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While the second Democratic presidential debate Thursday night made the most news for a contentious exchange about race and history between Sen. Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden, the other breakout of the night was candidate Marianne Williamson. The candidate, who has never held public office, is best known as an author, speaker, […]

A video from 2016 that suddenly went viral this week features many years in the life of a young man, from his birth to what appears to be his 20s – and then turns out to be an advertisement for Subway. Video director Ryan Simmons posted the video to his Twitter account Thursday, describing it […]

BuzzFeed reports that Lakeland, Florida resident Courtney Irby was arrested for attempting to turn in her estranged husband’s firearms to police after he was charged with domestic violence and attempting to run the 33-year-old over with his car. After bringing Joseph Irby’s guns to the police while he was in custody because she “was in […]

While Thomas Ravenel is no longer on Southern Charm, fans of the series have gotten a virtual tour of his Edisto Island, South Carolina, plantation where he held parties and polo tournaments for his friends and cast members. A lot has changed for Ravenel, who reportedly hung up his polo mallet since the conditions of […]

One woman got the surprise of her life when she attended a Pink concert at the Liverpool Anfield stadium on Tuesday night. Denise Jones, 32, went into labor at Pink’s concert just as the performer began her hit song, “Let’s Get This Party Started.” Paramedics, who were on the opposite side of the stadium as […]

The Ryan Murphy Netflix musical The Prom has announced its first cast members — a who’s who of music, movies, and television. Included in the cast which will breathe new life into the Tony-nominated Broadway play will be Ariana Grande, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, and Meryl Streep. Deadline reported that Murphy, less than one year […]

B-boys and b-girls get ready. Breakdancing might be the next Olympic sport added to the roster at the 2024 Paris Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) endorsed requests from Paris for this athletic-artistic endeavor to be considered as a new Olympic entry, as reported today by the BBC. And why not? Breakdancing — or breaking, […]

CBS News reports that a great white shark, Ashley Grace, was spotted in Cape Cod Bay Monday afternoon — a sighting that is now marked on Sharktivity. The 12-foot-long shark, which was first tagged in August of 2016, was reportedly spotted off the coast of Wellfleet. After the sighting, the Facebook page for Wellfleet Lifeguards […]

The father of an autistic boy says that his Milton, Massachusetts, neighbors sent him a hateful letter demanding that he get rid of the “dumper [sic] diving children’s playthings” in his yard, or else they’ll call the Board of Health. As Boston’s WHDH-TV reports, however, the Board of Health did indeed visit, and they sided […]

In the Trump era, contentious political battles have often been fought in arenas of American life where they weren’t previously imaginable. This week, fights about Trump came to the world of knitting. Ravelry, which calls itself “a free site for knitters and crocheters,” announced Sunday that it will no longer allow support for President Donald […]

Imagine being offered a grant for $7.5 million and turning it down. That’s exactly what health experts think the historically black Tennessee school Meharry Medical College should do. They have been offered a grant from the vape giant Juul and plan to accept. While they could still potentially reverse their decision, reports from the school […]

For the past several years, e-cigarette sales have been on the rise as an alternative to traditional smoking. The problem is that the major consumer of this product is often young people. Products like Juul were created to help longtime smokers finally quit the habit. While Juul has proven to help adults improve their health […]

The California Assembly has passed the vaccine bill opposed by activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and actor Jessica Biel with a vote of 9-2. The Hollywood Reporter says that in reaction to a national measles outbreak, the assembly backed new rules for vaccine exemptions. The 9-2 vote showed support for a modified version of the […]

If the notorious Los Angeles street gang the Crips are known for anything, it’s beautiful handwriting? The internet is having a field day with a picture of a Georgia neighborhood tagged with graffiti claiming to have been done by the now-national street gang, but written in a very non-intimidating cursive font. The pictures were first […]

A new English skate park will henceforth be known as “Skatey McSkateface” after town officials asked the general public to come up with a name and got exactly what they asked for, The Independent reports. Officials in Southend-on-Sea, a seaside community of about 180,000 people, wanted the skateboarders in their town to have a safe […]

Bella Hadid recently made headlines with an advertisement in which she appeared to kiss another woman. However, she never kissed anyone at all. The person with whom she shared the passionate embrace was not actually a person, but rather a collection of pixels, per The New York Times. Her name is Miquela Sousa, but goes […]

While Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest champion Joey Chestnut definitely gets his fill of hot dog’s during the highly-anticipated 4th of July contest, that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t indulge in them during the rest of the year. As many know, Chestnut is the reigning hot dog eating champion and he’s already won the contest […]

On Thursday night, in retaliation for a U.S. drone was that shot down earlier this week, President Trump approved air strikes on Iran, but then pulled back on them, The New York Times reported. According to the report, Trump approved attacks on Iranian targets, including radar and missile batteries, in response to that country having […]

Michelle Obama may have never served as president of the United States, but this week, she showed off her own approach to international diplomacy with a direct and devastating attack. A viral video from a celebrity dodgeball game showed former first lady Michelle Obama nailing near-British royalty Harry Styles right in the crotch with a […]

Early on Thursday, the Revolutionary Guard of Iran, that country’s most elite military force, announced that it had shot down an “intruding American spy drone” after the drone had penetrated Iranian airspace, according to a CNN report. United States officials confirmed that Iran had indeed downed a U.S. drone, but claimed that the drone was […]

Cristina Szeifert, who describes herself as a psychologist, artist, entrepreneur, and health and life coach on her Instagram account, has come under fire after fans noticed something unusual about her paint palette that is often on show in her Instagram pics depicting her artwork. According to BuzzFeed, fans have accused Szeifert of not actually painting […]

Youtuber Elijah Daniel just purchased Hell, Michigan, for Pride Month. Daniel has also renamed the town “Gay Hell” in protest of Donald Trump and his administration’s refusal to fly the LGBTQ rainbow flag in front of United States embassies throughout June, per The Daily Wire. Daniel announced his purchase — and the renaming of Hell, […]

The Toronto Raptors’ victory parade, celebrating the team’s championship win against the Golden State Warriors, drew a flood of people that has brought Toronto to a screeching halt. CTV News reports that city officials have shut down numerous subway stations and closed down access to Nathan Phillips Square — where the team is planned to […]

It’s been a talking point from certain quarters for the last several years, that a generation of children is being ruined by the handing out of participation trophies. Kids these days, the argument goes, are “soft” and aren’t given the chance to earn trophies, but rather get one just for taking part, per a New […]

On Sunday, The Daily Mail reported that rapper Jay-Z’s entertainment company Roc Nation will be providing financial assistance to a family in Phoenix, Arizona, who was threatened by police at gunpoint last week. After seeing the disturbing footage that took place outside the Family Dollar store, Jay-Z’s group hired a high-power attorney to assist the […]

Just like in the childhood game, Telephone, sometimes when a message is misheard, things turn out even funnier than anyone would imagine. A woman posted a photo on Twitter of her cousin’s birthday cake, which her co-workers made her, per her request. Novelist Harriet Alida Lye posted a photo of her cousin Siobhan’s birthday cake […]

Donald Trump is raising alarms after making yet another suggestion that he could stay in office beyond two terms, a violation of the U.S. Constitution. Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to complain about polls that have shown him losing in a series of key battleground states, and even some traditionally deep-red states in 2020. […]

A San Diego-area high school valedictorian gave a graduation speech that was anything but the typical graduation speech filled with platitudes about making a difference and changing the world, CBS News reports. Instead, the speaker went “scorched Earth” on several of her teachers and staff of her former school, including publicly calling one former teacher […]

A Massachusetts homeowner who hung a Nazi flag and then, when confronted, a Confederate flag, from a flagpole in his front yard, says he’s feeling “threatened” by the public backlash he’s receiving, Yahoo Lifestyle reports. Paul Gibeault, 57, is the homeowner in question. On Monday, Southbridge neighbor Paul Harvard, 49, published photos of Gibeault’s display […]

Most people remember Caillou as the inquisitive and somewhat annoying cartoon child from the early and mid-2000s, but a viral Google search revealed some difficult-to-believe facts about the bald Canadian boy. Somewhere in the middle of the night on Saturday, someone found that Google listed Caillou as being 5-foot-11 and 180 pounds, sparking viral interest […]

Alexis McCart was driving with some of her friends in Lawrenceville, Georgia when she was pulled over for a traffic stop. Unsure what she had done wrong, she thought she might be getting a ticket. Typically, traffic stops are pretty nerve-wracking experiences that can often ruin someone’s day. However, that wasn’t what happened at all […]

Life can change completely in no more than an instant. That’s a fact that 7-year-old Gavin Swearingen from Carmel, Indiana, and his parents know well. Gavin was just 2-years-old when he fell off a swing and sustained a brain injury that would completely change his life. The fall led him to lose 75 percent of […]

Army veteran K.T. Robbins is 97-years-old and once served in northeastern France during World War II. He was only 24-years-old when he met a young French woman named Jeannine Ganaye and the pair fell in love. When Robbins was transferred to fight on the Eastern Front, he and Ganaye had to part ways, only getting […]

Have you heard the one about the big, strong men who were reduced to tears in the presence of Donald Trump because of something the president did? If you’ve listened to Trump long enough, chances are you’ve heard some variation of his story about the stoic, never-cried-in-their-lives guys who burst into tears as the president […]

Donald Trump tried to fend off controversy after claiming he would accept help from a foreign government in the 2020 election, but only found himself the subject of more mockery when he tried to prove his diplomacy by claiming he met with the “Prince of Whales.” The bizarre tweet quickly earned viral interest on the […]

On the British show, The Last Leg, Adam Hills told the audience that he and fellow comedians, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe, had secured permission to take the Donald Trump wax figure out on the town from London’s Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum. For anyone who thought that they were joking, the three have now provided […]

A Canadian woman shared her experience with security personnel at Vancouver International Airport, alleging that a security guard got angry because he couldn’t find any drugs on her, CBC News reports. Jill Knapp, a Sunday School teacher, recalled that on January 9, 2016, she arrived at the Vancouver airport from Mexico City, where she had […]

On her recent trip to the U.K., Melania Trump took her dressing to a new level in her effort to speak through fashion. However, some are being critical, saying that it’s a higher skill to make your clothes speak to an occasion, but the First Lady of the United States takes this too literally. The […]

Joe Biden took to Twitter on Saturday to wish a happy “Best Friends Day” to his old pal Barack Obama, and the internet had some fun ribbing Joe over it. On Saturday, the former vice president in the Obama White House posted a picture of a pair of friendship bracelets with “Joe” written on one […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers from the Harry Potter series regarding Dobby the house elf. Please proceed with caution if you have not yet seen or read all of the franchise and wish to avoid spoilers. Dobby, the much-loved house elf from the Harry Potter series, is currently trending on Twitter. Some fans are […]

Only one ticket matched the five numbers and Mega Ball required to win the Mega Millions jackpot, meaning that one lucky California player will pocket around half a billion dollars before taxes, Yahoo News reports. The advertised jackpot for Friday’s Mega Millions drawing was $530 million, after several draws where no one matched the winning […]

A U.S. Marine has decided to don a magical blue mermaid tail in a recent photo shoot. He did so in order to give his friends overseas a good laugh, according to FOX 13. The photo shoot was done by Jacqueline Elliot, a photographer with Magical Memories Photography in Trinity, Florida, who usually does adorable […]

Neighbors in a California town are upset with a homeowner who put up a giant swastika display in his front yard, The San Francisco Chronicle reports, though the homeowner claims that it’s a Tibetan Buddhist symbol and not a symbol of hate. The neighbor in question is Steve Johnson, a retired welder, and the neighborhood […]

On Tuesday, a video of a helicopter rescue that didn’t go quite as planned made the rounds on social media. After 74-year-old injured hiker Kati Metro was lifted from the ground in a stretcher, it began to spin at high speed as the helicopter ascended. According to her husband, George Metro, Kati is still feeling […]

Sean Hannity has called it “despicable” that Nancy Pelosi apparently said she wants to see Donald Trump go to jail, and the internet has now declared that irony is officially dead. The Fox News pundit, who for years has been a fervent backer of the “Lock her up!” movement to have political rival Hillary Clinton […]

Friday, June 7, is National Donut Day, which means free and discount donut deals at donut purveyors from coast to coast. Widely recognized as a shameless marketing opportunity for donut chains around the country, the annual occasion actually dates back to 1938. It was to honor the Salvation Army’s “Donut Lassies,” who began their tradition […]

For four decades, a Canadian museum offered anyone who wanted to take a crack at it, the chance to open up an old safe, and for four decades, no one could. That is, until a tourist got it on his very first try. As CNN reports, the Vermilion Heritage Museum in Alberta, Canada, kept a […]

Have you seen the video with the dad having a full-on conversation with his gibberish-talking baby? If you’ve been on Twitter at all in the past few days, there’s a good chance you’ve seen the viral video of the adorable conversation. It was shared on Monday by Twitter user Devin Johnson, showing dad Deztin Pryor […]

The View panelist Abby Huntsman has shared a precious photo of the two latest additions to her family — a daughter and a son — to the show’s official Instagram. In a sweet pic with a banner titled “The twins are here!” the show introduced the littlest members of The View family to its audience. […]

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has long been criticized for using his show to promote racist, white nationalist themes, and conspiracy theories, as New York Magazine has documented. But on Wednesday night, the 50-year-old Carlson aired one of his stranger segments, embarking on a tirade against the metric system. The metric system is a standardized […]