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Shelba Catterton’s daughters have spoken out after the 83-year-old Alzheimer’s patient died from an estimated 1,000 fire ant bites at her South Carolina memory care facility. Jan Buice and Sherri Lero are suing Harmony at West Ashley in Charleston, where…
A Pokémon card collector tracked down his own stolen merchandise after the alleged thieves reused his listing photos. Emilio Kihien, a collector in Vancouver, had arranged to sell three valuable cards on Facebook Marketplace last week. A prospective buyer came…
Tulsa police issued a public plea Saturday for help catching a man they say has repeatedly defecated at local businesses while wearing minimal clothing. The Tulsa Police Department turned to Facebook over the weekend to ask the public for tips…
A.J. Gow has spoken out about the six hours he spent trapped inside a 130-foot gas station sign, revealing he recorded what he believed would be his final words to his wife and children. Gow, an electrician who services signs,…
Pete Firman has gone viral again with an optical illusion that tricks viewers into seeing colors that aren’t actually there. The British magician, 44, posted the clip to X on Tuesday, where it has since racked up more than 47.5…
A Swiss tourist has been sentenced to a year in prison in Bali after posting videos that insulted the sacred Hindu holiday of Nyepi. Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, a construction worker from Switzerland, received the sentence on August 20 following…
Brits flooded social media Saturday night after a string of strange lights appeared in the sky, sparking fears of an alien invasion. The illuminous formation, spotted across multiple UK locations on August 22, sent X users into a frenzy as…
A Malaysian rock drummer has died onstage after collapsing over his drum kit just two songs into a festival set. Raja Azreen Raja Talib, 56, was performing with his band Meditasi at the Teruntum Rock Festival in Kuantan, Malaysia, last…
A driver and a cyclist were caught on camera squaring off in a fistfight along Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach on Saturday. The video, which has been circulating online, shows a man in a yellow shirt stepping out of…
Dominic Holland has revealed the unusual wedding gift he gave his son Tom Holland and Zendaya. The comedian, 57, took to his Substack to share that he bought the newlyweds a set of engraved Japanese kitchen knives during a recent…
A Georgia man who picked up $30 off the floor of a Walmart is no longer wanted by police after he returned the cash. The Albany Police Department in southern Georgia posted the man’s photograph on Facebook last Friday after…
Ivan Gradoboev, 35, has revealed how YouTube tutorials helped him escape rent and utility bills by building his own off-grid tiny house near Sofia, Bulgaria. The former renter spent six years transforming from a construction novice into a self-sufficient homeowner,…
Pizza Hut is temporarily dropping “Pizza” from its name for a 25-week football season promotion. The rebrand to simply “Hut” was confirmed across the chain’s social media accounts, with all platforms changing their display names to the shortened version. The…
Alexia Shrout has opened up about the strict boundary that saved her 15-year polyamorous relationship with two men. Alexia, 38, who lives with partners Doug Shrout, 40, and Jake Shrout-Mchaffie, 32, in Maumee, Ohio, said the trio are raising four…
A black bear crashed a couple’s anniversary getaway in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, jumping onto a tea shop counter after rummaging through merchandise in a wild encounter caught on video. Victoria Puyol and Joshua Card were visiting the mountain town last Friday…
Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird revealed she made more than $10,000 on her first day on OnlyFans. View this post on Instagram Efird, 26, disclosed the eye-popping figure during an appearance on “the podcast” Thursday, telling the outlet she now pulls in…