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Month: February 2020

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Find Out Which Disney Character You Are With This New Instagram Filter

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Walt Disney Studios Here’s How To Get The Instagram Disney Filter To Find Your Character By Cianna Garrison Jan 3, 2020 Start 2020 off right by spicing up your Instagram Stories with your favorite Disney characters. You’ve probably seen this new Disney filter on your friends’ Stories, but it’s actually a little tricky to find if you don’t know exactly what to do. If you don’t have it yet, here’s how to get the Instagram Disney filter to find your character. Created by Instagram user @arnopartissimo, the Disney filter for…

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USA Gymnastics has offered survivors of Larry Nassar’s abuse a $215 million settlement

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(CNN)USA Gymnastics offered Larry Nassar’s victims a $215 million settlement on Thursday as part of a plan for the organization to exit bankruptcy. “Noticeably absent from this plan is any of the specific reforms we’ve publicly asked for, for years,” she wrote on Twitter. “How much is a little girl worth? Apparently far less than the damage she’s incurred.” USAG, the sport’s governing body in the United States, filed for bankruptcy in late 2018 as it struggled to recover from the wide-ranging scandal that landed Nassar in prison. He was…

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The Crazy Case of Ex-NFL Players Pageant-Crashing Lackeys

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Two men associated with a fringe church have filed handwritten court documents demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars and international flights after being accused of carrying guns to a childrens Christmas pageant at the request of their church leader, a former NFL star. Jordan Salmi, 24, and Ryan Desmith, 22, were charged last month with trespassing, disorderly conduct, and carrying concealed weapons to Providence Academys pageant in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Both men were members of a church led by former Green Bay Packers player Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, who told reporters hed…

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The Coronavirus Global Health Emergency, an Amazon Rival, and More News

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WHO is declaring and a startup is daring, but first: a cartoon about the power of passwords. Here's the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign up here! Today’s News The coronavirus is officially a global health emergency Last week, the World Health Organization decided against declaring the coronavirus outbreak an international health emergency in part because the disease seemed to only be spreading through people who had been to Wuhan, China. But now the…

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Kobe Bryants Wife Vanessa “Can Hardly Keep It Together,” Shes “Devastated & Relying on Her Faith” to Get Her Through

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ShareTweetPin As one can only imagine, Vanessa Bryant is overwhelmed with grief after losing her husband of nearly twenty years and her 13-year-old daughter Gianna to a helicopter crash on Sunday. There were no survivors of the chopper crash that killed nine after erupting in Calabasas, California.   View this post on Instagram   Mamba and Queen #vacai A post shared by Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) on Aug 8, 2019 at 11:10am PDT As friends and fans publicly mourn the loss of an NBA legend, Vanessa has understandably kept mostly to…

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Japan ski resort hit by avalanche; 1 feared dead, 7 survive

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This Feb. 10, 2009, aerial photo shows the Tomamu ski resort in Shimukappu village, central Hokkaido, northern Japan. An avalanche occurred at the ski resort on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, hitting a group of eight foreign skiers. (Kyodo News via AP) SKI PATROL MEMBER DIES AFTER FOUND UNCONSCIOUS, THIRD DEATH OVER WEEKEND IN LAKE TAHOE AREA One skier who escaped from the snow called police asking for help, said village official Atsushi Tada. The caller said one of them, a Frenchman in his 40s, was feared dead, but six others…

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Deer tramples man in a McDonald’s parking lot

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(CNN)Everybody knows stepping into a parking lot creates the possibility of getting run over by a car — but by a deer? Ken looks to his right, sees the deer and looks directly at it. Showing no sign of stopping, the deer runs right over him, knocking him down. After a quick beat or two on the ground, Ken rolls to his feet and jumps back up. The deer didn’t stop. Worthy, a retired detective, said he’s seen some things on the job but this particular deer encounter caught him…

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The Conflict Between The U.S. & Iran Got A Little More Hopeful

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Alex Wong/Getty Images News/Getty Images Will The U.S. Go To War With Iran? This Is Hopeful By Madhuri Sathish Jan 9, 2020 On Thursday, Jan. 2, the Pentagon announced that a prominent Iranian general had been killed in a drone strike ordered by President Donald Trump. The announcement that General Qassem Soleimani had been killed sparked widespread mourning in Iran, as well as global concerns that Trump was escalating existing tensions in region. But will the U.S. go to war with Iran? Both countries seem to want deescalation instead. After…

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