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If you’re heartbroken this Valentine’s Day, you could be the bigger person and avoid sending your ex an unsolicited gag gift. But if you decide not to take the high road this year, there are plenty of options to choose from. Please give responsibly. Name a cockroach after your ex For just $5, the San

Toni Breidinger says that when she sat behind the wheel of a go-kart at age 9, she knew she would become a race car driver. Twelve years later, Breidinger has become the first Arab American female driver to participate in a NASCAR national series, according to NASCAR. The 21-year-old joined the racing team Young’s Motorsports

It was October 2001, not exactly the heyday of publisher Larry Flynt‘s many controversies, and professor Robert Richards couldn’t understand what the fuss was about. Through the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment at Penn State, which Richards founded, the professor wanted to bring Flynt to speak to students and faculty. He found the backlash

Nigerian security forces have detained at least 12 people following protests over the reopening of the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on Saturday. The toll plaza was the scene of a fatal shooting of unarmed protesters by Nigerian soldiers on October 20. The facility had been shut since the night of the shooting, but a

At least one person was killed and 10 people were injured in a car bomb that exploded Saturday morning near the Somalian presidential palace in Mogadishu, police and hospital officials said. “At 9:10 AM, a terrorist car loaded with explosives … rammed into a checkpoint near the Sayidka Junction. The security forces opened fire at

In early 2017, the rural community of Delphi, Indiana, was exactly as you might envision a small town — a main street, a few local restaurants, and the close-knit homes of 14-year-old Liberty German and her good friend, 13-year-old Abigail Williams. But on February 13, 2017, when the two girls set out to hike a

The Mississippi Senate voted Thursday to ban transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports teams in the state’s high schools and universities. The sponsor of the bill, Republican Senator Angela Hill, told her colleagues prior to the vote that she’d “had numerous coaches across the state call me and believe that they feel that there

Cybersecurity experts have long warned that insecure remote work software is a major source of weakness for hacking. The issue was brought into stark relief on February 5, when hackers gained access to a Florida water treatment facility by using a dormant remote access software and then tried to poison the water supply. The hack

A day after his controversial hire, the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars said Friday that director of sports performance Chris Doyle has resigned from his position. “Chris Doyle came to us this evening to submit his resignation and we have accepted.” Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer said in a statement. “Chris did not want to be a

At just 9 years old, Ally Tumblin has inspired legislation in Congress that could help thousands of Americans pay for hearing aid devices by mandating insurance companies to cover them. It all started in 2019 with a simple letter to her elected official after the then third-grader was assigned to do something to better her

Authorities looking into a suspected human smuggling event after panicked callers to 911 reported being inside a tanker trailer in Texas have taken one person into custody. According to a statement from a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson, “One individual has been taken into custody in relation to the alleged incident.” How the person

It all started with damning allegations from book excerpts published in France’s prestigious Le Monde newspaper as the new year began. “I was 14 and I let it go (…). I was 14, I knew and didn’t say anything.” “My stepfather would come into my brother’s room. I could hear his footsteps in the hallway