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By Per LiljasMay 22, 2014 3:44 AM EDTGay-rights advocates on Wednesday handed over a petition signed by 125,000 people to Amazon, urging them to drop the Boy Scouts of America BSA from a list of charitable organizations, since the BSA doesnrsquo;t welcome openly gay adults within its ranks.The action comes as BSA kicks off its natio
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Donald Trump appears with supporters Diamond and Silk at benefit and rally for Wounded Warriors, a charity organization for Veterans, at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. The event was timed to coincide with the Republican debates on Fox which he declined to attend.Natalie Keyssar for TIMEBy Philip ElliottFebruary 3, 2016 7:23 AM ESTWhen Donald J. Trump rode his gold-plated escalator down to the lobby of his Manhattan skyscraper, hundreds of cameras documented his entrance to the race back in June. They all thought him a loser. Itrsquo what Trump expected from the scum manning the cameras and taking notes. Some of these guys are as dumb as a rock, he said Tuesday night, looking back at a story that still lacks an end.But he pushed on. Itrsquo what Donald Trump does when
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By Simmone ShahMarch 31, 2024 10:31 AM EDTKing Charles greeted the public after Easter church service at St Georges Chapel Windsor on Sunday, marking his first major public appearance since his cancer diagnosis was shared by Buckingham Palace on Feb. 5.The King and his wife, Queen Camilla, waved to a crowd of onlookers outside the chapel, and chatted with the visitors
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Dog wearing tiaraGetty ImagesBy Laura StamplerJanuary 27, 2015 1:58 PM ESTThe candy and flowers industrial complex that is Valentine Day had gone to the dogs. Literally.One in five Americans will take their pets into consideration on Feb. 14, according to a new study by the National Retail Federation, a trade association. Out of a total of $18.9 billion spent on the holiday, consumers will drop $703 million on their furrier companions, the group forecasts.While the figure at first appears staggering, the retail group points out that consumers will just spend $5.28 on their pets on average.But even though opting for heart-shaped Milkbones suffices, nothing says I love you like splurging for that diamond dog color Fluffy been eyeing.10 Puppies That Look Even More Adorable UnderwaterPringles PickmeSeth CasteelMontySeth CasteelPopsicleSeth CasteelGingerSeth CasteelRugerS
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A man and child walk on Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 2013.Ed Jones鈥擜FP/Getty ImagesBy Sarah BegleyOctober 29, 2015 7:19 AM EDTChina state-run news agency has announced the country will end its one-child policy.The controversial population control program has been in effect nationw
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This photograph taken on February 19, 2018 shows oil tankers anchored off the western shores of Singapore.Roslan Rahman鈥揂FP/Getty ImagesBy Serene Cheong, Alfred Cang and Joyce Koh / BloombergApril 20, 2020 4:05 AM EDTThe s
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Russell Crowe attends the premiere of Noah in Rio de Janeiro on March 12, 2014. He said the banning of the film in some Muslim countries was not unexpected Getty ImagesBy Yenni KwokMarch 25, 2014 2:39 AM EDTIndonesia has banned the release of the Hollywood blockbuster Noah, saying the biblical epic contradicts the teachings of the Koran and may mislead people.We donrsquo;t want a film that could provoke reactions and controversies, said Film Censorship Board member Zainut Tauhid Sarsquo;adi on Monday, acc
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Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, D.C. on October 23, 2019Getty Imagesmdash;2019 Getty ImagesBy Billy PerrigoUpdated: November 27, 2019 4:42 AM [ET] | Originally published: November 26, 2019 12:40 PM EST;On Nov. 13, Facebook announced with great fanfare that it was taking down substantially more posts containing hate speech from its platform than ever before.Facebook removed more than seven million instances of hate speech in the third quarter of 2019, the company claimed, an increase of 59% against the previous quarter. More and more of that hate speech 80% is now being detected not by humans, they added, but automatically, by artificial inte
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By Tessa Berenson RogersMay 9, 2016 8:52 AM EDTWikileaks founder Julian Assange may have been getting lonely living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for the past four yea
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By Alana AbramsonSeptember 12, 2018 10:16 PM EDTThe Senate Judiciary committee released Judge Brett Kavanaugh responses to some of the most controversial moments of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings Monday night, including an interaction with the father of a Parkland shooting victim who alleged that he ignored him and controversies surrounding his stance on abortion.When asked about one of the more contentious moments of his hearing, when he appeared to avoid a handshake with Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jamie was among the victims killed during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida last February, Kavanaugh said he thought Guttenberg was a protester and his security detail subsequently intervened. In that split second, I unfortunately did not realize that the man was the father of a shooting victim from Parkland, Florida, he wrote. Mr. Guttenberg has suffered an incalculable loss. If I had known who he was, I would have shaken his hand, talked to him, and expressed my sympathy. And I would have listened
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