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Postcard Bandit” Brenden Abbott’s quest for freedom has inadvertently backfired, potentially extending his time behind bars ...

A couple in Thailand went to the hospital three times after the woman swallowed a fish bone while eating fish soup, Oddity Central reported on June 27. The wife, Sang Lan, still felt pain, but assumed ...

The Olympic Games. 1904 first US-hosted games in St. Louis, MO; Nadia Comaneci scores first perfect 10; previously disqualified athlete lights torch; notorious cheat Onishchenko; Tokyo games begin a ...

In February, the hamlet’s mosque was set ablaze. In security camera footage of the arson, one of the assailants can be heard ...