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What the Cluck? KFC Is Testing Out Faux Fried Chicken in the UK
In an effort to comply with new public health guidelines, KFC U.K. will start experimenting with a vegetarian version of its Original Recipe chicken. That’s right. Nonchicken chicken. A faux foul. Still with 11 herbs and spices, though! As the Washington Post reports, the move is prompted by new recommendations from Public Health England that…
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White South African Farmers, Fearing Violence, Tap Israeli Special Forces Agent for Defense Classes
White South African farmers are enrolling in specially designed self-defense courses based on fears that they’ll be attacked by black South Africans. According to Newsweek, which cites local news sources, a number of white farmers have tapped Idan Abolnik, a former soldier with the Israeli special forces, to help them protect themselves. This follows the…
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Celebrity-Obsessed Trump Listens to Kim Kardashian, Commutes Alice Johnson’s Life Sentence
It might be time to run all of our presidential requests through Kim Kardashian West. President Donald Trump, appearing to heed the advice of the reality-TV star after their chat at the White House last week, has commuted the sentence of Alice Johnson, a black woman serving life for a nonviolent drug offense, Axios reports.…
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Exactly Zero Women Landed on Forbes’ List of 100 Highest-Paid Athletes This Year
For the first time since compiling its catalog of top-paid athletes, Forbes counts nada-one woman on this year’s list. That’s right: Serena Williams takes some time off to have a baby, and boom, it’s an all-dude bonanza, which tells you a little something about the pay disparity between male and female athletes on the whole.…
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XXXTentacion’s Ex-Girlfriend Details Harrowing Story of Abuse and Harassment: Report
XXXTentacion’s record of abuse is no secret; for as long as his singles have been popping on SoundCloud and Spotify, fans have been aware of the charges leveled against him, including domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment and aggravated battery of a pregnant woman. Now, in a new profile from the Miami New Times, XXXTentacion’s…
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Michael B. Jordan Explains Why He Sought Roles Written for White Men
As his career shows, Michael B. Jordan has not been one to shy away from complex portrayals of black people. The actor, whose first major break was as Wallace on The Wire, has played Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old black man killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit officer on New Year’s Day, and Black Panther’s…
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This Is America: Pennsylvania School Gifts Graduating 8th-Graders With Bulletproof School Accessories
Nationwide, graduations are an opportunity to reflect and savor accomplishments and to brightly anticipate the future. One Catholic school in Chadd’s Ford, Pa., in the spirit of preparing and protecting their graduating students, went a more macabre route: gifting eighth-graders with bulletproof inserts to help keep them safe in the event of a school shooter.…
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Jada Pinkett Smith Was ‘Devastated’ When Son Jaden Asked to Be Emancipated at 15
Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have talked frequently about their parenting and marriage philosophy, which emphasizes freedom and creativity. But Pinkett Smith reveals in a new, candid conversation that trusting your kids’ autonomy doesn’t come without heartbreak. On her show, Red Table Talk (h/t People magazine), which features candid discussions between Pinkett Smith and…
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Ava DuVernay Developing Comedy Series Based on Colin Kaepernick’s High School Experiences
Prolific director and producer Ava DuVernay is currently working on a new TV comedy series that will be inspired by Colin Kaepernick’s high school years. Not much has been shared about the upcoming show, which draws inspiration from the former NFL quarterback and activist. The news first appeared in a Vanity Fair article sharing behind-the-scenes…
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Parkland, Fla., Cop: ‘In a Perfect World’ He Would Have Entered High School and Stopped Shooter
Scot Peterson, the armed officer captured on video waiting outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., as a shooter gunned down 17 people inside, says that if he knew then what he knows today, he would have been in the school “in a heartbeat.” In his first interview since the February shooting, Peterson…
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