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A man was shot and killed as a result of one of his own booby traps that he had set up in his home, when he opened his front door the Washington Post reports. Ronald Cyr, 65, rigged his home with protective homemade devices to shoot at potential intruders and…
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Amazon has pulled a range of "sick" Christmas ornaments, which depicted images of a Nazi concentration camp, from its website, the BBC reports. The Holocaust-themed items, which included tree decorations, a bottle opener and a mouse pad, displayed photos taken from Auschwitz in occupied-Poland during World War Two. Some of…
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Doctors have completed a pioneering surgery by conducting the very first heart transplant from a dead donor, the Mirror reports. The breakthrough operation saw surgeons at Duke University's Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery complete the first adult 'donation-after-death' (DCD) transplant in the US. Following the unprecedented feat, Dr Jacob…
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A trio of 12-year-old boys will go to a youth conference under the Young Offenders Act for after they allegedly lit a fire at a reserve in New South Wales in Australia. According to a report by The Sydney Morning Herald, two of the kids are allegedly being held responsible…
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A Starbucks employee has been fired after writing a message derogatory to law enforcement on an Oklahoma police officer's venti hot chocolate. Per a since-deleted social media post written by Kiefer Police Department Chief Johnny O'Mara, an on-duty officer went to a local Starbucks on Thanksgiving morning to order beverages…
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A 74-year-old hiker whose gurney span out of control while they were allegedly being airlifted by a helicopter to safety is suing the city of Phoenix in Arizona for $2 million. According to Fox 10 News, Katalin Metro, reportedly tripped when hiking a trail on June 4, 2019. She became…
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A teenager who tried to shimmy down her chimney in an attempt to sneak home after a late night out ended up getting stuck for more than an hour and needed to be rescued by the emergency services. According to a report by Fox 11, the adolescent girl (who has…
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An elderly woman from Wisconsin has gone hunting for the first time in her life and shot a deer at the age of 104-years-old, this week. Florence Teeters, who hails from Price County, is now the oldest person to date to purchase a gun deer license after the mother-of-five vowed…
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A world-renowned American rock climber has died at the age of 31 after falling from a rock face in El Portero Chico, northern Mexico, the BBC reports. Brad Gobright, an acclaimed climber, had once held the speed record on the Nose of El Capitan rock face in Yosemite National Park.…
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A Japanese department store is now "rethinking" a policy where they allowed staff to wear badges if they were menstruating. The badges, which featured a cartoon character known as Miss Period - were introduced in October for the 500 or so staff in the women's wardrobe department at the Daimaru…
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A Wisconsin toddler is alive and well after a bullet went through a wall and hit a 'Baby Shark' stuffed animal during a gunfight which took place near the child's home, according to local law enforcement. Per the Madison Police Department (MPD), a three-year-old girl was sleeping in her cot…
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A bizarre viral challenge involving chairs has emerged on TikTok this week, which only women seem to be able to successfully complete. The challenge involves participants walking up to a wall and taking two steps back, each the length of the participant's own foot. The participant must then bend at…
