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China has scrapped its one-child policy, allowing couples to have two children for the first time in more than three decades, official media has reported. The announcement was made at the close of a Communist party meeting focused on financial reforms and maintaining growth at a time of...

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The attacker who stabbed two people to death at a school in Sweden before being shot and killed by police had a racist motive, police said Friday. Police labeled the stabbing in the industrial town of Trollhattan a hate crime based on discoveries they made when searching the man's home, the...

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“Kids talking back” is a perennial complaint in parenthood. When your kid starts talking back or mouthing off, it pushes your buttons! Staying calm feels incredibly hard, even though you know — in theory — that a calm response is best for everyone involved (as well as...

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A masked man brandishing a sword broke into a school in Sweden on Thursday, killing two people and seriously wounding two others before being shot by police. Media reports said the assailant was wearing a Star Wars mask, and school children initially thought it was a prank or a Halloween...

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From double rainbows to a giant festival of lights to cat cafés, life in Sydney, Australia seems pretty great. Apparently, it's great enough to give Sydney the best reputation of any city in the world. Because of the city's safety, high quality of life, effective government and...

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The artist who painted a U.S.-Mexico border fence sky blue to “erase” divisions among different countries was pleasantly surprised that it resonated with so many people — including members of Border Patrol. Ana Teresa Fernández, who was born in Mexico and raised in...

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Last week, I wrote a post called "5 Big Money Mistakes to Avoid in Your 20s." The article was chock-full of advice for people starting their professional life so that they avoid some common personal finance mistakes that could haunt them for many years to come. When your 20s slowly...

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A student armed with a handgun killed a fellow student in a "confrontation" at an Arizona university early Friday that also left three others with multiple gunshot wounds, police said, in the latest shooting at a US college. The deadly incident at Northern Arizona University (NAU) came...

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The only gun store in San Francisco is shuttering for good, saying it can no longer operate in the city's political climate of increased gun control regulations and vocal opposition to its business. "It's with tremendous sadness and regret that I have to announce we are closing...

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My name is Naaeem Barkat. I am tall boy in pakistan .my age is 24 year old.my hight tall is 7ft 3 inches.i got on newspaper and social media .i would to tell someone who read my this story .my story is i am so sad for my hight when i go city or an event everybody look me and laughing on me .then...

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A six-year-old Utah boy underwent cosmetic surgery after bullies at his school teased him on the size of his ears. Gage Berger, a child in first grade, was often called "elf ears" by classmates—according to Berger's parents Tim and Kallie. Out of fear that being bullied at such...

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Armed with multiple guns, a 26-year-old man walked into a morning writing class at a community college in this rural Oregon town and opened fire, hitting some students with multiple gunshots. One witness said the attacker demanded to know students' religion before shooting them. Students in...

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Among the countless stereotypes about young people is the belief that they manage money poorly. Indeed, studies find that most twentysomethings fail at answering basic questions about stocks, mutual funds, and interest rates, and fewer than 40% of workers in their 20s participate in employer...

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A man who has been living beside the A9 road in Scotland for the past three years was evicted Wednesday. Charles Ingram has lived in a camp by the busy road since 2012, but was evicted after Scotland's transport agency expressed a "concern for Mr. Ingram's personal welfare"...

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We put hidden cameras in some Rio de Janeiro GYMs. But our intention was not to do a social experiment. We just wanted to show the pure reality. And reality is that seeing a Para-athlete up close is astonishing.