Raised Southern Baptist in North Carolina, the actor says playing gay characters turned shame into strength.
Michael Johnston says playing gay characters helped him accept himself before he came out
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Florida mom is arrested after police say she admitted biting her 4-year-old son’s ear inside a Hialeah market: ‘He wanted a toy’
Surveillance cameras inside a small Hialeah market allegedly recorded a mother turning on both of her young sons during a single visit. Madelien Inurrieta-Martinez, 43, is facing two felony child abuse charges after police say she bit her 4-year-old son on the ear inside Fatty’s Market on Palm Avenue, according to Law & Crime. According […]
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Joe Biden makes a surprise trip to Dublin to watch Hunter receive a gold medal at Trinity College. Then protesters throw milk cartons as he leaves
Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Trinity College in Dublin on Tuesday to see his son, Hunter Biden, accept a gold medal. The College Historical Society hosted the event to honor Hunter for his contribution to public discourse, an award that follows his recent push in the media. Jill Biden joined him at the […]
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South Carolina baby goes missing for over 24 hours, then police hear crying coming from a pile of dirt, ‘the race was on’
So glad little Koah is okay.
An 11-month-old boy in South Carolina who went missing for over 24 hours after being left in his father’s care has been found. Where police discovered him came as a shock, though; the infant, Koah Sharpe, was located in a dog crate wrapped in a towel that had been shallowly buried. According to People, in […]
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Texas man set to be executed Thursday for killing his 3 young children in 2003 told a local station this year ‘Every day I miss them’
Nearly 23 years after three children were killed in a Brownsville apartment, the man convicted of their deaths is days from his execution. John Allen Rubio is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday, according to KRGV. Earlier this year, he sat down with the station for his first on-camera interview about the crimes. […]
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UC Berkeley student waiting to board a flight at SFO for a vacation in Oregon is arrested by ICE. Now a judge has ordered her released after 10 days
A federal judge has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release Paula Valentina Albornoz Hernandez, a 23-year-old UC Berkeley business administration student. The judge issued the order on Monday, 10 days after the Colombian student’s arrest at San Francisco International Airport. The UC Berkeley student left detention around 9 p.m. that night, according to The […]
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Woman alleges Dutch Bros employee added a tip without asking her as she noticed her drink bill shoot up beyond expectation: ‘check your accounts’
Quick thinking
"They're not giving you that tablet"
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Florida woman finds her home flooded after a storm. Then she uses a common children's toy to clear the mess: ‘Goodbye, you did such a good job’
Disasters mean it's time to get creative
A flooded home isn’t fun to deal with, but one Florida woman may have found a method to help clean up the water in a way that’s more efficient than options like a pump, wet/dry vacuum, or mops. Beeeeeeeeches (@beeeeeeeeches) decided to use a children’s toy to help her clean up the floodwater in her […]
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Brooklyn customers pay $25 for a steak dinner at Some Guy's House. Then they look up and find out how the chef is getting the food to the sidewalk
This pop-up has been officially shut down.
If you were looking forward to having a steak dinner for $25 from Some Guy’s House, then you’ll be sad to learn that this pop-up has been shut down after two weeks, according to Dexerto. Some Guy’s House drummed up buzz for its pop-up by offering a steak dinner in a box for anybody who […]
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Chicago Bears fans scrolled X for updates on an injury, then thousands of them rallied around an Australian user who felt like a burden: ‘Bear down’
The power of community.
Yuri later posted a screenshot showing the Chicago Bears offering to mail them a care package.
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Woman books a facial to help her friend's sister's business. Then the sister allegedly snaps and points out flaws in her skin: 'You're the awful girl'
There's power in professionalism.
It’s nice to support a small business, especially one that’s just starting, but a new business means that you don’t know what kind of experience you’ll have. If somebody you know is starting that business, then you might end up feeling obligated to help them out however you can. For Rylie (@ryliebrii), trying to help […]
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Indiana mom faces a felony neglect charge after officers say the bathwater where her toddler daughter was found measured around 118 degrees
A 22-month-old girl died last week after her father found her facedown in a bathtub at the family’s Mitchell, Indiana, home. Her mother, Amanda B. Lane, is now charged with felony neglect of a dependent resulting in death, according to People. Indiana State Police arrested the 32-year-old without incident after investigating at the home and […]
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Staten Island woman says a man struck her in the face and keyed her car over a parking spot next to a dumpster. Now police are searching for him
A 25-year-old woman says she was struck in the face during a road rage incident on Staten Island earlier this month, after she pulled her car into what she thought was a parking spot. The event occurred on Forest Avenue in West Brighton, and parts of the encounter were captured on cellphone video, according to […]
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9 Kennedy family members ask to join a lawsuit to stop Trump’s 250-foot arch near Arlington, saying it would block the view of JFK’s Eternal Flame
Nine members of the Kennedy family filed court papers to join a legal fight against a 250-foot arch President Trump wants to build near Arlington National Cemetery, according to CBS. They argue it would ruin the view of the gravesites of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy, as well as the Eternal […]
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8-year-old went to an immigration check-in with a family member, then ICE allegedly refused to let him leave: ‘No reason for them to remove him’
A child has been separated from his family.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues its roundup of alleged illegal immigrants across the nation. This time, a young child who attended an immigration appointment with his uncle for a routine check-in in San Diego was taken away by ICE officers. An 8-year-old Haitian boy, who had been living with his uncle and cousins […]
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Man tells a customer to apologize to a Toledo Checkers cashier he allegedly hit with soda. Instead, the customer crawls into the back of his Subaru
A man is going viral after being caught on camera climbing into the back of his own car to avoid a confrontation over his behavior at Checkers and Rally’s in Toledo, Ohio. The man allegedly threw a soda at a female cashier during a heated argument about his Big Buford burger, according to Atlanta Black […]
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