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Molly Curnutte says she is “heartbroken” over the backlash her young son has faced since his claims about a past life began drawing attention. Cade Wilson, now identified as the boy at the center of the story, was just three…
Jessica Fletcher has revealed that her autistic, non-speaking son Hunter is now telling her he loves her several times a day thanks to the keyboard tattoo she inked on her left arm. The Canadian mother, whose last name matches her…
Lynnette Bellin has spoken out about the “ruthless” river otter that mauled her during a Lake Tahoe swim. Bellin, a 38-year-old Reno-based swimming instructor and mother of two, needed 38 stitches after the Sunday morning attack. She owns ISR Reno…
A Kansas City bride who received a jury summons for her wedding day in Italy has been officially excused after her TikTok about the clash went viral. Katrina Badowski, 35, opened her mailbox on Aug. 14 to find a notice…
A French firefighter who held Princess Diana’s hand in the wreckage of her Paris car crash has spoken publicly about the four words she uttered before losing consciousness. Xavier Gourmelon, one of the first emergency responders at the Pont de…
Calese Crowder, 39, a registered sex offender with a yearslong history of alleged public butt-sniffing incidents, has been arrested again in Southern California after police said he was spotted crouched down inside businesses and apparently “sniffing someone out.” Glendale police…
Nathalie Rodriguez Gonzalez was arrested Friday on charges of threats and extortion after allegedly blackmailing her lover for $20,000, according to WPLG Local 10. The 19-year-old Miami waitress, listed in jail records at 5-feet-1, met the well-off victim while waiting…
Hannah Israel is demanding justice after Georgia police shot and killed her pet donkey HeeHaw during a late-night search on her property. Israel, 30, said officers entered her family’s pasture in Cedartown, near the Alabama border, without notice at about…
A Taiwanese husband who won a $17,000 civil judgment against his cheating wife and her lover has been sentenced to five months in prison for how he gathered the evidence. The man, who has not been publicly identified, married in…
Two canoeists were found dead after a late-night outing on a remote Northern California bay, with one victim identified as Casey Flynn Melia, 36, of San Francisco. Melia and a companion set out from their campsite shortly before midnight Saturday,…
A floating island roughly the size of a Canadian football field has vanished from a northern British Columbia reservoir just two weeks after it first appeared, leaving officials with a working theory and social media awash in speculation. Local boater…
A teenage boy who spent five years submerged in ponds and rivers to escape crippling pain has been airlifted to Mumbai for specialist care after a billionaire intervened. Iqbal Sheikh, 16, from Murshidabad district in West Bengal, India, developed a…
Daniil Medvedev has explained why he chewed through 12 pieces of gum during his US Open first-round victory. The Russian, 30, defeated France’s Hugo Gaston on Sunday inside Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the second round for the eighth time…
A bartender in Bangkok shaved an 18-year-old woman’s head on camera after she allegedly tried to flee without paying a massive bar tab. The incident unfolded August 25 at a popular nightclub in the Pinklao district when the teen, reportedly…
Two emaciated dogs were pulled from a Bronx basement Friday after a building superintendent discovered them living in their own waste, covered in maggots and open sores. The animals, nicknamed Ren and Stimpy by rescuers, were found by the new…
A Florida man who kept the world’s most dangerous bird as part of an endangered-species breeding effort was fatally attacked while trying to protect its eggs. Marvin Hajos, 75, of Alachua in northern Florida, maintained exotic animals on his property…