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  • Man gets ‘pass’ after pleading guilty in strangulation, sex assault of woman

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A man in Anchorage, Alaska, pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman who said he strangled her unconscious and sexually assaulted her. The man then walked out of court with no prison sentence. “But I would like the gentleman to be on notice that this is his one pass,” prosecutor Andrew Grannik said in court Wednesday, CNN affiliate KTVA reported. “It’s not really a pass, but given the conduct, one might consider that it is.” Justin Schneider, 34, was accused […]

  • Woman finds rare two-headed viper outside her Virginia home

    WAYNESBORO, Va. – New details were released Friday about a two-headed baby copperhead found earlier this month outside a home in Woodbridge, Virginia. The snake is currently being monitored by a state herpetologist after it was examined at the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro. “It appears as though the left head is more dominant – it’s generally more active and responsive to stimulus,” a spokesperson for the veterinary hospital said. “Radiographs revealed that the two-headed snake has two tracheas […]

  • Cops are trying to find this fugitive millionaire using a podcast

    The podcast’s name is an aspirational one: “Countdown to Capture.” The capture part is what the Newport Beach Police Department hopes will result from the six-part series, which it is releasing in a bid to finally catch their man. Details: The crime: The Los Angeles Times reports officials have for years been trying to apprehend Peter Chadwick, a 54-year-old multimillionaire who lived in Newport Coast, Calif., and allegedly killed his wife, Quee Choo Chadwick. Her body was found in a gas station dumpster outside […]

  • Texas prison guards find nearly $18M worth of cocaine in donated bananas

    FREEPORT, Texas – Authorities have found nearly $18 million worth of cocaine hidden in several boxes of bananas headed for Texas prisons, officials announced Friday. Two Texas Department of Criminal Justice sergeants made the massive bust after the Ports of America in Freeport donated the unclaimed pallet of “fruit” to the Texas prison system, according to the Houston Chronicle. While loading the cargo, one of the sergeants noticed a box felt different, according to KHOU. When they opened it up, […]

  • California father catches repairman sniffing young daughters’ underwear on camera

    LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles family is speaking out after their home security camera captured a repairman going through the hamper in their little girls’ room Wednesday morning, pulling out underwear and sniffing them. The man was also seen stuffing a pair of undergarments in his pocket while he was supposed to be conducting repairs on the 3 and 5-year-old girls’ bedroom. The footage was captured by a Nest camera perched on one of their cribs. “I would have […]

  • Law students told Kavanaugh favored female clerks ‘with a certain look’, report says

    “Tiger Mom” Amy Chua is in the news again, though not because of her parenting. Rather, she’s become ensnared in the latest coverage of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his interaction with women. The Guardian reports that Chua, a Yale professor, “played an outsized role in vetting” the clerks who worked for Kavanaugh, as many of them came from Yale, Kavanaugh’s alma mater. The unnamed sources the paper spoke with described receiving advice from Chua and her husband, Jed Rubenfeld, also of […]

  • Congressman jokes that Ruth Bader Ginsburg was groped by Abraham Lincoln

    Rep. Ralph Norman opened up a debate between himself and Democratic challenger Archie Parnell on Thursday afternoon by making a joke about the sexual assault allegations surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. “Did y’all hear this latest late-breaking news from the Kavanaugh hearings? Ruth Bader Ginsburg came out that saying she was groped by Abraham Lincoln,” the South Carolina Republican said to the crowd at the Kiwanis Club in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The remarks come as President Donald Trump’s […]

  • Company seeks pizza taste-testers – make up to $1,000 a day working from home

    Portable pizza oven company Ooni is looking to hire people to taste-test its pizza – and they’re paying between $300 and $1000 per day, according to CNBC. “We’re hiring multiple people for a number of Pizza Taste Tester roles,” the company said in a statement. “These roles will be a unique mix of recipe development, product testing and brand ambassadorship – pizza, pizza, and more pizza!“ View this post on Instagram You might've noticed we've changed our account handle here […]

  • Pennsylvania school district’s video about tight pants on girls doesn’t sit well with parents

    COAL TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Out of dress code – that is how the Shamokin Area School District describes tight pants on students. For some parents, the video released earlier this week does not sit well. “I thought it was sexist, to tell you the truth, I don’t think it is fair for the boy and the girls. They should both be able to wear what they can,” Robin Dorkoski told WNEP. “It is not allowing any of the students to […]

  • California barbershop owner apologizes for hanging Kaepernick doll from noose

    PLACERVILLE, Calif. – A California barbershop is taking heat after a photograph of a hanging doll portraying Colin Kaepernick was posted on social media. “They got Colin Kaepernick hanging from a noose,” said Joseph. The picture was shared by Joseph, who wanted to be referred to only by his first name. It was taken inside the Bowtie Barbershop in downtown Placerville and shows the former 49ers player hanging from the ceiling by a noose. “I literally had no idea that […]

  • 3 infants among 5 people stabbed at New York City daycare

    NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. – Three infants, all one month or younger, were stabbed in a New York City day care early Friday, police said. Authorities were called at about 3:40 a.m. to a residence serving as a day care on 161st Street between 45th and 43rd Avenues in Flushing. According to police, adults upstairs heard screaming from below. They came downstairs and saw a 52-year-old woman stabbing three female infants with a butcher knife and machete. A 1-month-old and […]