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Man says his emotional support alligator, known for its big social media audience, has gone missing
A Pennsylvania man who credits an alligator named Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade says he is searching for the reptile after it went missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia. Joie Henney has thousands of social media users following his pages devoted to Wally, the cold-blooded companion that he calls his emotional support alligator. Wally's popularity soared to new heights last year when the gator was denied entry to a Philadelphia Phillies game.
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I'm a student who was arrested at a Columbia protest. I am not a hero, nor am I a villain.
We are not the heroes, nor are we the villains – the latter category belongs to Columbia and the broken system it refuses to heal.
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California superintendent fired for allegedly threatening students who didn't clap for her daughter
A California school district fired its superintendent through a school board vote Tuesday after an investigation into her conduct.
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China publicizes for the first time what it claims is a 2016 agreement with Philippines
For the first time, China has publicized what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the world's trade passes and which China claims virtually in its entirety. A statement from the Chinese Embassy in Manila said the “temporary special arrangement” agreed to during a visit to Beijing by former president Rodrigo Duterte allowed small scale fi
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Wife of Doctor Who Drove Tesla Off Cliff Asks Court to Spare Him Prison: 'We Need Him in Our Lives'
Dharmesh Arvind Patel was accused of driving his family’s Tesla off a 250-foot cliff with his wife and two children inside
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A young Duke professor won $250,000 for her algorithms that could find symptoms of heart disease when they start
Duke University professor Amanda Randles won for her work with supercomputers and algorithms, creating blood flow simulations to treat patients.
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Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat
A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in prison and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel. The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and several ongoing lawsuits. Captain Jerry Boylan was found guilty of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer last year.
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