A San Diego police officer is under investigation after a local photographer released footage of him pulling a woman by her hair while her house burned down. KFMB-TV reported Sunday that the homeowner, Torazzi Hayslett, said the officer, Sgt. Daniel McLaughlin, assaulted her Friday. The station also reported that Hayslett,…
A decayed 50-foot endangered fin whale washed up off Penzance Road in Rockport, Massachusetts [Caution: graphic pictures at link] almost a week after it floated out of Boston Harbor. The deceased animal, which originally washed up on Georges Island in Boston Harbor, drifted back out to sea on Monday, October…
The San Diego Zoo’s 11-week-old panda cub is “making progress” and has started crawling, according to a video update released Thursday. “Certainly the front legs wanna get up and go,” said Senior Veterinarian PK Robbins. “The back legs sort of got a litle bit left behind, but he’s definitely learning.…
Chess team members from I.S. 318 in Brooklyn play on the train. Chess teams from this school are consistently the most-winning ones in the nation.(Courtesy of Producers Distribution Agency) Is chess cool? In my day, being in the school chess club was about as hip as being on the audiovisual…
The company behind the Banana Boat sunscreen line is recalling some of its spray-on products after reports of people catching on fire after using them. The Associated Press reported Friday that Energizer Holdings is pulling nearly two dozen products in its UltraMist spray-on tan line after five people — four…
Police said Friday that 40-year-old Joshua Woodward (pictured above, on left), a restaurant investor with posh establishments in New York, Miami and Los Angeles, was released after posting bail following an arrest on four charges of attempted murder. Authorities claim they caught Woodward carrying the drug misoprostol, which his girlfriend…
A lost 10-year-old Alabama boy with Down syndrome cuddled with puppies overnight to keep warm. According to Hacklenberg, Alabama’s WAFF, Channel 48, Kyle Camp was found on Wednesday after going missing at around 4:30 in the afternoon on Tuesday. Sheriff’s Department employees and a team of volunteers searched in the…
Michael Brutsch, known by his online pseudonym Violentacrez, on Thursday said he regretted his controversial online behavior. Considered the top “troll” of the social networking site Reddit, 49-year-old Brutsch had set up hundreds of sub-forums on the site, dedicated to topics like bestiality, provocative pictures of minors, rape jokes, images…