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If Norway get past England in this weekend’s World Cup quarter-final, one supporter still won’t be taking part in one of the team’s most talked-about traditions. Norway have been one of the standout sides of the 2026 FIFA World Cup…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce appear to have taken extraordinary steps to keep their wedding private, but that still did not stop one artist from finding a way to profit from the occasion in a surprising fashion. The pair reportedly…
Crews battling a small wildfire in Colorado Springs this week received an unexpected visitor when a four-year-old Nigerian dwarf goat named Goldie wandered into their camp and decided to stick around for the duration of the operation. Goldie, whose full…
A cruise ship crew member has described the steps she took to survive the Costa Concordia disaster, one of the deadliest passenger shipwrecks of modern times. Rose Metcalf appears in the Netflix documentary Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea, which uses survivor…
An Arizona woman is taking legal action against a city after being arrested over a Game of Thrones GIF she posted on Facebook. Kathleen Tierney, 56, of Tucson, has filed a lawsuit against the City of Tempe stemming from an…
An Ohio death row inmate died from a separate illness years after officials were unable to carry out his execution. Romell Broom had been convicted of several serious offences, among them murder, rape and kidnapping, and received a death sentence…
While Europe swelters under summer heat, one Danish city has embraced the festive spirit in an unexpected way. Dozens of professional Santas, Mrs. Clauses, and Christmas elves from around the world have descended on Aalborg to celebrate the annual World…
The idea of a “last meal” has a grip on people that goes far beyond casual curiosity. It surfaces in conversations over dinner, during pub arguments, and whenever documentaries revisit the final requests of death row prisoners. For many people,…
While the United States is expected to welcome huge numbers of visitors this summer thanks to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, plenty of Americans are also planning their own European getaway. The tournament began on June 11 and runs through…
Wisdom teeth are far more likely to bring swelling, discomfort and dental bills than any real insight, so how did they end up with that name? For many people, wisdom teeth are anything but helpful. Some barely notice them arriving,…
More than 800 pounds of peanut butter have been spread across a museum floor in the Netherlands as a fitting tribute to Dutch conceptual artist Wim T. Schippers, who died on June 10 at the age of 83. The iconic…
I’m a huge fan of cruising, and that hasn’t changed after more than 15 years of sailing around Europe and the US. Even now, I still think it’s one of the smartest and most enjoyable ways to see the world.…
Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing. A trainee pilot has described the traumatic moment her instructor jumped from a plane during a lesson, forcing her to bring the aircraft down alone. The 22-year-old…
The Transportation Security Administration has pushed back at some travelers after using social media to call out passenger behavior in the air, though the message did not go down well with everyone. Debates around flight etiquette rarely die down, with…
Fans have noticed a hidden detail stitched into Tom Holland’s suit during the premiere of his new film, The Odyssey. Holland has been out promoting the movie ahead of its US release on July 17, and one of the biggest…
Mackenzie Shirilla has shared another update on her case through her social media page, where new prison photos were posted after the Ohio Supreme Court declined to take up her latest post-conviction challenge. The 21-year-old, who is serving time at…