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A California coffee shop is drawing plenty of attention - as well as anger - from local residents, after dressing all of their baristas in skimpy bikinis. Pink Pantherz Espresso has been the subject of intense criticism from locals after employing servers and dressing them in either bikinis or lingerie…
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A teenager has issued a warning to others about the dangers of social media attention, after he nearly fell to his death in the pursuit of the perfect selfie. 18-Year-old Triston Bailey was rushed to Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Dallas, Texas after taking some serious damage. According to the hospital,…
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Earlier today, the Chicago Police Department released Jussie Smollett's mugshot following his arrest for allegedly lying to police about a hate crime he experienced. The 36-year-old Empire star turned himself in at 5am local time, and is set to attend a bail hearing later this afternoon. Barely three weeks ago, Smollett…
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A woman has tragically died after eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Spain, local news outlets have reported. María Jesús Fernández Calvo, a 46-year-old who worked as an optician, was one of several people to eat mushrooms at RiFF, a restaurant in Valencia, Spain which was awarded its first Michelin…
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A fairly shocking interview with John Wayne has resurfaced in which the actor makes numerous racist and homophobic comments. In 1971, the True Grit star did an interview with Playboy magazine, claiming that he believed in white supremacy until "the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility". Speaking to Contributing…
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A nail salon in Ohio has been the subject of plenty of controversy and criticism after locals were upset by its potentially provocative name. Dawn Moon is the owner of a nail salon in Sandusky, Ohio that's become a viral sensation - but despite pressure from local communities, she has…
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For the decade between 2001 and 2011, Daniel Radcliffe was almost constantly in the limelight as Harry Potter. When the film franchise first started, Radcliffe was only 12 years old, meaning we all got to see him grow up before our very eyes. Now, however, at 29 years old, the…
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A family dog, feared lost forever by his loving family after the wildfire that ripped its way through the state of California last year, has been reunited with his family after 101 days of uncertainty. As the Ballejos family fled their home in Paradise, California following the Camp Fire wildfires…
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The United States government is not going to punish or prosecute the remote and uncontacted tribe responsible for the death of an American missionary who attempted to convert them to Christianity. John Allen Chau, a 26-year-old man who originally hailed from Alabama, had travelled to the tiny island in the…
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Burberry has been forced to apologise after being slammed for featuring a hoodie with a noose around the neck at London Fashion Week. The upmarket brand came under fire on Monday after one of its own models called them out for glamourising suicide through fashion. Liz Kennedy, who was part…
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A couple of customers were left furious after they received an offensive message from a staff member on a receipt at a restaurant where they'd just eaten. Stopping in at a Little Caesars for a takeout pizza in Henrico County, Virginia, Rosman Harris and Marcus Robertson (who are cousins) were shocked to…
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An Australian woman's post about the alleged body shaming she endured at the hands of a spray tan company has gone viral on social media this week, with the subject sparking some strong opinions from commenters. The trouble began when an anonymous woman took to Instagram to ask a business about the…
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Bernie Sanders has officially entered the 2020 race for the White House. After months of speculation, the Vermont Senator announced today that he is running for president once again. This is his second consecutive bid for the Democratic nomination, after losing out to Hillary Clinton back in 2016. In an email…
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A dying mother with days left to live was taken to the beach in her hospital bed and gown so that she could watch the sun set for the last time. Carmen Leon de la Barra passed away after a battle with bowel cancer last week, but before she died, a…
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A heavily pregnant server working at a diner was taken aback by the kindness of a police officer, who left a generous message - and an even more generous tip - on her receipt. 23-year-old Courtney English is around seven months pregnant - expecting her first child on April 1.…
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Last week, on Valentine's Day, a group of inmates became unlikely heroes after freeing a baby from a locked car. The incident happened at the Pasco County courthouse, where a group of prisoners were on work release repairing parking meters. While they had been working, a father managed to shut his…
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An 11-year-old boy, who apparently refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance as an anti-racism protest, has been arrested by police. The young student, a sixth grader attending Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland, Florida has not yet been named. He was apparently arrested after getting into an altercation with…
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A college student was left outraged after she was told to stop wearing a sports bra in the gym because she would "distract" men. Kate, a junior at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, claims that she was "dehumanised" and "humiliated" by a male member of staff in early January as she went…
