Tag: weird
No laughing matter: Clown terror spreads in France
PARIS -
A wave of panic sparked by evil clowns stalking French towns has spread to the south of France where police on Saturday...
Errant Tweet shows Afghan Taliban spokesman located in Pakistan
KABUL-
An apparently errant tweet by the Taliban's spokesman in Afghanistan gave his location as being in neighboring Pakistan.
On Friday, a tweet by Taliban spokesman...
Canadian woman charged after baby corpses found in storage unit
MONTREAL-
A woman was charged after police discovered six decomposing baby corpses in her storage locker in the western Canadian city of Winnipeg, police said.
Andrea...
Woman gets stuck in chimney trying to sneak into home of...
LOS ANGELES-
A California woman who tried to sneak into a house through the chimney got stuck and had to be rescued by firefighters,...
Family shocked at text from dead granny buried with phone
LONDON-
A British family was shocked to receive a text message apparently from their dead grandmother, who had been buried with her phone three...
Spanish woman jailed for 35 years for killing, freezing her newborns
MADRID-
A woman convicted of killing two of her newborn babies and keeping their bodies in freezers received a 35-year jail sentence in Spain on...
Indian man lives for two months with bullet in his heart
NEW DELHI-
An Indian man was recovering well after undergoing surgery to remove a bullet that had been lodged in his heart for two months,...
Thai woman commits suicide by leaping into crocodile pond: Police
BANGKOK -
A 65-year-old Thai woman has committed suicide by leaping into a pond of crocodiles at a farm popular with tourists on Bangkok's...
US man accused of cooking ex-girlfriend’s dog
SACRAMENTO-
A northern California man was in police custody on last week after allegedly stealing his ex-girlfriend's pet dog, cooking it and feeding it...
Indian girl marries dog to ward off evil
A girl has married a dog to please her family who think in doing so she will rid herself of a curse they believe...
Dog meat fades in South Korea
SEOUL—
For more than 30 years, chef and restaurant owner Oh Keum-il built her expertise in cooking one traditional South Korean delicacy: dog meat.
In...
Indian woman kills leopard with sickle
NEW DELHI-
A 56-year-old Indian woman is recovering in hospital after killing a leopard that attacked her as she tended her fields armed only...
Dubai bars world’s most pierced man: report
Rolf Buchholz, the world's most pierced man, has been barred from Dubai, where he was turned back at the airport on his way to...
200 patients ‘accidentally dead’ in Australian hospital
MELBOURNE-
An Australian hospital apologized on Thursday after mistakenly sending out death notices for 200 of its - very much alive - patients.
Austin Hospital, in...
Giant crater in Russia’s far north sparks mystery
MOSCO-:
A vast crater discovered in a remote region of Siberia known to locals as "the end of the world" is causing a sensation...
Fire therapy: the medical inferno in China
BEIJING-
A therapist pours alcohol over a patient and sets him alight -- for some in China, playing with fire is a treatment for illness.
So-called...
FIFA World Cup enthusiast dies of sleeplessness
A 25-year-old man died after staying up till the early hours to watch a football game on television, doctor said in China.
The man was...