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A UK woman was found guilty of murder last month after pouring a mixture of boiling water and sugar on her husband while he was asleep in their home. It was unclear at the time what motivated her to kill him, but WFLA reports 59-year-old Corinna Smith’s actions were provoked by her daughter’s accusation that her mother’s partner, Michael Baines, sexually abused her and […]
A 13-year-old boy in Marissa, Illinois survived being sucked a half-mile down a storm drain during a flood that took place in the state this past weekend. “It was raining, and we were just out here playing — I was going to grab a ball and went underneath,” said the teen, Sebastian Calderon, according to WGN. “When I first […]
As a carnival ride in Michigan began tipping over with passengers on board, onlookers at the carnival rushed to stop it from falling over completely. On Thursday night, attendees at the Traverse City’s National Cherry Festival sat down for the Magic Carpet carnival ride, which includes a swinging pendulum, before the entire unit began to tilt backward. As CBS […]
A woman on an American Airlines flight had an apparent mental breakdown, causing her to try to open the plane’s door mid-flight and attack flight attendants. Yahoo News reports that as a result, flight attendants had to duct tape the woman to her seat, with the whole incident captured on a since-deleted TikTok video, filmed by […]
The Florida Aquarium announced that it’ll “leave no stone unturned in our efforts to understand the tragic course of events” after 7 penguins died for unkown reasons. The 7 African penguins lived at the Tampa Bay location, which has been housing African penguins since 2006, and an investigation is now ongoing to figure out exactly […]
A 90-year-old Belgian has died after suffering simultaneous infections from two COVID-19 variants. Bloomberg reports the unvaccinated woman tested positive after admission to the OLV hospital in Aalst in March after she fell multiple times. Her oxygen levels were initially good, but her condition rapidly deteriorated and she died five days later. An autopsy has now revealed that […]
An Ohio man seemingly risked his life in an attempt to dodge a misdemeanor drug charge. According to News 5 Cleveland, the incident occurred on July 3 in Portage County, Ohio, where State Trooper Charles Hoskin had pulled over a motorist speeding 94 mph in a 70-mph zone. Dashcam video released by the Ohio State […]
The controversial statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia was removed Saturday, roughly four years after the 2017 “Unite the Right” white nationalist rally that ended in the death of a counter-protester and brought national attention to the statue. The removal of the statue took about a day, as a crew prepared its […]
A drive-by shooting outside California’s Knott’s Berry Farm theme park Friday night left at least one person wounded and three others hospitalized. KTLA reports gunfire erupted around 9 p.m. outside the front gate of Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Officials transported one gunshot victim to a hospital. Three other people were also treated by […]
Baltimore police officer, Eric Banks Jr. has been arrested in connection with the death of his stepson. CBS Baltimore reports that officers found the stepson, 15-year-old Dasan Jones dead inside a wall, per court documents. Banks was immediately taken into custody following the discovery on Tuesday evening. Officers had come to the home in response […]
