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Claudia Conway, 17, said she is 'not celebrating July 4th today' on Monday as she clapped back at a reporter who called her a 'potty mouth' for leading pro-abortion protests after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. She urged Americans 'especially at a time like this not to buy into July 4th propaganda.' 'You know – 'land of the free.' We're not free,' she insisted. 'Why should we be celebrating independence when not all of us have independence?' Conway questioned during a rally she organized. 'And that's why we're out here fighting for our reproductive rights, challenging the overturn...

A teenager claims she accidentally moved into a retirement village after signing her tenancy agreement without viewing the property. Madison Kohout, 19, was left puzzled when all of her neighbours appeared to be over the age of 65 after she moved into a flat in Arkansas. A week later, she stumbled across a sign that explained everything – she is the only teenager living in a community of pensioners. The nursing assistant, who had moved there from Oklahoma, filmed herself covering her face in embarrassment as she stood next to a ‘Senior Citizens Apartments’ sign. However, while other teens may...

It is the bane of many female subway riders. It is a scourge tracked on blogs and on Twitter. And it has a name almost as distasteful as the practice itself. It is manspreading, the lay-it-all-out sitting style that more than a few men see as their inalienable underground right. Now passengers who consider such inelegant male posture as infringing on their sensibilities — not to mention their share of subway space — have a new ally: the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Taking on manspreading for the first time, the authority is set to unveil public service ads that encourage men...

Full Title: Why do you MANSPREAD? Woman with her tape measure confronts splay-legged men on the subway about the space they consume It is a gripe that frustrates subway riders daily: men with their legs splayed. So one woman decided to confront male commuters about the amount of space they consume. The investigation comes a month before New York City's MTA launches a campaign targeting 'manspreaders'.