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On Monday night, Alfie Evans’ life support was turned off at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, England, but he has been surviving for more than 24 hours without it. Doctors were baffled that Alfie was still fighting for his…
This is Twitter user @BBMBennett, who goes by the name Alex Sparrow. And unfortunately for him, he’s living every modern-day student’s worst nightmare: he emailed his teacher the wrong attachment to his school work. FUUUCK pic.twitter.com/DgONc7WVSW — Alex (@THESERENEKING) April…
A South Florida judge has resigned from presiding over a case after being recorded berating a sick woman in a wheelchair who died 3 days after being in court. Sandra Faye Twiggs, 59, was in bond court after a verbal…
On Sunday morning, a gunman opened fire inside a Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee. The shooter, later identified as Travis Reinking, killed four people and injured at least two more. Waffle House: 6 persons shot, 4 fatally (3 died at…
Swedish DJ Avicii, real name Tim Bergling, has died at the age 28 on Friday, April 20, his publicist confirmed. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii,” his publicist Diana…
A newborn baby has miraculously survived after being abandoned in a storm drain thanks to a dachshund that alerted his owner. On April 3rd in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 63-year-old Charmaine Keevy was led to a storm drain by her…
18-year-old Joe Moreno is a senior at Collegiate High School in Corpus Christi, Texas. Like many high school seniors, Joe was looking forward to prom. More importantly, he was looking forward to bringing his mom as his date. Joe’s mom,…
A deadly flesh-eating bacteria whose infections have spiked by 400% in the last four years is stumping medical experts in Australia. Scientists have yet to discover what causes the disease, and where it comes from in the environment. The global…
It’s common for Parent-Teacher Associations to raise money by asking students and parents to participate in fundraising activities. Often those activities are bake sales, fun runs, and walk-a-thons. This particular elementary PTA chose to do something less tiring, and from…
Last April 1st, a female golden retriever was spotted being sold at Kunming’s Xiaobanqiao Market, a Chinese market known for its dog meat trade. Volunteers from Kunming’s Sanhe Animal Protection Centre teamed up to pay the dog meat vendor and save…
Twitter user @thomas__mcfall recently shared a life lesson he wasn’t expecting to get, and people online are relating to it. People who shared @thomas__mcfall’s post were touched, and some even wanted to help out his classmate.
A 17-year-old boy from Ottawa, Canada has died due to complications from a genetic skin disease. Jonathan Pitre, who suffered from epidermolysis bullosa, had skin as fragile as a butterfly’s wings. This made him prone to blisters and wounds even…
Imagine opening up a school textbook and seeing that a famous celebrity once used it. That’s exactly what happened to first-grader Marley Parker when she found Blake Shelton’s name on a textbook issued to her at her Oklahoma school. Marley…
A Russian woman has died due to medical malpractice of hospital staff who embalmed her alive. Ekaterina Fedyaeva, who was 27 years old, was scheduled for a routine surgery when medics gave her a formalin drip instead of saline solution.…
If you think teacup pigs are the cutest things ever, then you haven’t seen these tiny tropical bats. They’re Honduran white bats and they only grow to the size of about 2 inches. They aren’t like regular bats though, which…
An Instagram model was arrested after CCTV footage of her beating up her dog in an elevator surfaced. Keevonna C’Ante Wilson, 24, was seen beating up her Shih-Tzu puppy Chastity in an elevator after taking her out for a walk.…