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1 hour agoIn a shocking development, Marvel Studios is parting ways with Sony Pictures' Spider-Man franchise. The decision will effectively remove the version of Peter Parker played by Tom Holland from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, separating arguably the most iconic Marvel comics superhero from the most successful superhero movie franchise of all time. Read the latest details at the link in our bio 🕸💥 (📷: WireImage/Sony Pictures )
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2 hours agoThis man surprised his brother at the airport after being separated for two decades ❤️
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4 hours agoAntonio Basco invited "everyone" to his wife's funeral on Saturday because he didn't have any other family. But during the funeral, someone stole and wrecked the SUV that belonged to his late wife. So when word of the theft spread a local car dealership gave Basco a new SUV. "El Pasoans take care of each other," one of the dealership's owners told BuzzFeed News 💕😭 (📸: Casa Ford Lincoln )
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6 hours agoUsers will now be able to see what kind of information Facebook has collected about their online activity beyond its borders — from the news they read, to the shopping websites they visit, to the porn they watch. You can learn how to access it through the link in our bio. (📸: Getty Images )
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8 hours agoThe Trump administration rule bars Planned Parenthood from abortion referrals, or suggesting where a patient can get an abortion. The organization serves more than 40% of the patients that receive care through Title X, the federal grant program for family planning organizations. (📸: Reuters )
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23 hours agoHolley Gerelds chose to skip the black velvet drape traditionally worn by female grads at her high school and wear a tuxedo for picture day. No one told the 18-year-old, who is a lesbian, that the tux would be an issue, so she was shocked to see her photo excluded form the yearbook. Superintendent Mike Howard told BuzzFeed News that the yearbook page would be reprinted with Gerelds’ photo (and correct name spelling ). (📸: Holley Gerelds )
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YesterdayBillie Eilish's "Bad Guy" rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, overtaking Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," which stayed atop the chart for a historic 19 weeks. "Bad Guy" had been sitting at No. 2 for nine weeks. This makes Eilish the first artist born this century to hit No. 1. (📸: Getty )
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YesterdayEvelyn Hernández, who was convicted three years ago of aggravated murder after delivering a stillborn in El Salvador, was acquitted in a retrial. Hernández served 33 months in jail before her sentence was annulled in February. El Salvador bans abortion in all cases, including when the woman's life is in danger. Click our link in bio for more. (📸: Getty )
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YesterdayNYPD Commissioner James O’Neill said officer Daniel Pantaleo’s termination is effective immediately. Garner, a father of five, died after Pantaleo used a prohibited chokehold to restrain him on July 17, 2014. “An officer’s choices and actions, even made under extreme pressure, matter,” O’Neill said Monday. (📸: AP, Getty Images )
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2 days ago“I know that it is a dangerous thing, or a scary thing more I should say, for somebody on such a huge level who has so many fans that are in the bible belt and in the midwest," Todrick Hall said of his friend Taylor Swift, whose video for "You Need To Calm Down" addressed anti-gay protesters. “It was kind of devastating to realize that I hadn’t been publicly clear about [support for the LGBTQ community]," Swift recently told Vogue. (📸: Getty )
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2 days agoThis raccoon’s snack-swiping scheme didn’t go quite as planned 😂
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YesterdayMicroplastics have been found in Arctic ice samples — proving that pollution is reaching even the most remote areas of our planet.
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4 days agoIn October 2018, Jimmy Kimmel Live broadcasted a comedic sketch that used the Wireless Emergency Alert tones three times. It was just hours before Americans received Trump’s first presidential alert, which the Federal Emergency Management Agency used to test the new system. ABC admitted to the violation and agreed to pay $395,000 in civil penalties. In February, AMC Networks featured EAS tones during the “Omega" episode of The Walking Dead. AMC was fined $104,000 in civil penalties. (📷: ABC/AMC )
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4 days ago11-year-old Kira “Pink Panther” Makogonenko is a boxing expert with her eyes on the Olympics 🥊 (🎥: @kiramakogonenko )
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4 days agoThe Chinese-American star posted an image on Weibo that said "I support Hong Kong's police, you can beat me up now. What a shame for Hong Kong.” Supporters of the pro-democracy protests have now accused the actor of supporting police brutality and created the hashtag #BoycottMulan. They have also urged Disney to comment. Tap the link in our bio to read more. (📸: Disney Enterprises )
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4 days agoThe committee members will return on Sept. 4 for a meeting to draft bills that would ban high capacity magazines, prohibit people convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes from purchasing a gun, and a version of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s bill that gives grants to states that have so-called “red flag” laws. The full House is slated to return on Sept. 9. (📸: Getty Images )
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4 days agoTlaib’s decision comes shortly after Israel’s Interior Ministry accepted an application for her to visit the West Bank on humanitarian grounds to visit her grandmother. In the letter requesting permission, Tlaib said she would not advocate for boycotting Israel during the trip — a condition Israeli authorities had put on the visit. (📸: Getty Images )
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4 days agoIn an interview with PBS’s Frontline, Mayor Dee Margo said Trump made the “Republican In Name Only” remark, which Republicans hurl at one another to imply they’re not conservative enough, after the mayor pushed back against the president’s false claim that a border fence had made El Paso safer. “He said, ‘You’re a RINO,’ and I said, ‘No, sir. I am not a RINO,’” Margo told Frontline. “I said … ‘I simply corrected the misinformation you were given by [the Texas] attorney general, and that’s all I did.’” In response, Trump “just kinda grinned,” Margo said. (📷: AP/PBS Frontline )
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5 days agoDeborah Sue Culwell plead guilty to all counts of animal cruelty and was sentenced to a year in jail, 90 days of which will be under a work release, as well as seven years of probation. During the probational period, she will be prohibited from owning and possessing any animals. (📸: Riverside County Animal Services )
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4 days agoMany immigrant parents fear that the new proposed rule, which says immigrants seeking green cards can be denied public assistance, would affect their US born children’s ability for health insurance and free/reduced lunch. Advocates worry that immigrants may now forgo enrollment and unenroll their children from these benefits. Tap the link in our bio to read more details. (📸: AP )
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5 days agoNever Again Action, a group of young Jewish activists calling for ICE to be shut down, protested outside a prison that works with the agency. A guard pulled his truck up, honked his horn, and proceeded to drive through the protesters, organizers said. Tap the link in our bio to read more. (📸: Steve Ahlquist/ Via Uprise RI )
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5 days agoThis announcement comes shortly after Trump tweeted that Israel allowing them to visit would “show great weakness.” The congresswomen, who were scheduled to visit Jerusalem and the West Bank, have been critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and have been vocal supporters of the movement to boycott and divest from Israel. (📸: Getty Images )
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4 days agoAntonio Basco has opened his wife’s funeral to the public after realizing he didn’t have very many people to invite. Now, people from all over the country have vowed to attend the service, Harrison Johnson, the director of Perches Funeral Homes, told BuzzFeed News. “It's going to be full," Basco said. "Makes me feel wonderful." (📸: Getty )
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5 days agoEvelyn Hernández, a Salvadoran woman who was sentenced to 30 years in prison after giving birth to a stillborn baby, will be tried in court again this week as prosecutors try to prove she deliberately induced an abortion. Hernández had already served 33 months before her sentence was annulled following an appeal from her legal team. She is one of dozens of women in the Central American country, which bans abortion entirely, who have been accused of murder by the state after having miscarriages or stillbirths. Tap the link in our bio for more on her case. (📸: Getty Images )
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5 days agoThe new Labor Department rule would let businesses with federal contracts cite religious objections as a valid reason to discriminate against workers. The rule would apply to a range of corporations, schools, and societies provided that they claim a "religious purpose." However, the Trump administration said businesses don't need to focus only on religion to qualify. Tap the link in our bio to read more. (📸: Getty Images )
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5 days agoThe 30-year-old rapper and his two associates have received a suspended sentence, after the jury rejected the claim of self-defense, and have been ordered to pay $1,307 (12,500 krona ) in damages to the 19-year-old who was injured during the altercation. (📸: Getty Images )
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6 days agoAn old photo of two Southern influencers has gone viral and spawned a meme called “Christian Girl Autumn” — because it was tweeted by a 19-year-old named Giovanni. People have had fun with the meme, including the women, Emily Gemma and Caitlin Covington, but say peoples’ assumptions that they are intolerant because they’re Christian aren’t true. “It doesn’t bother me,” said Covington. “It’s funny. It’s the world we live in now!” Click our link in bio for more. (📸: @ lasagnabby, @ drSamischalk, @ crommunist via Twitter )
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1 weeks agoThere are now vending machines with free books for kids in New York City 📚👏
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1 weeks agoBook nerds rejoice! The film helmed by Ladybird director Greta Gerwig, stars Saoirse Ronan (who makes the perfect Jo March ), Emma Watson, Meryl Streep, Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen and Laura Dern. It will premiere in theaters Christmas Day. Tap the link in our bio to watch the full trailer 🎥 (📸: Sony Pictures )
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1 weeks agoJosh Kloss, who starred in Perry’s Teenage Dream music video, accused the singer of pulling his sweats and underwear out as far as she could and exposing him to her guy friends and a crowd. Kloss said he felt “pathetic and embarrassed” and decided to tell his story because “our culture is set on proving men of power are perverse.” Perry’s friends said that Kloss has an “ongoing obsession” with her and are calling him a liar. (📸: Getty Images )
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1 weeks agoRiot police charged at protesters as one of the world’s busiest transit hubs descended into chaos. This is the fifth day of airport occupation and the second day of flight cancellations.
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1 weeks agoThe detailed post about Jeffrey Epstein’s death was published about 38 minutes before news outlets confirmed it. The post read “[D]ont ask me how I know, but Epstein died an hour ago from hanging, cardiac arrest. Screencap this.” After other users did not believe the original post, the user posted a detailed breakdown of procedures allegedly used in an attempt to revive Epstein that could not be verified by an NPYD spokesman. Tap the link in our bio for more. (📸: Getty, 4chan )
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1 weeks agoWhile Whitaker joined the Department of Justice in October 2017 as then–attorney general Jeff Sessions’ chief of staff, no one vetted his financial disclosure forms until a year later, a few weeks before President Donald Trump appointed him as acting attorney general. Tap the link in our bio for more details. (📸: AFP/Getty )
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1 weeks agoA woman adopted the two dogs who were at this animal shelter the longest ❤️🐶🐕
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2 weeks agoAttorney General William Barr said the FBI and the Office of the Inspector General have launched an investigation into the facility. “We will get to the bottom of what happened, and there will be accountability,” Barr said. The AP reported that the facility was experiencing severe staff shortages, and that there were only two employees on duty on the morning of Epstein’s death. Barr also stated that the sex-trafficking case would continue and that any of Epstein’s co-conspirators “should not rest easy.” (📸: Getty Images )
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2 weeks agoAndrey Vaganov and his partner, Evgeny Erofeyev, have been raising their adopted sons for a decade. However, they’ve had to flee the country after they were accused of breaking Russia’s “anti-gay propaganda law”, which makes teaching minors about LGBTQ issues illegal, by letting their children know that they are married. Tap the link in our bio to read more. (📸: Andrey Vaganov )
