UPDATE: After just four days, the giant ‘X’ sign that graced the roof of Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco has been taken down. The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection said Monday it received 24 complaints about the illuminated sign, which was put up without a permit.“This morning, building inspectors observed the structure being dismantled,” a
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued an arrest warrant for a Georgia man who is accused of “misdirecting” US$30 million (about C$39.9 million) in donations to send Bibles to China. Jason Gerald Shenk, a 45-year-old from Dublin, Ga., allegedly collected the funds from faith-based charities
An 87-year-old woman from Brunswick, Maine, took hospitality to the extreme last week when she fought off a teenage intruder in her home, but then proceeded to feed him crackers and oranges — showing that any conflict is easier to resolve on a full stomach. Marjorie Perkins was asleep in her home last Wednesday when
In an apparent stunt gone wrong, French social media daredevil and photographer Remi Lucidi has died after a fall from a skyscraper in Hong Kong. Police in the region said they discovered the body of a 30-year-old man on a patio near Tregunter Tower on Thursday, according to numerous reports. Authorities believe Remi Lucidi, who
A Malayan sun bear named Angela living in a Chinese zoo has been the subject of much chatter after a video of her circulating online led to viral speculation that she is actually a human wearing a bear costume. The increased attention from the video has caused visitors to flock to the zoo to catch
An officer in rural Ohio has been fired after he released a police dog on a Black man who had already raised his hands in surrender, authorities said Wednesday. In a statement, the Circleville Police Department said Officer Ryan Speakman had his employment “terminated.”On July 4, Speakman, who is white, deployed the dog he’d been
An Arizona teenager who vanished without a trace when she was 14 years old has turned up safe at a police station after being missing for nearly four years, police said. Alicia Navarro, now 18, of Glendale, Ariz., showed up alone this week in a small Montana town about 64 kilometres from the Canadian border
A Florida jury has awarded US$800,000 (CA$1.05 million) in damages to a young girl who was severely burned by a McDonald’s Chicken McNugget. Olivia Carabello was just four years old when she suffered second-degree burns after a hot Chicken McNugget fell on her leg as her mother pulled away from the drive-thru of a South
Everyone loves a good mystery, so when a huge, unidentified metal object washed up on a Western Australian beach, locals and internet sleuths alike couldn’t contain their curiosity. Residents near Green Head beach reported the massive copper-coloured cylinder to police on Sunday. The object, which is still on the beach, was discovered visibly damaged and
Though the sight of an otter sunbathing on a surfboard is undoubtedly adorable, one “aggressive” surfboard-snatching sea otter in California is harassing swimmers and causing a nuisance. A five-year-old female sea otter in the waters off Santa Cruz achieved viral fame this month after a local photographer captured photos and video of the mammal gnawing