A bus driver in Italy has been praised for getting 25 schoolchildren to safety after noticing a problem with his vehicle before it burst into flames. The bus, which was transporting youngsters aged between 14 and 16 to a summer camp, caught fire in a tunnel about 50 miles (80km) north of Milan. Firefighters quickly arrived at the scene and extinguished the flames. Footage released by the fire department showed smoke billowing out of the tunnel and long queues of traffic. Seven children were taken to hospital as a precaution for smoke inhalation, the Lecco news website reported. The president … Continue reading Best Of Humanity: Italy bus driver saves 25 children from vehicle blaze

A critically endangered Sumatran elephant has been found decapitated with its tusks missing in Indonesia, the conservation agency said Monday, as it opened a poaching investigation.A subsequent autopsy found that the elephant had also been poisoned The rotting carcass was discovered Sunday at a palm oil plantation in Sumatra’s Aceh region and a subsequent autopsy found that the animal had also been poisoned. “The remains of the wild elephant were found in a tragic condition with its head gone,” said Rosa Rika Wahyuni, a doctor at the Aceh conservation agency. “We found poison in its digestive system,” she added. It … Continue reading This is Inhumane: Sumatran elephant found beheaded in Indonesia

A Phoenix man has been charged with negligent homicide after his dogs escaped his yard and killed a 77-year-old woman sitting on her front porch. Alejandro Hernandez faces the charge after the death of 77-year-old Maria Eliza Sebastian Ruiz on Tuesday, Fox10 and KTAR report. According to police, Ruiz was sitting on her front porch early Tuesday morning when four Staffordshire terrier mix dogs attacked her. “She was sitting on the porch. She wasn’t even walking. She was sitting on the porch,” a neighbor who asked to not be named told AZFamily.com. The dogs belonged to Hernandez and have a history of menacing area residents, said the … Continue reading Escaped dogs kill 77-year-old sitting on her porch, owner charged with homicide

A Missouri man was taken aback after he received a letter from the Social Security Administration, seemingly out of the blue, claiming he owed $122 from nearly half a century ago. Rick Wosmanski, from St. Louis, received the letter saying that he received extra funds when he was student, aged only 19, in 1973, when President Richard Nixon was in power. “You were overpaid when you received benefits as a student,” the letter Rick Wosmanski got said, KCTV reported on Friday. “I owed a total of 122.80 and I thought this is unusual .. It was 48 years ago. Give … Continue reading OOPS: Man chased to pay $122 to social security, from 48 years ago

A man has been arrested after he allegedly bought a house with money he won from a lottery ticket found inside a handbag that he stole, way back in 2020. An unnamed 52-year-old man in Valencia, Spain, has been arrested for allegedly stealing on December 19, 2020, a handbag that contained a winning lottery ticket, reported The Olive Press on Wednesday. The man has been accused of stealing the handbag from a restaurant in the town of Novelda, south of Valencia. He allegedly took it from the woman when it was hanging on the back of the victim’s chair. Security camera footage obtained by The … Continue reading Thief steals handbag with lottery ticket inside, wins $150,000

A man was reportedly trapped in a piece of winery equipment for two days before he was rescued, local authorities reported.The man who was found to have traces of methamphetamine in his system was reportedly trapped in a vineyard’s fan. Deputies were called to a private property on Tuesday after receiving “a complaint of a suspicious vehicle” parked onsite, according to a Facebook post from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. Although the vehicle was located, it was not immediately clear where the driver was. “The vehicle was parked in a location that made no sense,” the Facebook post claimed. “The deputy saw a hat … Continue reading Say NO To Drugs: Man high on Meth gets trapped in a winery equipment

A paramedic who cut a diamond ring off the finger of a dead patient and pawned it has pleaded guilty nearly two years after she was arrested. Lisa Darlene Glaze was arrested in Nov. 2019 in Arkansas shortly after the family of Gloria Robinson noticed she was not wearing her $8,000 diamond ring when she was pronounced dead at a hospital in Hot Springs. Robinson’s family asked hospital staff and Glaze herself why three of the woman’s rings were missing when they were given Robinson’s personal effects but did not receive a response.Lisa Darlene Glaze Lisa Darlene Glaze was arrested Monday, weeks … Continue reading Paramedic who cut diamond ring from dead woman’s finger to pawn it pleads guilty

A Belarusian activist stabbed himself in the neck during a court appearance in the capital, Minsk, a rights group and opposition media have reported. Footage appeared to show Stepan Latypov collapsing after using what looked like a pen as a weapon on Tuesday. Mr Latypov was taken to hospital and was reportedly in a satisfactory condition after surgery. He is accused of setting up opposition social media and also resisting police during his arrest last September, he has denied all the charges. President Alexander Lukashenko has carried out a harsh crackdown on opposition since his heavily disputed election victory last … Continue reading Belarus activist ‘stabs his neck’ in court

Italy has launched an investigation into the cause of Sunday’s cable car accident that left 14 people dead. The car plunged 20m (65ft) into the side of the Mottarone mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. Thirteen people died at the scene including a two year old child. Two other children, aged nine and five, were airlifted to hospital in Turin but the older child later died. Five Israeli nationals were among the dead, Israel’s foreign ministry says. On Monday, the crumpled remains of the cable car were sealed off and technicians prepared to examine the wreckage. Prosecutors in Milan … Continue reading Update: Italy investigates cause of cable car accident

Fourteen people, including at least one child, have been killed and another child is seriously injured after a cable car fell on a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy on Sunday. The accident happened on a service transporting passengers from the resort town of Stresa up the nearby Mottarone mountain in the region of Piedmont. Images from the scene show the wreckage lying in a steep wooded area. Five Israeli nationals were among the dead, Israel’s foreign ministry says. Most of the victims died at the crash site, with the death toll steadily rising on Sunday afternoon as the … Continue reading 14 dead after accident near Lake Maggiore, Italy

A Japanese train driver faces possible punishment after he left the cockpit of a speeding bullet train for several minutes to go to the toilet. He had asked a conductor, who did not have a driver’s licence, to man the train which was travelling at 150km/h (93mph), according to local media. The Hikari 633 was carrying 160 passengers at the time, the incident reportedly did not affect the journey. But the railway company has reported it to authorities and apologised. The Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) said the incident took place on Sunday morning while the train was travelling … Continue reading What???: Japan bullet train driver leaves cockpit for loo break

A loose tiger roamed a Houston neighborhood Sunday night before the suspected owner wrangled the animal away. According to KHOU, the big cat, which was wearing a collar was spotted by neighbors strolling and lounging in a front yard unaccompanied. Witnesses caught the moment on camera, including in one video  where people can be heard saying, “it’s somebody’s pet,” and noting the moment someone approached the animal with a gun. “He brought a gun,” says one person in the video, watching from behind a window. Another says, “Don’t kill it!” The outlet reports that the man with the gun was an off-duty … Continue reading Scary: Loose tiger wearing collar roams Houston neighborhood