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Bullied child Quaden Bayles has been treated to a new wardrobe and makeover as his model sister speaks out to defend him. Quaden, who is from Brisbane, recently went viral after his mother live-streamed a video on Facebook showing her distressed son begging for a rope to end his own…
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Vanessa Bryant, the widow of the late basketball star Kobe Bryant, is suing the helicopter firm she believes is responsible for the deaths of the former LA Lakers legend and their daughter, Gianna. The NBA legend, 13-year-old Gianna, and a further seven other people (including the helicopter pilot) died in…
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As reported by Australia's 9News, New South Wales Police have confirmed that a group of baboons has been spotted on the loose outside a hospital in Sydney after escaping a nearby medical research facility. Authorities told nine.com.au that officers were called to the scene outside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital after…
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NASA has revealed that Katherine Johnson, the woman who paved the way for the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth, died this morning at the age of 101, per ABC News. Her remarkable legacy, along with that of other female African American NASA employees, was immortalized in the movie…
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MSNBC news anchor Chris Matthews has provoked controversy after he compared Bernie Sanders' recent election victory in the state of Nevada win this week to the Nazi invasion of France. The Vermont senator, (who is Jewish) has solidified his status as the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, after strong…
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A Canadian model has won a payout after being fired for taking "revealing" photos at work. Thirty-year-old Stephanie Katelnikoff was dismissed from her job at Canadian Pacific in 2017, after revealing photographs of her under the name Miss Demeanour were discovered on Facebook. This woman was told to cover-up after…
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A girl left badly scarred with serious facial burns, was apparently dumped at an orphanage and left her there by her parents when she was just two-years-old. Little Elvina Kolevi, who is now six, was horrendously maimed by an open flame in 2015, after getting into an accident in her…
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Last week (February 18), a video of nine-year-old Quaden Bayles went viral after his mom posted his heartbreaking reaction to school bullies, who had teased him because of his dwarfism. Quaden's mom, Yarraka Bayles, live-streamed the video on Facebook, accompanying the distressing footage with the caption: "This is the [impact]…
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A Georgia man hospitalized for a 12-hour erection was reportedly told it happened because he smoked too much weed. The unusual incident was made public in the Journal of Cannabis Research, which detailed the 32-year-old's plight. The case report relays the incident thus: "We present the case of a healthy 32-year-old…
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A daredevil pilot from the United States has sadly been killed during an attempt to launch a homemade rocket in the Californian desert, the BBC reports. 64-year-old 'Mad' Mike Hughes is said to have crash-landed the steam-powered rocket shortly after it took off. Per the BBC, Hughes was known for…
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An MMA fighter has broken her rival's nose with a vicious headbutt after losing a TV show challenge. The incident took place on the Romanian TV show Survivor Romania when 26-year-old Ana Maria Pal narrowly lost a reward-based challenge. Instead of accepting her loss gracefully, when a member of the…
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On Tuesday, Brisbane mom Yarraka Bayles live-streamed a video of her nine-year-son Quaden sobbing uncontrollably and saying he wanted to end his own life after he was apparently teased by another child at his school earlier in the day. Quaden Bayles was born with achondroplasia - the most common form…
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A mom who was addicted to tanning beds has lost her left ear after developing melanoma. Forty-four-year-old Anthea Smith from Bolton opened up about the condition to the BBC, explaining how ashamed she was of the amputation because it was self-inflicted: "The guilt I feel for my husband and my children…
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It's true that we've seen plenty of unusual and wonderful beauty trends over the last few years. Maybe they're not to everyone's taste, but these fashions inevitably come and go, and some are more popular than others. Recently, other Instagram users have started decorating their nails with tiny hands and…
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An 88-year-old crossing guard has died after protecting two children from a speeding car in Kansas City, Kansas, The Washington Post reports. Bob Nill, known by local children as "Mr. Bob", has since been hailed a hero by the community he served. Nill was working a regular shift on Tuesday…
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A heartwarming video has gone viral on social media this week, which shows a two-year-old child hugging a pizza delivery driver who had just recently lost his daughter. According to a report by NBC 10 News, the doorbell camera video in question shows "Wicked Good Pizza" delivery man Ryan Catterson…
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A woman from England has revealed in a Twitter post how a man claiming to be a landlord offered to lower the price of her rent in exchange for sexually exploitative pictures. Georgia Linehan, who hails from Canterbury in the United Kingdom, took to social media this week to upload…
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The rapper Pop Smoke has reportedly been found dead in his own home in the Hollywood Hills area, allegedly after an attempted home invasion robbery. According to a report by celebrity gossip site TMZ, the musician (real name: Bashar Barakah Jackson) was at home at approximately 4:30 am when two…
