A Belgian man was acquitted of a drunk-driving charge on Monday after court officials learned he suffers from a very rare metabolic condition that causes his body to turn certain foods into alcohol. The 40-year-old man, who has not been named publicly, has a condition called auto-brewery syndrome (ABS). He was examined by three separate
A Brazilian woman has been arrested after she wheeled a corpse into a bank, presumably hoping it would help her secure a loan. Érika de Souza Vieira Nunes was captured on video by bank employees wheeling the body of Paulo Roberta Braga into a Rio De Janeiro bank branch in a wheelchair.In the video, Nunes
An Instagram-famous magpie and dog duo have been reunited, after their separation became the subject of an Australian scandal. Molly the magpie is home with his four-legged best friend, Peggy, after wildlife authorities in Australia decided to return the bird to a couple that had been, up until recently, illegally caring for him.The Queensland Department of Environment
Twins George and Lori Schappell, who formerly held the title as the world’s oldest living conjoined twins, have died. They were 62 years old. According to Guinness World Records, George and Lori died on April 7 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Their cause of death is so far unknown.The record keeper said
Police in Idaho said an 85-year-old woman exhibited “heroism, fortitude, and a will to live” after she fatally shot a man who broke into her home, handcuffed her to a chair and made threats to kill her. The woman, identified by local authorities as Christine Jenneiahn, was also shot several times during the home invasion
A 22-year-old woman from Georgia was arrested for allegedly going on a shooting spree on the day of the solar eclipse and telling people that God told her to do it. Taylon Nichelle Celestine faces charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery for the Monday shootings. She is accused of injuring two people after opening
Descrease article font size Increase article font size In what police have called one of the biggest cash heists in the history of Los Angeles, thieves in San Fernando Valley successfully robbed a money storage facility of up to US$30 million (over C$40.4 million) on Easter Sunday. Authorities in the state have been left scratching
A group of eight cruise passengers were left stranded at a port in West Africa after the vessel didn’t allow them to board due to lateness. Six American and two Australian tourists were supposed to be on a dream vacation, but it quickly turned into a nightmare when they arrived back at port from a
Fans of an Instagram-famous magpie are campaigning for Australian wildlife authorities to reunite him with his best friend Peggy, an English Staffordshire terrier, after the animals’ owners say they were pressured to surrender the wild bird. Molly the magpie was rescued as a chick by Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen, a couple from Queensland who
Two crew members aboard a Holland America Line cruise ship were killed on Friday following an “incident” in one of the ship’s engineering rooms, according to a statement from the U.S.-owned cruise line. The fatalities occurred on the Nieuw Amsterdam cruise ship while it was docked at Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas.Holland America said