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The 19-year-old man who’s confessed to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people on Wednesday left a violent social media footprint. But the teens and adults who might have stopped him say they weren’t aware. Many people in Parkland who know...

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When fire alarms blared for the second time on Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, many students found it a little odd. They'd already had a fire drill earlier in the day, and were surprised to have another one with just 20 minutes left in their last class...

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Maybe there's some truth in the long-standing belief that dogs can sense fear in a human. According to a new British study, anxious people may be at increased risk for dog bites. The finding came from a survey of nearly 700 people in northern England, done by researchers from the...

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Should you eat before you work out or not? It’s a question as old as the pursuit to get jacked, and even scientists have long debated this quandary. And a new study has stepped up to answer the question by examining gene expression on fat tissue, according to Science Daily. In a study...

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Kids who vape and use other forms of e-cigarettes are likely to try more harmful tobacco products like regular cigarettes, but e-cigarettes do hold some promise for helping adults quit. That's according to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, which published a...

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The 1st of September, 1939 signaled the start of World War II, when the Germans attacked Poland. One of their first actions was to gather Jews in ghettos. The Nazis began building concentration camps in order to launch “Generalplan Ost,” an ethnic cleansing of Jews, Poles, Romani...

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“Doctor Zhivago,” the romanticized epic about the Russian Revolution, premiered in 1965 and it just screened in Cuba for the first time this week. On Monday, the channel Cuba Visión played the Oscar-winning movie during the show Historia del Cine (History of Cinema),...

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Actor Casey Affleck has withdrawn from consideration to present at this year's Academy Awards ceremony. Affleck notified the Academy Thursday he won't be attending the ceremony to present the Oscar for Best Actress, saying he didn't want to distract from the performances of the...

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These days it feels like there are a thousand elimination diets out there that will cure every ailment from migraines to acne. Now, the Candida Diet is taking on yeast. Candida is a type of yeast that lives in your mouth and gut or on your skin. This yeast is a normal part of your body’s...

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With so many on-demand options available to film lovers (Netflix and Amazon Prime, to name a few), why do so many people still go to movie theaters? Alexander Sorondo might have part of the answer. A few days before Hurricane Irma was due to hit Florida, 26-year-old Sorondo hosted a...

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Women who are unhappy with the size of their breasts -- whether too big or too small -- may be less likely to perform self-exams to check for signs of breast cancer, new research suggests. These women are also more likely to put off seeing a doctor if they do find a suspicious lump in their...

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Some unfortunate individuals suffer bizarre, and some even ironic deaths. From a fisherman killed by an overly enthusiastic fish finding its way into his chest, to a flash beer flood causing the death of eight people... 1. Fisherman killed by a fish In 2016 on a Tanzanian fishing boat,...

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"Torch 3 300 kilojoules in 60 minutes!” “Congratulations, you just burned 2 000 kilojoules!” For some women, few things are more motivating than leaving your bootcamp or hopping off of the treadmill knowing they just incinerated the kilojoule equivalent of a Big...

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Palm Beach County has opened two cold weather emergency shelters for a second night as temperatures are again predicted to drop below 40°F. The following shelter locations will be open from 7 p.m. Westgate Community Center3691 Oswego Ave.West Palm Beach West County Senior Center2916...

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We’ve all been affected by bullying in one way or another. We may have been victims, seen someone being bullied or even been the bully ourselves. Many children, teens and even adults are subjected to psychological and physical bullying on a daily basis that makes their lives a living...