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  • MSNBC Cuts Contract With Joy Reid After Ratings Drop: โ€œYour Support Is Hurting the Network!โ€

    Iะฟ a stฯ…ะฟะฟiะฟg move that has seะฟt shockwaves throฯ…gh the media laะฟdscape, MSNBC has made the bold decisioะฟ to part ways with aะฟchor Joy Reid. This decisioะฟ comes after a sigะฟificaะฟt decliะฟe iะฟ the ะฟetworkโ€™s ratiะฟgs, with soฯ…rces withiะฟ MSNBC citiะฟg Reidโ€™s โ€œeะฟdorsemeะฟtsโ€ aะฟd pฯ…blic persoะฟa as coะฟtribฯ…tiะฟg factors to the dowะฟward treะฟd. Joy Reid,…

  • Rapist Collapses After Learning What He May Have Contracted From His Victim

    Rapist Collapses After Learning What He May Have Contracted From His Victim Note: we are republishing this story, which originally made the newsin September 2013. A British man convicted of raping a sleeping woman was notified that he may have contracted HIV from his victim.Richard Thomas,, was sentenced to five years and four months in…

  • Jamie Lee Curtis fights back tears while talking about L.A. fires

    The devastating fires in Los Angeles continue to cause fear and chaos. One person personally affected is Jamie Lee Curtis, 66. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, January 8, the actress and producer grew very emotional as she spoke about the wildfire near her home. People often have strong…

  • Woman hits back at older people for judging tattooed body

    A young British woman is clapping back at the โ€œolder generationโ€ who insist that when sheโ€™s 60, sheโ€™ll regret covering her body with tattoos. Though she admits sheโ€™ll never โ€œbe the girl [men] take home to their parents,โ€ Taylor Paige Courtenay says she loves her inked skin and warns users to keep their โ€œopinions to…

  • Bullied woman โ€˜too uglyโ€™ for selfies takes one a day for a year

    Bullying is one of the most despicable aspects of modern society, Iโ€™m sure we can all agree. Prejudice against someone based on something as trivial as appearance is truly abhorrent behavior, but unfortunately social media has given people a platform to be nasty to one another while benefitting from relative anonymity. Melissa Blake knows this…

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