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A mother and her boyfriend are facing felony charges for allegedly allowing a nine-year-old girl to drive them home because they were too drunk. Amanda Eggert and James Roth have been accused of recklessly endangering safety as well as neglect after their truck was seen driving erratically into onco

A man who agreed to have his partner murdered because he thought she was having an affair was shocked when she turned up at her own funeral. Balenga Kalala, from Melbourne, Australia, paid hitmen $7,000 to abduct his wife, Noela Rukundo, on a visit to Burundi.

Police in Japan are investigating the theft of hundreds of hand straps on subway trains in Tokyo used by standing passengers. Authorities have no idea why the straps are being taken but at least 400 have been removed from trains since November according to the Kyodo News Service.

Lawmakers in the District of Columbia, USA have approved a bill to pay cash to people that city officials believe could become criminals. The scheme is part of the "Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Amendment Act of 2016" (NEAR Act) which was approved at first reading yesterday.

A woman is threatening legal action against Nestle after she bought a number of KitKats that contained no wafer – only chocolate. Law student Saima Ahmad, 20, has demanded the company give her a lifetime supply of the chocolate or face the consequences.

A father in Texas accused of stealing his daughter's phone because of an inappropriate text has been acquitted of a misdemeanor charge. Ronald Jackson, 36, was found not guilty by a judge in Dallas, who said there was insufficient evidence.

A doctor found guilty of various counts of poor performance and professional misconduct has denied he mistook an ankle for an elbow. Dr Omar Hassan Khalafalla Mohamed, 30, claimed the Medical Council Fitness-to-Practice inquiry which found him guilty following an 11-day hearing was intended to discr

New Zealand police received some unexpected help during a car chase after the suspects were held up – by a flock of sheep. Authorities said the four suspects were “agitated” after 150 sheep slowly crossing the road brought the chase to an end The Guardian reports. And, to add insult to injury,

A woman who failed a job interview at Poundland said it was because she drew a rubbish picture. Mercedes Cray, 23, was asked to draw a coat of arms representing four things that were important to her. She drew her car, her family, a television – and a shotgun.

Thieves have stolen $50,000 worth of bull semen from a farm in California. The valuable ejaculate comes from “the top one per cent of the world population ,” owner of the farm, John Azevedo, told CBS Sacramento.

A policeman in Italy was sacked after he was found clocking into work in his boxer shorts before returning to bed. Alberto Muraglia was wearing only a pair of Y-fronts and a T-shirt because his flat was above his office in a council building in the town of San Remo.

A Norwegian man foiled a car thief's attempt to steal his vehicle after taking part in a death-defying stunt that local police said "Bruce Willis wouldn't have managed". The 25-year-old man woke in the early hours of Wednesday morning to the sound of his car engine switching on, and immediately ran

A Buddhist monk who went on a tyre-slashing rampage because he accidentally squashed an insect has been jailed. Julian Glew, 45, who lives in a wood in Pocklington, slashed the tyres of 162 cars after the transgression.

China has produced a list of “authentic living buddhas” in a bid to crackdown on fraudulent buddhas who are swindling money from believers. The communist country has published the names, locations and photos of 870 “verified” buddhas on the State Administration for Religious Affairs' website

A prison official in Russia was detained after allegedly stealing 50km of road. Alexander Protopopov, acting deputy chief of Russia's prison service, oversaw the deconstruction of the road in the northern Komi region according to police.