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2018 Latin AMAs: Gloria Trevi Talks MeToo Movement, Arrest in Emotional Speech
Mexican superstar Gloria Trevi delivered a passionate speech about the MeToo Movement at Thursday night’s Latin American Music Awards, revealing painful details of her past with a former producer that ultimately led to a stint in prison.
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Native American Artist Charlene Holy Bear is Reinventing Vans for a New Generation
It’s hard to miss Charlene Holy Bear in a crowd — if you’re looking down, anyway. When the Native American artist goes out in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she’s often wearing a pair of hand-beaded Vans. They’re a wearable work of art that prompt second glances wherever she goes, and also a walking advertisement, since Holy Bear beads the shoes...
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‘It's a Long Process': 17-Year-Old Opens Up About Lifelong Struggle With Anxiety
Chest tightening. Uncontrollable shaking. Feeling like you’re breathing through a tiny straw. These are just some of the ways that 17-year-old Zach Crites experiences anxiety. Crites’ mom, Allison Heber, noticed that he had a higher level of anxiety when he was in elementary school. “His attendance in elementary school was abysmal,” Heber told TODAY. “And it was because he would...
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Survivor Stories: Craig Scott Reflects on the Columbine Shooting Nearly 20 Years Later
Craig Scott remembers April 20, 1999 clearly. He was a sophomore at Columbine at the time, and that morning started like any other spring day. His older sister, Rachel, who was a senior, dropped him off at the entrance to the school so he wouldn’t be late for class. That was the last time he would see her alive.
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Survivor Stories: Teachers in Puerto Rico Reflect on Hurricane Maria 1 Year Later
In early September 2017, Hurricane Irma narrowly avoided Puerto Rico. In many respects this “false alarm” set the stage for what came later that month. Hurricane Maria made landfall in the early morning hours of Sept. 20. Its path ripped through Yabucoa, a region in the Southeast corner of the island, before cutting diagonally northwest. Joanna Medina, a high school...
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Outspoken Jemele Hill Joining The Atlantic
Jemele Hill is joining the staff of The Atlantic weeks after the outspoken personality left ESPN after 12 years as a commentator, anchor, reporter and writer.
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Puerto Rico busca atraer al turismo a un año de María
Un conocido mensaje viral fue renovado pero no para dar ayuda, sino para dar la bienvenida.
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Man Charged With Kicking Cat Like Ball in Snapchat Video
A 19-year-old man has been charged with kicking a cat like a ball on a Kansas City high school football field in an act of apparent cruelty that was captured on video and posted to Snapchat. Johnathan Taylor, of Kansas City, was charged Thursday with misdemeanor animal abuse. Court records say the principal of Center High School told an animal...
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‘It Will Open Doors': 19-Year-Old Transgender Woman Cheers Victory in Fight to Fix Puerto Rico Birth Certificates
After a 15-year legal battle, Puerto Rico’s government is now allowing transgender people on the island to correct their birth certificate to reflect their gender identity. The change affecting the U.S. territory came into effect on July 16, three months after Lambda Legal brought a federal lawsuit, Arroyo v. Rosselló, on behalf of three transgender Puerto Ricans: teenager Daniela Arroyo-González,...
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Jupiter's Moon Count Reaches 79, Including Tiny ‘Oddball'
It’s getting more crowded around Jupiter. A team of astronomers is reporting the discovery of a dozen new moons circling the giant gas planet. That brings the number of moons at Jupiter to 79, the most of any planet. Saturn is next with 61. The astronomers were looking for objects on the fringes of the solar system when they spotted...
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Salary Blowup at Puerto Rico Power Company Prompts CEO to Resign
An outrcry over a promised $750,000 salary for the CEO of the indebted Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority prompted him to quit less than 24 hours after assuming the position, along with four members of the board. Rafael Díaz Granados stepped aside instead of taking a pay cut ordered by Governor Ricardo Rosselló. Díaz Granados’ predecessor, Walter Higgins had resigned...
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South Africa Charter Plane Crashes; 1 Killed, 20 Injured
A charter plane crashed outside South Africa’s capital on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring nearly 20 others, with four of them briefly trapped inside the wreckage.
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'She Needs to Shut Up': Lee Daniels Slams Mo'Nique for Blackball Claim In Ongoing Feud
This is one Hollywood feud that shows no sign of winding down. Over the past several years Golden Globe and Academy Award winner Mo’Nique has made no secret of the fact that she believes director Lee Daniels, who hired her for her Oscar winning role in “Precious,” subsequently blackballed her for not promoting the film after completion. The actress has...
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Serena Williams: Young Boys Need Domestic Abuse Education
Serena Williams says the conversation about stopping domestic abuse shouldn’t just center around women, but men as well.Serena Williams says the conversation about stopping domestic abuse shouldn’t just center around women, but men as well.
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Texas Man Buys Pizzas for Immigrants Found in Tractor-Trailer
A Texas man delivered boxes of pizza to dozens of undocumented immigrants who were found in the back of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Telemundo San Antonio reported. Armando Colunga saw a news report covering the discovery of 54 immigrants, some as young 16 years old, in the back of an 18-wheeler and felt compelled to act. “I could see...