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There is much talk at the minute about whether particular US states will fade from red to blue or blue to red. However, a number of states have also turned green. Cannabis is now legal in Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. However, they are…
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A family birthday took an unexpected turn after the guests accidentally ate birthday cake laced with marijuana, according to local news outlets. 3AW says that a birthday lunch taking place in Australia went horribly wrong after a "prankster" thought to add an interesting extra ingredient to the birthday cake, as…
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A woman who allegedly participated in a long campaign of transphobic harassment has been arrested by police and jailed for seven hours. However, the woman in question, Kate Scottow, (who hails from Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England) claims that she was arrested after misgendering someone once, and claims that the police have not…
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Abigail Arias has been diagnosed with a Wilms tumour, a type of cancer that starts in the kidneys in children, and can often be terminal. The six-year-old's condition has worsened, to the point that she is not expected to live too much longer. But before things get any worse, she was…
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Kyle Yorlets, a 24-year-old man from Nashville, was shot and killed outside his home on Thursday. The culprits, police later found, were five children, aged 12 to 16. Yorlets, the lead singer of rock band Carverton, gave them his wallet, but was shot after he refused to give them his…
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Former boxing champion Rick 'Rocky' Lockridge has passed away at 60-years-old, his family have confirmed. He died in the home of his caregiver in Camden, New Jersey, due to complications that arose from pneumonia and a series of strokes. “Rocky had a way to make an ordinary person feel extraordinary,"…
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In 1993, Princeton graduate Jeff Bezos opened an online bookstore. Browsing books on a website and then receiving them in the mail, he decided, made for a quicker and easier experience. Initially working out of his garage, he warned early investors that there was a 70 per cent chance that…
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On June 23rd, 1993, Lorena Bobbitt made headlines around the world after cutting off her husband's penis. She severed the member in the middle of the night, took it with her in her car, and threw it out of the window before calling the police and letting them know what…
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A Florida man has declared his innocence after police discovered syringes in his rectum during a police strip search. 40-year-old Wesley Scott, of Clearwater, was arrested on Friday in Pinellas County on an outstanding warrant for drug possession. When first arrested, he reportedly told police that he was aware of…
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A couple's wedding is supposed to be one of the best days of their lives. For one newlywed bride and groom in Pennsylvania, however, it ended up being the worst. Matthew Aimers, a 31-year-old groom, was arrested on his wedding day after starting a brawl amongst guests. The ruckus was allegedly started…
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A new video has emerged on social media which witnesses claimed shows the legendary 'Bigfoot' roaming the hills of rural Utah. Needless to say, social media users viewing the clip have been pretty skeptical on the whole about the sighting. The footage, which was taken by a shocked group of…
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Conrad Roy grew up in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, and worked for his family’s company, Tucker-Roy Marine Towing and Salvage. Roy suffered from social anxiety and depression and had once tried to take his own life by way of overdose. Despite his demons, he was an honour roll student and talented athlete…
