally | June 4, 2015
In the time since the 3D printer was invented and put onto the free market, people have longed and waited for a gadget that can 3D print food. That wait may soon be over. A team of German chefs and engineers have put together a 3D printer that may soon allow individuals to create beautiful food art like never before. Bocusini is "the first universal plug&play 3D food printing platform,…
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Tyler McNally | June 3, 2015
During the 2015 National Religious Broadcasters Convention earlier this year, former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ala.) shared some jokes about the Transgender movement in his speech. “Now I wish that someone told me that when I was in high school that I could have felt like a woman when it came time to take showers in PE," said Huckabee jokingly. “I’m pretty sure that I would have found my feminine…
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Tyler McNally | June 3, 2015
Four family members were arrested for allegedly assaulting a 14-year old to induce an abortion, Dallas police have reported. The girl, who was eight-months pregnant at the time of the attack, says that in August 2012 she became pregnant after a family member sexually assaulted her. She did not speak up about the sexual assault because "she was embarrassed," police said. It was only until a woman…
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Tyler McNally | June 2, 2015
A Russian car accident left the road undriveable in a freak accident. Two trucks collided on the M-4 Don highway to an explosion of bright yellow road paint after a rear-ended collision. The video shows the road covered in the paint on both sides of the road. Cars behind the accident were affected by the collision as well as the paint covered roads soon enveloped cars. According to the…
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Tyler McNally | June 2, 2015
Amid a federal investigation, Barbara Byrd-Bennett resigned as Chicago Public School (CPS) CEO Monday. The investigation looked into a no-bid contract worth $20 million given to her former employer, SUPES Academy. According to the Chicago Tribune, federal investigators have been looking into SUPES and Byrd-Bennett's connection since 2013, and a grand jury has been reviewing evidence for over a…
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Tyler McNally | June 1, 2015
The State Department has announced that it will extend the travel ban put into place for the "Taliban 5" after last-minute negotiations with the government of Qatar were completed. The five individuals were fairly high-ranking individuals within the Taliban network before being detained by U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The five men -- Khair Ulla Said Wali Khairkhwa, Mullah Mohammad Fazl, Mullah…