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Feeding Elk May Have Been Her Final Act

Woman trampled in what's now considered the first fatal elk attack in Arizona history

(Newser) - An Arizona woman has died eight days after she was apparently trampled by elk she may have been feeding outside her home. It's thought to be the first fatal elk attack in state history, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department, which describes five known attacks in as...

5-Foot-8 Player Tries Jump Ball Against His 7-Foot-4 Rival

Alas, Samford's Dallas Graziani did not come out on top against Purdue's Zach Edey

(Newser) - The college basketball season has only just begun, but the Athletic thinks we already have a top contender for "image of the year." In the Samford-Purdue game Monday night, Samford sent out 5-foot-8 Dallas Graziani to take the jump ball against the Boilermakers' 7-foot-4 Zach Edey. A mere...

Found at Florida Thrift Store: Actual Human Skull

Police are investigating, but say case does not seem suspicious

(Newser) - A skull in the Halloween section of a Florida thrift store turned out to not be a Halloween decoration at all. An anthropologist just so happened to be browsing the store in North Fort Myers and recognized it was actually a real human skull, the Lee County Sheriff's Office...

Locals Shrug, Visitors Fret at Bright-Green Slime in NYC

Freon? Plumbers' dye? 'Ghostbusters' fuel? No one seems to know

(Newser) - What is it? Where did it come from? Is it dangerous? Those are the three questions Insider posed Friday after a strange, neon-green slime oozed into lower Manhattan this week, worrying tourists even as locals walked right past it without much concern. "So there's literal green sludge bubbling...

On Florida&#39;s Roads, &#39;Deja Vu All Over Again&#39;
On Florida's Roads,
'Deja Vu All Over Again'
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Nov 4, 2023 6:30 AM CDT

On Florida's Roads, 'Deja Vu All Over Again'

Mysterious yellow lines keep popping up in the middle of St. Johns County thoroughfares

(Newser) - There's plenty of other stuff to worry about, but a roadway mystery has captured the attention of residents in Florida's St. Johns County. WSVN describes an "enigmatic marking" that's popped up along US 1 near St. Augustine: a nearly 2-mile-long yellow line, between International Golf Parkway...

Cops Use Cover of Halloween to Make a Drug Bust

Officers in Peru dress as Freddy Krueger, others, and march right into suspects' neighborhood

(Newser) - It's not every day you see Freddy Krueger making a drug bust, but not every day is Halloween. Police in Peru released video , per the AP, of agents in costumes walking into the Lima neighborhood of San Juan de Lurigancho looking for all the world like happy Halloween revelers....

How Not to Call Attention to Yourself as a Tourist

Viral video shows car full of Americans driving in pedestrian-only Munich square

(Newser) - An American dad channeled his inner Clark Griswold as he was driving the family around Munich while on vacation. A gone-viral TikTok video shows the family's car in the German city's iconic Marienplatz square, which is pedestrian-only, reports USA Today . "Look at everybody staring," says a...

DeSantis Addresses the Boot Question
DeSantis Addresses
the Boot Question
Oct 31, 2023 11:11 AM CDT

DeSantis Addresses the Boot Question

Florida governor insists he doesn't wear lifts, but a Politico analysis suggests otherwise

(Newser) - It's one of the weirder political stories of the day: Politico Magazine talked to three boot-makers about the pair worn by Ron DeSantis, and all suspect the Florida governor is wearing lifts to boost his height. The governor's boots have been the topic of much speculation, and critics'...

NZ Residents Plead for End to &#39;Siren Battles&#39; With Celine
NZ Residents
Plead for End
to 'Siren Battles'
With Celine
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Oct 29, 2023 7:13 AM CDT

NZ Residents Plead for End to 'Siren Battles' With Celine

Residents petition town to stop youths from cranking the music from special speakers at night

(Newser) - They mean no offense to Celine Dion, but residents of the town of Porirua, New Zealand, have launched a petition to stop hearing her songs blasted through the night, reports the BBC . The petition takes aim at what are known as "siren battles," in which groups typically consisting...

Florida Road Workers Make &#39;Incredible&#39; Find Under Highway
Florida Road Workers Make
'Incredible' Find Under Highway
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Oct 28, 2023 6:30 AM CDT

Florida Road Workers Make 'Incredible' Find Under Highway

Shipwreck believed to be from 1800s discovered in St. Augustine, 'encapsulated in soil and mud'

(Newser) - A construction crew doing routine roadwork in a Florida city have made a decidedly unroutine find. FOX 35 and 10 Tampa Bay report that workers with the state's Department of Transportation were recently working on a stretch of road near the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine, the continuation...

The Call to Police Sounded Ominous. It Was Anything But

Officer doesn't end up finding bones, but a beer bong

(Newser) - It sounded potentially ominous: a call made to police about possible human remains in a cave in Washington state. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police responded and did indeed find a skull and spinal column—that together made up a plastic beer bong. In a Facebook post , the...

Feature of Home for Sale for $1.55M: Meth Contamination

It's on the market in San Jose, California

(Newser) - A recent Zillow survey found 67% of homeowners would be willing to buy a "haunted" house if it was otherwise a good fit. A San Jose, California, real estate agent is likely hoping buyers there are as open-minded about homes with a criminal past. The Los Angeles Times reports...

Man Gets Trapped Overnight in NYC Bank Vault

He was freed about 9 hours later when vault doors automatically reopened

(Newser) - A man accessing his safe deposit box at a New York City bank Tuesday night ended up trapped in the bank's vault when the doors closed around 8:45pm; someone apparently closed them not realizing he was inside. The 23-year-old called 911 and firefighters tried to free him, but...

Thieves Who Allegedly Swiped 2M Dimes Indicted

Feds say the men stole $235K in 10-cent coins off of a tractor-trailer from the US Mint

(Newser) - Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the US Mint in Philadelphia. The truck driver was bound for Miami when he pulled into a parking lot...

Judge Slams Firm's 'Symbolic Middle Finger': 3 Tons of Coins

Colorado's JMF Enterprises tried to pay $23.5K subcontractor settlement in dimes, pennies, etc.

(Newser) - A Colorado welding company that was apparently upset over having to pay a settlement to a subcontractor has been stymied by a judge who called its tactics "in bad faith." CBS Colorado reports that Larimer County Judge Joseph Findley on Monday ordered JMF Enterprises to pay Fired Up...

In London, an Ancient Bridge Bylaw Is Triggered

Bale of hay must hang from Millennium Bridge during repairs

(Newser) - The bale of hay dangling from London's Millennium Bridge for the next three weeks could be mistaken for an odd Halloween decoration. But it's there for legal, not festive reasons. The Guardian reports the repair and cleaning work being done has kicked an ancient bylaw into effect, one...

Airline CEO Posts Shirtless Pic on LinkedIn, Lives to Regret It

AirAsia's Tony Fernandes' picture showed him shirtless, getting a massage during business meeting

(Newser) - LinkedIn is for endorsements, job leads, and motivational industry articles—not for posting topless photos of yourself receiving a rubdown during a business meeting. The head of AirAsia is finding that out after he did the latter, in a perhaps misguided attempt to brag about some of the perks of...

Error Sends European Lawmakers' Train to Disneyland

Signaling error results in brief stop at Paris theme park

(Newser) - Hundreds of members of the European Parliament were accidentally diverted to Disneyland Paris in a strange turn of events Monday morning. The MEPs were en route from Brussels to Strasbourg via train when a rail signaling error instead sent them to Marne-la-Vallée, the Disneyland Paris stop. Ultimately, the error...

Citibank Fires Analyst Over His Deceptive Lunch

Szabolcs Fekete treats his partner, lies about it, loses lawsuit claiming unjust firing

(Newser) - A Citibank analyst who investigated financial fraud has lost his job over his own financial fraud—though it was surprisingly small-scale stuff. It seems that Szabolcs Fekete of London went to Amsterdam on a work trip and treated his partner to lunch on the company dime, reports the BBC . When...

After 128 Years on Display, Mummy Finally Gets His Burial

'Stoneman Willie' identified as James Murphy, of Irish descent from New York

(Newser) - A dead man whose body sat on display for 128 years in Pennsylvania has finally been laid to rest. James Murphy—better known as "Stoneman Willie" due to his hardened skin, the result of an experimental embalming technique—was buried Saturday in Reading under a black tombstone carrying both...

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