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On May 1, 2024, a Tulsa dog chewed a lithium-ion power bank until it sparked and ignited a pet bed. The family and pets escaped. The clip later sat beside…

Zheng Jiajia staged a 2017 Hangzhou ceremony with robot Yingying and no marriage license. On July 15, 2026, China shut companion-chatbot features that had industrialized the same loneliness.

Kayak Katie paddles Georgia's Satilla River in gator waders, chihuahua in her overalls, because the dumpster and mailbox sit on the far bank.

Saylor, 3, was right about the monsters in her Charlotte wall. Beekeeper Curtis Collins removed about 50,000 honeybees and 100 pounds of honeycomb.

Japan Airlines canceled Dallas-to-Tokyo flight JL11 after the captain's hotel drinking drew a police warning, then watched the same layover rule fail again.

Wine merchant Tom Gilbey blind-tasted 25 wines during the London Marathon, finished in 4:41, and closed his Sobell House page at £24,330.

BA first officer Mike Beaton was fired after a Johannesburg cocaine binge. The CAA later restored his medical. European Cargo, where he returned to fly freight, collapsed in June 2026.

Richard Cove made 1,263 hoax calls to NHS 111 about feet, costing the service £21,869. He later targeted Sussex Police 101 handlers, including officers on sexual-offence desks, and left court…

Troy Charles Bennett snatched a grandmother's purse outside Pimpama Tavern on her birthday in January 2021. She tackled him, took the bag back, and left with cracked ribs. A court…

David Wayne Oliver robbed Academy Bank, threw cash while shouting Merry Christmas, and 13 months later told Teller County deputies he was not going back to jail.