Teacher placed on leave for 'discussing sexual orientation' with students
US news
5 godzin temu
Stacy Bailey, an art teacher at a Texas elementary school, was suspended in September shortly after asking the district to establish protections for LGBTQ students and employees in its anti-discrimination policy. This week, the school said that Bailey had been put on leave for discussing her sexual orientation and her wife with students. A collective of parents is fighting to have her reinstated.
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Pope will not apologize for abuse of Indigenous children in Canada's residential schools
Canada news
3 godziny temu
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his disappointment following the announcement that Pope Francis will not apologize for the Catholic Church's role in the widespread abuse of Indigenous children that occurred in Canada's residential schools. Trudeau had personally requested a papal apology last year.
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Teen buys a lottery ticket on her 18th birthday and wins $1,000 a week for life
Canada news
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A Quebec teen purchased her first lottery ticket on her 18th birthday and won the jackpot: a choice between $1 million CAD (£550,000) or $1,000 a week for life. The teen opted for the weekly payments because they wouldn't be taxed.
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A self-made poll could turn The Brow into The Brows
NBA
2 godziny temu
Anthony Davis has never shied away from his unibrow, even trademarking phrases like "Fear the Brow" and "Raise the Brow," but he may be ready to shave it into two.
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Michigan State paid a PR firm $500k to monitor Nassar's victims' social media accounts
US news
3 godziny temu
According to a report by the Lansing State Journal, Michigan State, which employed Larry Nassar at a time he was abusing dozens of women, hired a public relations firm to watch and analyze the social media activity of Nassar's victims and reporters covering the case. In a month, the bill exceeded $500,000.
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Brits and Americans have very different ideas about bed linen
Haha
4 godziny temu
Do you use a duvet, a blanket or a quilt? What is the difference anyway? What about a topsheet? WHAT EVEN IS A TOPSHEET? Who knew bed linen was so complicated?
1 tys. polubień
Flash flooding made trying to get to class an adventure at Texas A&M
Weather
2 godziny temu
After severe rainstorms, the TAMU campus was a water wasteland just in time for exams.
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Black Metal band defends 'nazi salute'
Music
3 godziny temu
Watain guitarist Set Teitan has temporarily “stepped away” from the band after photos emerged of him giving a Nazi salute. The band has since denied any ties to the far right, and defended Teitan’s move as “made in jest.”
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Ben Simmons clowns Hawks while playing PUBG with Karl Anthony Towns
NBA
4 godziny temu
The Sixers rookie wanted to face off against Towns in PlayersUnknown's Battlegrounds, so he asked him who the Timberwolves were playing the following day. After Towns said the Hawks, Simmons countered by saying Towns had "plenty of time."
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If Friends and Seinfeld were rebooted, which characters would vote for Trump?
Television
4 godziny temu
With the Roseanne reboot successfully winning over conservatives, @davidmackau and @HashtagGriswold wondered if a topical reboot could also have the same effect on NBC's smash sitcoms.
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DMX sentenced to one year in prison for tax fraud
Music
2 godziny temu
The American rapper was sentenced in a Manhattan federal court months after being charged with a “multi-year scheme to conceal millions of dollars” from the IRS. DMX's lawyers reportedly played his track Slippin' for the judge before the sentencing.
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Strip away the special effects and it's a miracle actors can keep a straight face
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@thisbemesara wants people to appreciate the skill it takes for actors to remain composed when they're working with stuffed animals and people in green unitards.
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Heineken pulls ad Chance the Rapper called 'terribly racist'
Business
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Heineken has removed a commercial for its light beer after it received some complaints that it was racist. Hip-hop star Chance the Rapper said he thought the advert was intentionally provocative to stir conversation and get more views.
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Batman teams up with an unlikely ally in the finale to DC's Metal
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The final issue of DC Comics Metal series features the Dark Knight and an expected partner teaming up to defeat a dire threat to the multiverse.
Pop culture
2 godziny temu
THIS MOMENT CONTAINS SPOILERS
The final issue of DC Comics Metal series features the Dark Knight and an expected partner teaming up to defeat a dire threat to the multiverse.
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South African woman jailed over racist rant in landmark ruling
World news
3 godziny temu
For the first time in history, a South African court has sentenced a woman up to three years in prison, over a racist rant directed at a black police officer.
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There can only be one reigning Internet Boyfriend in this bracket challenge
Pop culture
Tego ranka
It's bracketology but having to choose between Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan.
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Boeing denies being hit by cyber attack that has been linked to North Korea
US news
1 godzina temu
According to the Seattle Times, the company has been hit by WannaCry ransomware, which US officials have linked to North Korea. Boeing denied the report, which cited company documents claiming the attack could affect plane production.
5 polubień
R Kelly groomed 14-year-old girl as sex 'pet,' BBC documentary alleges
Celebrity
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Kelly's former girlfriend, Kitti Jones, said he introduced her to a 14-year-old girl who he had "trained" and referred to as his "pet" in the BBC3 documentary R Kelly: Sex, Girls and Videotapes.
1 tys. polubień
Trump's legal team promotes an obscure medieval historian from Georgia
US news
5 godzin temu
As Trump reportedly struggles to hire new lawyers to the Mueller case, Reuters reports that an Atlanta attorney who worked with the president's lawyer, Jay Sekulow, is stepping up. Andrew Ekonomou holds a doctorate in medieval history and has a background helping DAs prosecute civil and criminal racketeering cases.
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This week in Spongebob memes: Winded Spongebob
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5 godzin temu
Why is Spongebob panting? Anyone who's ever done anything has an answer for that.
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