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Mark Hamill Destroyed the Dark Side of the Internet with a Single Hashtag

Luke Skywalker himself confronted the Dark Side of social media after reports surfaced that his Last Jedi co-star Kelly Marie Tran wiped her Instagram account due to constant abuse online. Hamill wasn’t the first to speak out against the cyberbullying which targeted Tran after the release of the latest Star Wars …

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers New Evidence of Microbial Life on Mars

We are not alone. Maybe. NASA announced that the Mars rover Curiosity found additional evidence to support the theory that microscopic organisms once lived on the red planet. The findings are being hailed as breakthroughs in the realm of astrobiology. According to scientific papers released on Thursday, Curiosity found a …

Australian Woman Dies After Contracting Hepatitis from Pomegranate Seeds

In Australia, a 64-year-old woman died after contracting hepatitis A from Creative Gormet frozen pomegranate seeds. The product had been recalled two months ago after it was linked to a hepatitis A outbreak in New South Wales. Hepatitis A is typically contracted after eating or drinking something contaminated with fecal …

SC Restaurant Manager Regularly Abused Black Employee, Forced Him to Work Without Pay

At an eatery in Conway, SC, Bobby Paul Edwards, 53, allegedly abused and intimidated a black employee, forcing him to work long hours without pay. According to authorities, John Christopher Smith, 40, who suffers from intellectual disabilities, was victimized from 2009 to 2014. Yesterday, Edwards pleaded guilty to one count …

Driver Had Hands Off Wheel in Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board reported that the 38-year-old driver of a Tesla Inc Model X did not have his hands on the wheel for six seconds before the fatal crash on March 23. The finding said that the driver had been given two visual alerts and one auditory alert …

Putin Says to European Countries: Told Ya So

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he warned European countries years ago that the United States would eventually impose their rules on others. He compared the tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the EU to economic sanctions. “This is exactly what is happening now. Nobody …

Hurricanes are Slowing Down – That’s a Bad Thing

A new study released by the scientific journal Nature says that there has been a 10% decrease in the forward speed of hurricanes between 1949 and 2016. NOAA scientist James Kossin noted that he found a 20% to 30% slowdown over land areas hit by North Atlantic and North Pacific tropical cyclones. …

Kate Spade’s Sister Says Suicide Was “Not Unexpected”

In an email sent to NBC News, Reta Saffo said that the suicide death of her younger sister, fashion icon Kate Spade, was “not unexpected.” She said that Spade struggled with mental illness. “She was surrounded by ‘yes’ people, for far too long, therefore she did not receive the proper …

Judge Who Sentenced Brock Turner Recalled by California Voters

Judge Aaron Persky of State Superior Court was heavily criticized after sentencing Brock Turner, who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman, to only six months in jail. Prosecutors pushed for a six-year prison sentence, but Persky went with the country probation department’s recommendation of a six month jail sentence. The recall …