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A Florida man allegedly threatened to shoot linemen who were working to restore power after Hurricane Milton. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Kenneth Ray Velasco grew impatient with a traffic delay as powerline crews worked. Velasco reportedly backed…

Owners of Ecovacs' Deebot X2 robot vacuums are reporting strange incidents due to hacks. Minnesota lawyer Daniel Swenson claims his device started shouting racial slurs in front of one of his children. He says someone hacked the device and was…

A source at Meta reported that about two dozen of the tech giant's Los Angeles-based employees were let go for abusing meal perks. According to the anonymous source, these employees used their daily food delivery allowance to buy nonfood items…

Researchers discovered a man who had three penises, but never seemed to know about the other two. Scientists found the hidden organs while dissecting the body of a 78-year-old man who had donated his body to science. Only one main…

Plettenberg, Germany has banned the cactus from all municipal buildings, including the town hall. The mayor says cacti are "dangerous." "We had an incident where someone was injured," one resident said. A plant apparently fell onto someone's lap, the resident…

A Massachusetts family is suing Hingham High School after their son was accused of cheating. Jennifer and Dale Harris claim their son used AI as a tool to do research, and did not break any of the school's rules. "They…

Videos featuring men engaging in courtship dances have taken over TikTok. One variant features men using a Gilmore Girl's audio clip to describe what they have to offer a potential mate, followed by goofy dance moves. A video posted by…

Jack Lorey enlisted the help of 40 fellow travelers to pop the question at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on October 11th. Lorey had other passengers on his flight hand his then-girlfriend Erica Bonilla a rose as they exited the…

An Ohio police officer found himself engulfed by an inflatable pumpkin in Bay Village, dash cam footage shows. The officer was attempting to move the decoration, which ended up in the street near Wolf and Saddler Road. "Luckily, no officers…

Charles Boehm decided to honor his father's memory with a timeless roast! The scathing obituary, which accuses 74-year old Robert Boehm of draft-dodging and cowardice, is a hilarious and biting 585-word tribute. Robert's last words were apparently swears, and Charles…

UK man James Howells is suing the City Council of Newport for preventing him from digging up his Bitcoin. Howells, whose hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin was accidentally thrown away, has been seeking permission to excavate 100,000 tons of garbage…

If you purchased a Powerball Double Play in Kentucky, check your tickets! A $500,000 Powerball Prize has remained unclaimed from October 12th's drawing. The winning numbers were: 18, 22, 32, 41, and 49. A winner who purchased the ticket in…

A Russian man who spent more than two months drifting in the Sea of Okhotsk has finally been rescued. Unfortunately, his brother and nephew did not survive the ordeal. 46-year-old Mikhail Pichugin set out in August to watch whales with…

A World Conker Champion is being accused of using a steel chestnut to compete. Conking is a British sport where competitors use chestnuts on leather strings to attempt to break their opponents' chestnuts. However, this year's men's champion David Jakins,…

Travis Gienger of Minnesota grew a pumpkin that weighs a whopping 2,471 pounds. Gienger, a horticulture teacher, won the 51st World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California. This pumpkin, which weighs more than a ton, is actually eight…

Witnesses spotted a black bear scaling the Connecticut governor's house last Saturday. Fortunately, no one was home at the time. Governor Ned Lamont's office says the bear simply wandered away after climbing the metal gate of the 19th century estate.…

Sweden and Denmark are the latest countries to outlaw cousins marrying one another. The law will go into effect in 2025. Norway has already banned cousin marriage earlier in the year. "Cousin marriages are often arranged and that the decision…

A Polish man was sentenced to 22 months for breaking into homes and doing chores. Damian Wijnilowicz would hang laundry, clean the floor, and take out the trash without taking anything except a glass of wine. An unnamed victim came…

A video posted by David Cavender seems to depict Georgia officers providing backup to Sheriff Craig Owens Sr. after a Burger King gave him the wrong order. The sheriff reportedly was given an incorrect order and the fast food employees…

A British mom who named her baby Lucifer dressed him up as a red devil for Halloween. Little Lucifer has little black horns, wings, and a red pitchfork. Mother Ronni Lily is obsessed with horror and ignores critics. "We are…

Sunnyfields Farm in England has created a Halloween pumpkin mosaic featuring Michael Keaton's depiction of Beetlejuice. "There are over 10,000 pumpkins and squashes in the mosaic, it took about 50 hours of planning on paper," Farmer Ian Nelson said. This…

A Chinese woman pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 turtles into Canada. Wan Yee Ng admitted that she was going to use an inflatable kayak to paddle from Vermont to Canada on Lake Wallace. Officials discovered the…

A Brazilian woman who became a police officer to find her father's killer finally made an arrest. In 1999, Givaldo José Vicente de Deus was killed at a bar in Boa Vista. The main suspect, Raimundo Alves Gomes, fled the…

A Denver man with three stolen car convictions allegedly attended a probation meeting in another stolen vehicle. When the man walked into the Jeffco Courthouse, deputies checked security cameras and found he had arrived in a stolen vehicle, the sheriff's…