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It’s always important to check local regulations when you’re traveling. You might otherwise accidentally end up committing an expensive violation. One globetrotter on their way from Bali, Indonesia, to Australia recently found that out the hard way. They got slapped with a nearly $2,000 fine for accidentally smuggling contraband items to Australia. The unidentified person …
It can take a long time to get the justice you deserve. We’d say 329 years is way too long, though. But that’s the time it took for Elizabeth Johnson, Jr., to get her name cleared of crimes she didn’t commit. Johnson was the last of the Salem “witches” who hadn’t been exonerated for making …
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Playing chess requires cool, composed thinking. Even in the face of the most difficult situation, you have to remain calm if you want to win. You simply can’t let your emotions get the best of you, and you definitely can’t get violent. At least, if you’re a human. But nobody apparently told a Russian chess …
Continue reading “Chess Robot Breaks 7-Year-Old’s Finger During Game”
Maybe cancel culture can help cancel these challenges, sesh. A legal resource for the relatives of children harmed by social media, the Social Victims Law Center, announced it had filed two wrongful death lawsuits on behalf of the parents. Lalani Erika, 8, and Arriana Jaileen Arroyo, 9, both from Wisconsin, took part in the deadly …
Continue reading “Families Sue TikTok After Girls Die Attempting ‘Blackout Challenge’”
At the Moscow Open last week, as reported by Russian news outlets. The chess-playing android was apparently “unsettled” by the seven-year-olds fast moves during their July 19th game. The robot grabbed the child’s finger, and broke it. Sergey Lazarev, president of the Moscow Chess Federation, spoke of the incident saying, “The robot broke the child’s …
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There are children in the world right now who’ve never had a chance to know their father. And it’s not because they had a deadbeat dad. It’s because their father died before the child was ever conceived. Thanks to modern medical technology, it’s possible for dead men to become fathers after they’ve left this mortal …
Continue reading “Children of the Grave: Men Are Becoming Fathers After They Die”
Extended droughts are just one side effect of climate change and they’re becoming more common. Case in point, southwestern Europe is currently kind of on fire. But Europe’s not the only place struggling with the lack of rain. In India, with temperatures way above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, both commercial and subsistence farmers are desperate for …
Continue reading “Indian City Married Two Frogs to Bring Rain — And It Worked”
After two (or is it three) long years of the pandemic, traveling to places is finally back on the menu. Enthusiastic globetrotters are packing to airports to go visit friends and relatives or to just see something else than the same four walls. But if you’re one of those hopeful travelers, here’s a pro-tip for …
Continue reading “Lost Baggage Crisis: Airlines Are Losing More Bags than Possibly Ever”
Two years ago, a West Virginia woman fell victim to a savage attack in her home. She survived, but only barely. Wanda Palmer, 51, fell into a coma from which nobody expected her to come out again. Meanwhile, the police struggled to find any clues as to who attacked her. Without any solid leads, the …
Feelings can get heated during difficult court cases. And it’s not always just the defendants or lawyers that lose their cool — that can happen to judges, too. But you’d probably never expect a judge to pull out a gun during court. Yet that’s precisely what a West Virginia judge allegedly did. Circuit Judge David …