Man Kicked Out Of McDonald's By Police For Buying A Homeless Person Food

Man Kicked Out Of McDonald's By Police For Buying A Homeless Person Food
The act of kindness turned into an altercation when the manager called the police and claimed that both were trespassing.

March 2, 2018 at 07:33AM
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Nor’easter set to slam East Coast with severe winds, rain and flooding

Nor’easter set to slam East Coast with severe winds, rain and flooding
Meteorologists warned that the storm will cause damage from the Carolinas to Portland, Maine, through Friday and into Saturday.

March 2, 2018 at 06:53PM
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What the world’s largest family tree tells us about marriage and death in the West

What the world’s largest family tree tells us about marriage and death in the West
The largest family tree to date — which includes 13 million people going back 11 generations and 500 years — provides new insights about marriage and death, and it all comes from public data.

March 2, 2018 at 03:30AM
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Disease Modelers Seek Statistical Clues to the Timing of Symptoms

Disease Modelers Seek Statistical Clues to the Timing of Symptoms
The long, variable times that some diseases incubate after infection defies simple explanation. An idealized model of tumor growth offers a statistical solution.

March 2, 2018 at 03:30AM
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Trump’s Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize Was Apparently Forged. Twice.

Trump’s Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize Was Apparently Forged. Twice.
The police in Oslo said they were in contact with the FBI about the forgeries, which suggests that they originated in the United States.

March 2, 2018 at 03:30AM
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Why Is It So Hard for Clothing Manufacturers to Pay a Living Wage?

Why Is It So Hard for Clothing Manufacturers to Pay a Living Wage?
H&M promised to make sure the people who make the company’s clothes can live on their pay, but the benchmarks have shifted.

February 28, 2018 at 05:31PM
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The Lottery Hackers

The Lottery Hackers
Jerry Selbee has always had an eye for puzzles and spotting patterns — which is how he discovered a lottery loophole that would eventually make he and his wife millionaires.

March 1, 2018 at 09:05PM
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The People's History of John Leguizamo

The People's History of John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo has a simple question: Where are all the Latin people in Hollywood?

March 1, 2018 at 12:51AM
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Burning Out: What Really Happens Inside a Crematorium

Burning Out: What Really Happens Inside a Crematorium
Four decades ago, less than 5 percent of American were cremated when they died. Now that figure stands at nearly half. This is how cremation actually works, and the story of what happens to a culture when its attitude about how to memorialize the dead undergoes a revolution.

March 2, 2018 at 01:04AM
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Well, Here's The Most Disrespectful Play Of The NBA Season

Well, Here's The Most Disrespectful Play Of The NBA Season
The most disrespectful play of this NBA season won't be a poster dunk. It will be this crossover and step-back three from the Rockets' James Harden.

March 1, 2018 at 10:34AM
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Senate Intelligence Leaders Say House G.O.P. Leaked a Senator’s Texts

Senate Intelligence Leaders Say House G.O.P. Leaked a Senator’s Texts
In an extraordinary confrontation, the bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee told the House speaker that his troops had leaked a senator's texts with a Russia-connected lawyer.

March 2, 2018 at 12:03AM
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Why is Nigeria Experiencing a Record-High Outbreak of Lassa Fever?

Why is Nigeria Experiencing a Record-High Outbreak of Lassa Fever?
More people have been diagnosed with the viral disease in the first two months of 2018 than in all of 2017.

March 1, 2018 at 08:45PM
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Jared Kushner's Company Got Large Loans After White House Meetings, And Other Trump News

Jared Kushner's Company Got Large Loans After White House Meetings, And Other Trump News
All the Trump news you need to read today.

March 1, 2018 at 08:25PM
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YouTube Is Finally Starting To Crack Down On Right-Wing Conspiracy Theorists

YouTube Is Finally Starting To Crack Down On Right-Wing Conspiracy Theorists
Infowars' Alex Jones is one warning away from a ban, while the channel of neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division has finally been permanently taken down.

March 1, 2018 at 03:48AM
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The Scientific Case for a Big Breakfast

The Scientific Case for a Big Breakfast
For long-term health in endurance athletes, when you eat is nearly as important as how much you eat

March 1, 2018 at 07:42PM
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Yes, bacon really is killing us

Yes, bacon really is killing us
Decades of research proves that chemicals used to make bacon do cause cancer. So how did the meat industry convince us it was safe?

March 1, 2018 at 06:32PM
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Vladimir Putin threatens US arms race with new missiles announcement

Vladimir Putin threatens US arms race with new missiles announcement
Russian president says Moscow has developed new line of nuclear-capable weapons that can breach US defenses.

March 1, 2018 at 05:30PM
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China’s Censors Ban Winnie the Pooh and the Letter ‘N’ After Xi’s Power Grab

China’s Censors Ban Winnie the Pooh and the Letter ‘N’ After Xi’s Power Grab
Anxious to suppress criticism, and maintain an appearance of mass support, the Communist Party’s censors have scoured the internet and social media for content deemed subversive.

March 1, 2018 at 05:30PM
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What Would Happen If You Tried To Bite Through A Chicken Bone

What Would Happen If You Tried To Bite Through A Chicken Bone
Finally, an answer to the one question everyone was asking in response to that one KFC ad from 2013.

March 1, 2018 at 05:30PM
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Did Human Sacrifice Help People Form Complex Societies?

Did Human Sacrifice Help People Form Complex Societies?
The debate over how well ritual killings maintained social order.

March 1, 2018 at 03:45PM
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