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About 200 people were killed in violence in Haiti’s capital over the weekend, many in a massacre in which a gang boss reportedly targeted Vodou practitioners. The killings of at least 110 people were overseen by a “powerful gang leader” convinced that his son’s illness was caused by followers of the religion, according to the civil organisation the Committee for Peace and Development (CPD). “He decided to cruelly punish all elderly people and Vodou practitioners who, in his imagination, would be capable of sending a bad spell on his son,” a statement from the Haiti-based group said. “The gang’s soldiers...

A sick Ohio woman who killed and ate a cat was hit with a one-year jail sentence on Monday as a furious judge slammed her for the repulsive stomach-turning act. “To me, you present quite a danger to our community,” Stark County Common Pleas Judge Frank Forchione told Allexis Ferrell, 27, the Massillon Independent reported. “This is repulsive to me. I mean, that anyone would do this to an animal. And an animal’s like a child. I don’t know if you understand that or not,” the judge said. “I can’t express the disappointment, shock, disgust that this crime has brought...

Is it true that Kamala Harris’s earrings at the debate were clip-on earbuds? ... And whatabout the Haitians of Springfield, Ohio, eating cats and geese? Could be, but the most important thing is Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, Rule 6: "A good tactic is one your people enjoy." ... But I have more serious things to discuss today, given that our wise leaders are talking about sending long-range missiles to Ukraine. ... The truth is Washington wants to take up Zelensky's proposals for deep strikes on Russian territory because Ukraine is losing the war and could be defeated even before the...

Alma Gamongan has made headlines with her startling claim that her son's unique appearance, characterised by excessive facial and body hair, was a consequence of her pregnancy diet. What does Jaren Gamongan suffer from? According to Alma, she indulged in the consumption of a wild cat, a local delicacy, to satisfy intense cravings during her pregnancy with her son, Jaren Gamongan, now two years old. The superstition surrounding Jaren's condition, commonly referred to as "werewolf syndrome", emerged from Alma's belief that her dietary choice had invoked a curse."I worry so much for him when it's time for him to go...

She'll be in jail for racism by the end of the week