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Jaythan Lawrence Gilder posed as an Orlando Magic representative, grabbed two pairs of Tiffany diamond earrings worth $769,500, then swallowed them during a Panhandle traffic stop. Police recovered the stones…

Aleysha Ortiz left Hartford Public High School in June 2024 with honors and, she says, without basic literacy. Her $3 million suit targets alleged bullying and a failure to follow…

Kelli Tedford pleaded guilty on December 1, 2025, to six misdemeanor counts after videos showed her contaminating food at Monadnock Food Co-op and vandalizing a Keene Marriott. A judge gave…

Transit systems are accidental museums. Northern logged a cageless hamster, a cupboard, and more phones than staff wanted to count. Label your bag.

Jerome Gutierrez woke up soaked on UA 189. United handed him pajamas, met the flight with Manila police, and banned the other man without naming him.

After Jetstar JQ507 parked at Melbourne from Sydney on August 22, 2024, a passenger forced the right overwing exit on Airbus A320 VH-VFL, blew the slide, walked the wing, and…

Shawneesha Cobbs, 28, was charged with disorderly conduct at a Portage, Indiana, Applebee's on August 2, 2024, after arguing that a $15.99 all-you-can-eat deal covered more than one diner. The…

A Friday-night text asking a Gulfport, Mississippi, officer to smoke ended when he replied with his badge. Recreational cannabis is still illegal there. The department posted the exchange as a…

Noemi Valencia's 2-year-old reached a 0.12 BAC at Fujiyama Sushi and Hibachi in Salinas after a server poured cooking wine from a kitchen container marked apple juice. The child recovered;…

Meril Lesser and the Rutherford co-op board resolved a Fair Housing Act fight in August 2024 for $165,000 in damages plus a $585,000 buyout of her Gramercy Park shares, the…