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Forget legal weed. People in Oregon want to legalize Psychedelic Mushrooms or also known as Magical Mushrooms.

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Oregon's Secretary of State has just approved language for a potential ballot initiative that would legalize psychedelic mushrooms.

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Adjacent bordering provinces of Ukraine have banned russian men from the ages of 16-60 to "counter possible formation of private armies and militias" More heavily armed water border patrol has been enforced as well.

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Ukraine will restrict the entry of Russian men aged between 16 and 60 in an effort to prevent Russia from forming “private armies” on its soil, President Petro Poroshenko said Friday.

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China has suspended the research activities of the scientists who claimed to have created the world's first gene-edited babies, state-run Xinhua news reported Thursday.

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Altercation over dress-code violation ends in student Tasing; officers investigating

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The Wayne County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident involving a student and a resource officer at an Ohio high school Tuesday afternoon.

According to reports, an unnamed 16-year-old student at Wayne County Schools Career Center was cited for wearing orange cargo pants - a violation of the school's dress code, which requires all students to wear a uniform.

The teenager, who had just returned to school after a suspension, became unruly and started a verbal altercation with the school's dean of students, school officials said to News 5.
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In a video of the incident uploaded to YouTube, the student is seen walking away from school staff and the school's resource officer, who got involved at request of the school dean.

The student is seen repeatedly walking away from and becoming combative with the high school administration in the video.

Superintendent Kip Crain said to News 5 the student was offered clothing to wear for the day that would comply with the school's dress code, but he refused. The student was also allegedly allowed to call his parents to drop off his uniform, but he refused that as well.

"School officials and the deputy tried to contain that [situation] away from that area but the young man moved into that area on his own," Capt. Hunter said to News 5. "The young man was given numerous opportunities not to get into any trouble at all or be involved in any type of physical altercation."

The student resists as the deputy tries to restrain him. Eventually, the student gets out of the deputy's grip and moves back toward the lunchroom area, where school staff reportedly told him not to go.
TEENS PROTESTING HIGH SCHOOL DRESS CODE FIGHT FOR RIGHT TO GO BRALESS
As the video footage continues, the resource officer takes out his Taser weapon and continues to try to verbally and physically direct the student back to the dean's office.

"Ultimately, it escalated to the point where the deputy pulled out his taser. After the student threatened to punch him, the deputy discharged the taser and essentially ended the incident. Even when it escalated to the point where the deputy was involved, the deputy tried to de-escalate the situation but the student wasn't having any part of that," Capt. Hunter said to News 5.

Though the deputy deployed the taser twice, Hunter told News 5, he was only hit with an electrical current once.

News 5 reported that EMS was called to the school to check on the student, who was not injured in the incident, though he was sent home afterward.

The student's mom, who did not condone her son's behavior, told WKYC she felt the resource officer's actions were too extreme.

"It's like seeing your kid being electrocuted," his mother, Dainyelle Adams, said. "It didn't have to escalate to that."

An investigation into the incident by an outside agency into the school resource officer's use of force has been launched. While the investigation continues, the resource officer has been reassigned.
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The student - who has a history of disciplinary issues - and his parents will meet with school officials to discuss whether or not he will remain at the school.

Fox News has sent request for comments to both the school's superintendent and Wayne County Sheriff's Office.

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The Wayne County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident involving a student and a resource officer at an Ohio high school Tuesday afternoon. According to reports, an unnamed 16-year-old student at Wayne County Schools Career Center was cited for wearing orange cargo pants - a violation of the school's dress code, which requires all students to wear a uniform.

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Ukraine bans Russian men aged 16-60 from entering country

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Ukrainian officials on Friday temporarily banned all Russian men aged 16 to 60 from entering the country, the latest turn in a crisis between the two neighbors after Russia seized three Ukrainian ships earlier this week.

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Russian coast guard ships on Sunday fired on and seized the Ukrainian vessels as they headed toward a contested strait close to Crimea, taking prisoner 24 Ukrainian sailors and triggering an international crisis.

Petro Tsygykal, Ukraine's chief of Border Guard Service, told a security meeting that all Russian males between 16 and 60 will be barred from travelling to Ukraine for the duration of martial law, which Ukraine's parliament voted to introduce on Monday for 30 days in some regions.

"At checkpoints, reinforced control measures are being implemented. Today, the entry of foreigners, especially citizens of the Russian Federation, is limited," Tsygykal said at the meeting, according to a published transcript on the website of Ukraine's presidential office.

It's unclear whether Tsygykal's comments included non-Russian foreigners.

TASS via ZUMA Press

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said in a statement posted on Twitter that the ban was being implemented in order to prevent the Russian Federation from forming private armies on Ukrainian soil.

The announcement likely ratchets up tensions further and could cause significant disruptions for Russians traveling for work or to see family. Ukraine previously has banned flights from Moscow to Kiev and has previously threatened to cut off rail links with Russia.

Russia's foreign ministry responded to the temporary ban on Friday, criticizing Ukraine leadership and saying it would not reciprocate.

"It is terrifying even to talk about a mirrored response, because an attempt to mirror what is happening in Kyiv could lead to insanity," Maria Zakharova, a foreign ministry spokeswoman, said. "It could simply lead to collapse, nationally speaking."

Poroshenko's introduction of martial law has been met with criticism in Ukraine, where some lawmakers and rights campaigners have called it a threat to democracy, alleging it's an effort to help the president ahead of elections in March, which he's currently expected to lose.

The ban's announcement followed President Donald Trump's decision to cancel a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday at the G-20 summit in Argentina, with Trump saying that such an interaction would be inappropriate after Russia's detention of the Ukrainian sailors.

Poroshenko praised that decision, retweeting what Trump wrote about it and adding "This is how great leaders act!"

TASS via ZUMA Press

A Russian government-appointed rights ombudswoman in Crimea, Lyudmila Lubina, told Russian state television on Friday that the three Ukrainian commanders among the 24 captive sailors were being transferred to Moscow.

It's unclear if the remaining 21 sailors would join them. A lawyer representing the sailors in Crimea, Jemil Temishev, said on Thursday that he believed the sailors were being transferred to Moscow's Lefortovo jail, one of Russia's most notorious prisons, used for holding suspected spies and political prisoners.

A court in Crimea on Wednesday ordered the sailors be held until mid-January in pre-trial detention. They are facing charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, which carries a possible maximum sentence of six years in prison.

The incident this week represents a sharp escalation of a simmering dispute between Russia and Ukraine in the waters off Crimea, which Russia seized in 2014. A 2003 treaty gives both countries shared rights over the Kerch Straits, a narrow passage of water that separates Crimea from mainland Russia, through which the Ukrainian ships had sought to pass.

Since its annexation of Crimea, however, Russia increasingly has sought to exercise complete control over the straits, the only entry point to the Sea of Azov. Ukraine alleges that's effectively amounted to a blockade of its ports in that sea, with Russia frequently stopping and searching its ships.

Following Sunday's incident, Ukraine has accused Russia of blocking over 30 ships trying to reach Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov.

The United States and European countries have condemned the Russian actions and called on Moscow to respect freedom of navigation and for both sides to deescalate the situation.

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Ukrainian officials on Friday temporarily banned all Russian men aged 16 to 60 from entering the country, the latest turn in a crisis between the two neighbors after Russia seized three Ukrainian ships earlier this week. Add Ukraine as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Ukraine news, video, and analysis from ABC News.

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82 year old delivery man voted best delivery man in Britain.

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Dapper great-grandad Brian Loughans is believed to be Britain's oldest takeout delivery driver - at the grand age of 82. Brian works on average 18 hours per week and hasn't missed a single shift since he started the job around two-and-a-half-years-ago.

The Royal Air Force veteran and former cab driver delivers takeaways from the Indian restaurant in his Vauxhall Vectra in all weather, dressed smartly in shirt and tie - and without a GPS navigation system.

He tends to cover the West Yorkshire, England area but 18 months found himself driving a staggering 112 miles down to West Bromwich for a regular customer.
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The widower, whose wife of 50-years Margaret, 69, died several years ago, has no plans to put his feet up anytime soon because the job keeps him busy. He actually started working for Kiplings restaurant in Sowerby Bridge, near Halifax, West Yorks., almost by chance. Brian was already known in the area for going door to door with Yellow Pages and the restaurant asked if he could deliver menus.

One night when he popped in for some a driver had rung in sick so he was asked if he could deliver meals too, and the rest is history. In recognition of his tireless work, Brian was recently voted the best takeaway delivery driver in Britain.

Funnyman David Walliams presented him with the coveted gong in front of a star-studded audience at the British Takeaway Awards ceremony in London last week. The judging panel commended Brian for his punctuality, reliability and cheerful attitude.

"I believe I am probably the oldest person delivering Indian takeaways in the British Isles. People have asked how I do it but according to the medics I am 100% fit. I think the secret is not drinking or smoking," the octogenarian said.
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"I was a taxi driver for 40 years so I know my way around and when I was offered the work here I thought it might be a bit of fun. I enjoy going out and meeting people. It's nice to have won but I don't like having my name up in lights really, I've always been a little bit more quiet, I just do the things that need to be done," he added.

"I'm not so much into spicy food, but the customers like it. My favorite is the grilled chicken tikka and rice."

Dad-of-four Brian was a senior aircraftman with the RAF in the 1950s, serving as an air traffic controller during the volatile Suez Crisis. Later he worked as a TV engineer and then spent 40 years as a taxi driver - which taught him the streets of Halifax so well he doesn't need a GPS.

His only fear is dogs after being bitten by an Alsatian and a cocker spaniel while delivering Yellow Pages.

During last winter's big Beast from the East freeze Brian, who drives his own car, came across a woman stranded in the snow with her young daughter. Their car had broken down and their phone was dead so Brian gave them a lift home.

It was only as he was dropping them off he discovered it was the same address he was delivering to. The husband was initially angry that his food had taken so long to arrive - until he realized Brian had brought his wife and child home safely.

Brian works on average three or four shifts a week which can range from two to ten jobs per shift.

Kiplings boss Mohammed Rafiq, 52, said: "Brian is an absolutely wonderful employee and we're very proud to have him working here.
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"The customers absolutely love him. He's a bit of a celebrity around here. Brian is absolutely irreplaceable. It really is our honor. We get him in at the prime times, the shifts vary. Sometimes he delivers two meals and sometimes he delivers 10," the manager said.

"Brian leaves an impression with the customer, he is not just an ordinary delivery driver. When Brian delivers you remember your delivery."
This story was originally published by SWNS.

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Dapper great-grandad Brian Loughans is believed to be Britain's oldest takeout delivery driver - at the grand age of 82. Brian works on average 18 hours per week and hasn't missed a single shift since he started the job around two-and-a-half-years-ago.

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Five students got stranded in the snow on a busy highway. Someone took them in and fed them pizza, so they weren't in the cold.

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Five students driving back to college after Thanksgiving break found themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere off a busy highway in Illinois amid severe winter weather.

Davonne Mclaurin, a 19-year-old cornerback for the University of Dubuque football team, who was traveling with his fellow teammates and friends Javari, Tarell, Myles, and Eli got stuck in the snow Sunday night along a path they thought would provide a quicker trip back to UD.

When it became apparent they were stranded, they called 911.

But Illinois State Police said conditions were too treacherous for emergency vehicles to reach them right away and asked them to stay in their car and wait for rescue.

Enter Thomas, a Good Samaritan from Prophetstown, who saw them and decided to help.
GOOD SAMARITAN, 19, FATALLY STRUCK BY SUV WHILE HELPING CRASH VICTIMS
Mclaurin told Fox News he came out with a light and a shovel to help get them back on the road, but when none of it worked by midnight and conditions continued to get worse, they all pitched in and got the car to his garage so they could shelter it from the blizzard.

"He got his tractor and everything. Still couldn't get out then so he asked if we wanted to stay the night," Mclaurin said, adding that it was at this moment that he prayed, and for Mclaurin's mother, Carla, Thomas was God's answer.

Thomas gave them pizza to eat, bedding and TV, and even brewed coffee for them before the snowplows cleared the country roads and the college students were on their way.
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"I am so thankful for him and with so much hatred in the world I am grateful that he or my son and friends did not see race or hate," Carla told WJHL. "He opened his door to five black young strangers and I am forever grateful!"

Mclaurin and his friends agreed.

"He deserves something honestly," he said. "He is a cool dude...thought he would be scared of five black men, but with all the issues going on in the world, truly blessed that he let us stay."

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Five students driving back to college after Thanksgiving break found themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere off a busy highway in Illinois amid severe winter weather. Davonne Mclaurin, a 19-year-old cornerback for the University of Dubuque football team, who was traveling with his fellow teammates and friends Javari, Tarell, Myles, and Eli got stuck in the snow Sunday night along a path they thought would provide a quicker trip back to UD.

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Oregon wants to legalize shrooms.

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Oregon's Secretary of State has just approved language for a potential ballot initiative that would legalize psychedelic mushrooms.

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A violent crash in California including a truck and the border patrol resulted in the death of three people and eight injuries.

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A violent crash involving a truck fleeing the Border Patrol at over 100 mph has resulted in the deaths of three people and eight more injuries.

The crash happened while a Chevrolet Silverado packed with 11 people failed to yield at the border in San Diego County, California, according to San Diego ABC affiliate KGTV.

Cal Fire San Diego reported three people were killed and eight people were injured when the truck hit a spike strip deployed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and careened off the road and into an embankment. Five suffered minor injuries and three are considered major injuries. One woman and two men were killed.

Cal Fire San Diego

Cal Fire San Diego

There were nine people in the truck were in the bed and everyone fell out of the back during the accident. The only person who wasn't ejected was the driver, who was wearing a seat belt.

The truck was coming across the border from Mexico, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. The crash took place at about 4:30 p.m. in Campo, California, just a mile from the border.

Cal Fire said the vehicle was driving over 100 mph in wet conditions on Interstate 8 when a spike strip was placed down and caused the accident.

Cal Fire San Diego

The driver of the vehicle was an American and has been arrested, KGTV said, though it's unclear the nationalities of the other occupants of the vehicle.

Alcohol or drugs are not expected to be a factor, the Border Patrol said.

A similar accident took place in Texas in June when the Border Patrol pursued a vehicle that refused to stop at a checkpoint. The vehicle crashed and five undocumented immigrants were killed.

In that crash, 14 people were crammed into an SUV and several people were ejected, authorities said.

The U.S.-Mexico border has become an increasingly heated national topic as President Donald Trump pushes for funding for a wall along the border. He has made the wall a tenant of his presidency since the campaign and recently ordered military to the border to provide support for immigration officials.

ABC News' Marilyn Heck contributed to this report.

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A dress code violation turned into a student getting tased.

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The Wayne County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident involving a student and a resource officer at an Ohio high school Tuesday afternoon.

According to reports, an unnamed 16-year-old student at Wayne County Schools Career Center was cited for wearing orange cargo pants - a violation of the school's dress code, which requires all students to wear a uniform.

The teenager, who had just returned to school after a suspension, became unruly and started a verbal altercation with the school's dean of students, school officials said to News 5.
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICT'S LESS 'SEXIST' DRESS CODE DRAWS MIXED REVIEWS
In a video of the incident uploaded to YouTube, the student is seen walking away from school staff and the school's resource officer, who got involved at request of the school dean.

The student is seen repeatedly walking away from and becoming combative with the high school administration in the video.

Superintendent Kip Crain said to News 5 the student was offered clothing to wear for the day that would comply with the school's dress code, but he refused. The student was also allegedly allowed to call his parents to drop off his uniform, but he refused that as well.

"School officials and the deputy tried to contain that [situation] away from that area but the young man moved into that area on his own," Capt. Hunter said to News 5. "The young man was given numerous opportunities not to get into any trouble at all or be involved in any type of physical altercation."

The student resists as the deputy tries to restrain him. Eventually, the student gets out of the deputy's grip and moves back toward the lunchroom area, where school staff reportedly told him not to go.
TEENS PROTESTING HIGH SCHOOL DRESS CODE FIGHT FOR RIGHT TO GO BRALESS
As the video footage continues, the resource officer takes out his Taser weapon and continues to try to verbally and physically direct the student back to the dean's office.

"Ultimately, it escalated to the point where the deputy pulled out his taser. After the student threatened to punch him, the deputy discharged the taser and essentially ended the incident. Even when it escalated to the point where the deputy was involved, the deputy tried to de-escalate the situation but the student wasn't having any part of that," Capt. Hunter said to News 5.

Though the deputy deployed the taser twice, Hunter told News 5, he was only hit with an electrical current once.

News 5 reported that EMS was called to the school to check on the student, who was not injured in the incident, though he was sent home afterward.

The student's mom, who did not condone her son's behavior, told WKYC she felt the resource officer's actions were too extreme.

"It's like seeing your kid being electrocuted," his mother, Dainyelle Adams, said. "It didn't have to escalate to that."

An investigation into the incident by an outside agency into the school resource officer's use of force has been launched. While the investigation continues, the resource officer has been reassigned.
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The student - who has a history of disciplinary issues - and his parents will meet with school officials to discuss whether or not he will remain at the school.

Fox News has sent request for comments to both the school's superintendent and Wayne County Sheriff's Office.

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Altercation over dress-code violation ends in student Tasing; officers investigating

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The Wayne County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident involving a student and a resource officer at an Ohio high school Tuesday afternoon. According to reports, an unnamed 16-year-old student at Wayne County Schools Career Center was cited for wearing orange cargo pants - a violation of the school's dress code, which requires all students to wear a uniform.

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Maybe there's no ladder to heaven - but one kindhearted postal worker just might have a direct route.

Every year on their father's birthday, seven-year-old Jase Hyndman and his big sister Nieve, 10, write a letter addressed to their late pop, who passed away in 2014, the BBC reports.

Usually the pair, from West Lothian, Scotland, can only hope their letters are received in the great beyond.
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But this year, a Royal Mail office manager named Sean Milligan spotted the note - and was compelled to assure Jase it had been safely delivered.

In an official Royal Mail letterhead correspondence, Milligan writes:

"I wanted to take this opportunity to contact you about how we succeeded in the delivery of your letter, to your dad in heaven. This was a difficult challenge avoiding stars and other galactic objects on [sic] route to heaven."

He continues, "Royal Mail's priority is to get our customers mail delivered safely [and] I know how important your mail is to you. I will continue to do all I can to ensure delivery safely to heaven."
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On Wednesday, the children's mother Teri Copland posted a tribute to the postman on Facebook along with photos of both letters, saying "I actually cannot state how emotional [Jase] is knowing his dad got his card. Royal Mail you've just restored my faith in humanity."

The social media post has been shared more than 250,000 times.

Copland tells the BBC, "I want people to [realize] that a small gesture of kindness can have such a fantastic impact on someone's life."

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A clock almost falls on two repairman fixing the Purdue University Bell Tower in Indiana

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A repair crew narrowly avoids catastrophic disaster while working on the Purdue University Bell Tower, when a clock face dropped, bouncing from the cherry picker, into the tower's wall.

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'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' classic called bigoted, ‘seriously problematic’

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HuffPost, a liberal news site, was lampooned after saying Christmas classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was "seriously problematic" over claims that it features sexism and bullying.

"Viewers are noticing the tale may not be so jolly after all," the outlet's video said. "And they're sharing their observations online."

Among those observations was the suggestion that the TV classic was a story about racism and homophobia, while calling Santa Claus abusive and bigoted.

"Yearly reminder that #Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a parable on racism & homophobia w/Santa as a bigoted exploitative prick," read one comment shared by HuffPost. "Santa's operation is an HR nightmare and in serious need of diversity and inclusion training. #Rudolph," read another.

"Yearly reminder that #Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a parable on racism & homophobia w/Santa as a bigoted exploitative prick."
- Comment highlighted by HuffPost

The video also suggests it was problematic that Rudolph's father verbally abused him by forcing him to wear a fake nose to be accepted by others.

Some eagle-eyed social media critics also said the cartoon is sexist because Rudolph's mom was snubbed after she wanted to help reindeer husband Donner to search for their son after he goes missing. "No, this is man's work," Donner says.

But HuffPost's effort to highlight the perceived bigotry of the beloved movie attracted tens of thousands of negative comments, most of them mocking the video.

"Oh look! Something people like and enjoy; let's go ruin it!" tweeted Rebeccah Heinrichs."If you try hard enough you can find offence in almost anything," Chloe Westley seconded.

Others pointed out that HuffPost misunderstood the cartoon as the troubling characters learn their lesson in the end. "But... but... the bigoted characters learn they were wrong. It teaches a lesson. It doesn't endorse the problematic stuff," tweeted Robby Soave.

Even President Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. weighed in on the topic, tweeting "Liberalism is a disease."

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" isn't the first classic cartoon that was decried as problematic today.
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Critics attacked ABC's "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving," which first aired in 1973, for seating its only black character, Franklin, alone on one side of the holiday table while all other white friends were seated on the other side.

The special attracted particular criticism this Thanksgiving, with many users lashing out on social media and calling the cartoon racist.

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President Trump threatened to release important democratic documents because he claims that they are wanting to ´play rough´.

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A woman's daughter was mocked by airline employees for her name "Abcde"

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Southwest Airlines has apologized after a mother claimed its staff mocked her five-year-old daughter, called Abcde, over her name.

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5 Students coming back from thanksgiving break were stranded in the middle of nowhere and were taken in by a good Samaritan

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Five students driving back to college after Thanksgiving break found themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere off a busy highway in Illinois amid severe winter weather.

Davonne Mclaurin, a 19-year-old cornerback for the University of Dubuque football team, who was traveling with his fellow teammates and friends Javari, Tarell, Myles, and Eli got stuck in the snow Sunday night along a path they thought would provide a quicker trip back to UD.

When it became apparent they were stranded, they called 911.

But Illinois State Police said conditions were too treacherous for emergency vehicles to reach them right away and asked them to stay in their car and wait for rescue.

Enter Thomas, a Good Samaritan from Prophetstown, who saw them and decided to help.
GOOD SAMARITAN, 19, FATALLY STRUCK BY SUV WHILE HELPING CRASH VICTIMS
Mclaurin told Fox News he came out with a light and a shovel to help get them back on the road, but when none of it worked by midnight and conditions continued to get worse, they all pitched in and got the car to his garage so they could shelter it from the blizzard.

"He got his tractor and everything. Still couldn't get out then so he asked if we wanted to stay the night," Mclaurin said, adding that it was at this moment that he prayed, and for Mclaurin's mother, Carla, Thomas was God's answer.

Thomas gave them pizza to eat, bedding and TV, and even brewed coffee for them before the snowplows cleared the country roads and the college students were on their way.
GOOD SAMARITAN AIMS TO SAVE HER LIFELONG CHURCH FROM FLOODING BY DIGGING UP THE ROAD
"I am so thankful for him and with so much hatred in the world I am grateful that he or my son and friends did not see race or hate," Carla told WJHL. "He opened his door to five black young strangers and I am forever grateful!"

Mclaurin and his friends agreed.

"He deserves something honestly," he said. "He is a cool dude...thought he would be scared of five black men, but with all the issues going on in the world, truly blessed that he let us stay."

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Good Samaritan gives pizza, shelter to students stranded in snowstorm

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Five students driving back to college after Thanksgiving break found themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere off a busy highway in Illinois amid severe winter weather. Davonne Mclaurin, a 19-year-old cornerback for the University of Dubuque football team, who was traveling with his fellow teammates and friends Javari, Tarell, Myles, and Eli got stuck in the snow Sunday night along a path they thought would provide a quicker trip back to UD.