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Actor Jussie Smollett found guilty of staging fake hate crime

Published by Reuters By Brendan O’Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) -Actor Jussie Smollett, one-time star of the TV drama “Empire,” was found guilty on Thursday of staging a hate crime against himself in what prosecutors said was a bid to gain sympathy and boost his career. Prosecutors said Smollett, who is Black and gay, lied to police […]

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Enrique, the St. Louis Zoo penguin famous for wearing therapeutic boots, has died

Published by St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS — Enrique, a St. Louis Zoo southern rockhopper penguin who waddled his way to social media fame for a specially made pair of boots he wore to ease his arthritis, has died, zoo officials announced Wednesday. The zoo also announced the death of its adult male Amur tiger,

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Twitter users stand against Islamophobia in viral experiment

Published by Al-Araby Hundreds of social media users worldwide took a stand against Islamophobia in a viral social experiment started by an American-Pakistani Muslim activist on Tuesday. Saqib Hussain Javed, 27, of Detroit, Michigan, asked Twitter users to say where they’re from and that they’re against anti-Muslim hate. Ex-National Basketball Association professional player Rex Chapman

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Pakistan mob set fire to police station over Quran vandalism

Published by Al-Araby Thousands of people mobbed a Pakistani police station, setting fire to it and nearby checkposts after demanding that officers hand over a man accused of burning the Quran, police said Monday. The crowd of up to 5,000 people surrounded the police station in Charsadda town in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday

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