With self-defense, you’re supposed to use whatever you have at your disposal. I’ve never understood throwing a gun that runs out of bullets at your assailant, the way they do in movies. But throwing a pizza at someone? That seems to work. This story comes to us from the mean streets of Greenwood, Delaware. Not …
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As the old saying goes, kids will do the darndest things. But using a global health crisis as a cover to get your booze on is pretty scummy even by those standards. It has been difficult enough to get people to wear masks in the face of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. But now that stores …
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We’ve covered events that resembled famous movie scenes before. This is one more of those, but this time the genre has switched to horror. On July 7, Dutch police officers raiding a criminal gang’s hideout made a bloodcurdling discovery. The gang had constructed a torture chamber that could just as well have been a set …
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In Australia, a judge acquitted Terrence Leroy of a case of mistaken identity from back in 2019. Leroy and a coworker were trying to make a client’s sexual fantasies come true. To do that, they snuck into his apartment carrying machetes, with the incentive of making five thousand dollars if the evening was, “really good.” …
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If you walk your dog without a leash in the woods, there’s always a chance they’ll come running back to you with something either gross or horrifying. For one forester outside of Munich, Germany, it was both. The man was walking in a forest near Grafrath, when his dog discovered the cleanly severed hand and …
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What is our fascination with women who kill? They inspire sensational headlines, documentaries, and true-crime series. Women make up just 15% of murderers in the United States, and their motives differ wildly from their male counterparts. While life insurance money was the primary motive, these women showed pure ruthlessness and a complete disregard for life. …
Across the country, Americans struggle to find face masks. They’re now required by most businesses and states as a stay-at-home orders end. Consequently, those who need face masks for work are in even more dire straits. Frontline workers, medical professionals, robbers are all scrambling to find face coverings as the public snatches up everything from …
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We’re all trying to figure out the recent laws and regulations for social distancing and donning masks. Listen, the safest thing to do for yourself and others is to always wear a mask (if you need one, check out these weird online stores), and stay six feet away from other people. The Hartford Courant reported …
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The unsung victims throughout coronavirus quarantines are cats. Previously, they ruled supreme during office hours. Kings of their castles, they tolerated their owners in the evenings and on weekends, because Monday through Friday, they had the house to themselves. Now, they’re suffering constant companionship as people shelter-in-place, conducting all business from home. As cat people …
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Head east on I-70 from Columbus, Ohio and 95 miles later, right in the middle of nowhere, you’ll hit Middlebourne. It’s a small town, where the typical news is about the sheriff’s department getting a new K-9 officer, or a surprise pizza party for first responders. But the Wednesday before Easter, the news took a …