The gaffes were spotted by amused people around the world who thought they were too good not to share. Here we show the most absurd construction blunders – and some really do defy belief. Check out the fire hydrant, for example – locked behind handrails and totally inaccessible in a stairwell. Then there's the escalator with concrete steps – and […]

Washington: Maria Butina, a Russian gun rights activist, is poised to plead guilty in a case involving accusations that she was working as an agent for the Kremlin in the United States, according to a new court filing. Maria ButinaCredit:AP Attorneys for Butina and federal prosecutors jointly requested in court documents Monday that US District Judge Tanya Chutkan set a […]

The owner of an air conditioning installation company was cleared Monday of charges that he vindictively poisoned a Queens family and their dog. Yuriy Kruk, 48 — who faced up to 15 years in prison if convicted of allegedly planting mercury in a cooling unit in the the Jamaica Estates home of Roman Pinkhasov and his family — was found […]

Shocking moment thug launches a running drop-kick at tent with two homeless people inside before running away laughing Thug performed a running drop kick at a tent containing homeless men in Hull CCTV footage shows him being egged on by others before launching the attack He then got up and walked away from the scene while laughing and joking Do […]

Vegans are outraged at new ‘crowdbutching’ website buyacow.uk which lets customers chip in for part of an animal before it is butchered in a bid to reduce food waste Website founded in the Netherlands allows people to bid for differed cow parts  Once the entire cow has been bought, the animal is slaughtered by a butcher  Now UK customers are […]

Police in Colorado continue to search for any sign of Kelsey Berreth, a 29-year-old mother who has not been seen or heard from since Thanksgiving. Authorities have scheduled a press conference for Monday afternoon to provide an update on the case. Berreth was last seen on Thanksgiving at a Safeway in Woodland Park, Colorado, and she wasn’t reported missing until […]

A Sacramento judge has ruled that alleged Golden State Killer Joseph DeAngelo, 73, cannot afford a private defense attorney and will continue to be represented by a public defender. At a hearing on Thursday, December 6th, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Sweet declared that DeAngelo is indigent after reviewing his financial assets, which include several automobiles, a motorcycle and a […]

Meghan Markle up against Trump, Putin and journalist Jamal Khashoggi for TIME’s person of the year TIME has revealed the shortlist for the 10 contenders for its 2018 ‘Person of the Year’ cover   Top picks include President Trump, Vladimir Putin, Robert Mueller, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, and Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered in Turkey American actress turned British […]

OPP have charged a truck driver that was involved in a single-vehicle collision over the weekend. Late Sunday evening, a tractor-trailer was the sole vehicle involved in a collision on Highway 401 in Loyalist Township. The collision closed both eastbound lanes of the highway near Odessa. According to police, the driver was sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being extricated […]

The congresswoman-elect, speaking at a Hanukkah party this week, said that her ancestors, generations ago, were Sephardic Jews. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old former bartender who won a surprise Democratic primary for Congress in New York this spring and was later elected to the House, made a surprising declaration over this weekend at a Hanukkah party: She is descended from Sephardic […]