Popular stuntman Colin Furze constructed a unique firework launcher to celebrate his YouTube channel reaching 4 million subscribers. The contraption uses a cylindrical metal cage and a motorized spinner to create a so-called “fire tornado.”
The american flag is one of the most recognizable symbols in the world. It stands for freedom and liberty for all those fortunate enough to call it their own. Throughout the years many americans have shown pride in their flag in various ways. From Peter Fonda's helmet in Easy Rider, in 1969, to Vanilla Ice...
WASHINGTON — The question has ceased being if the Mets can actually catch up to the elite teams in the National League. The question has become something far simper than that: Do the Mets even belong on the same field with those teams? And the answer has become even more plain: No. They do not....
We’ve all been there. The weather forecast tells you it’s going to rain and it’s actually glorious sunshine. They say we’re going to bake and we get drenched. But the forecasting fraternity has hit back saying weather reports have never been more accurate. What’s more, a project is underway to predict major weather events year...
A car-straddling bus designed in China which took the internet by storm could be completely dead in its tracks. The innovative looking bus, officially dubbed the Transit Elevated Bus, was designed to coast along special tracks built alongside the road. In theory, the electrically-powered bus would glide over the tops of cars which would happily...
Forget lazy, self-centred or cocky — the truth about most millennials is they’re absolutely hopeless when it comes to basic life and workplace skills, experts say. Research shows young adults are comfortable putting themselves “out there” online, but all that time glued to screens has raised a generation incapable of small talk, critical thinking, and...
Heartburn pills taken by millions can increase the risk of an early death by up to half, scientists warn. Experts claim they may be responsible for thousands of fatalities globally each year. The drugs, called proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs, raise the chances of dying from all causes by up to 50 percent compared to...
Shell is removing cardboard cutouts of a headscarf-wearing woman from stations across Malaysia after online images emerged of creepy men groping the life-sized ads. The Royal Dutch Shell advertisement features a smiling, thumb-raised female employee wearing a red shirt with the company logo, a black headscarf and name tag. The company said it’s learned of...
The fireworks began early on the Fourth of July.
This killer beast walked on its hind feet as it hunted prey or scavenged for food.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Arthur was still inside his mother’s womb when he became Rio de Janeiro’s latest victim of gun violence. His mother, Claudineia dos Santos Melo, was almost nine months pregnant when she was hit by a stray bullet from a shootout in a Rio slum on June 30. During an emergency cesarean...
In the fascinating world of second-tier YouTube health vlogging, chemicals are bad and plants are good. Only, that doesn’t work so well when the plant in question is Agave Americana, a Mexico-dwelling poisonous plant that can easily kill a human. A Chinese vlogger known as “Zhang” thought that eating a giant aloe vera leaf on camera would...
New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has sold his 5,433-square-foot mansion in Boca Raton, FL, for $1.2 million
A Florida teen who was paralyzed by gunfire when he was 11 was killed in another drive-by shooting. Jake Castillo, 17, was being pushed in a wheelchair into a Lakeland home Monday night, when a car stopped outside and opened fire, according to news station WTFS. Police said that a Cadillac Deville drove past the...
SEATTLE — A woman killed early Sunday in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood was shot by her husband during an argument in a ride-hailing vehicle, police said. Cameron Espitia, 31, is being held on $3 million bail for investigation of homicide in the death of 29-year-old Jennifer Espitia, KCPQ-TV reported Monday. An Uber driver told police...
This sounds like a nightmare. Special NYPD sensors placed around the city to detect gunshots also pick up the sound of powerful fireworks during the July 4 holiday — sending cops scurrying to suspected crime scenes that turn out to be nothing, police sources said Tuesday. “ShotSpotter is supposed to differentiate between fireworks and gunshots,...
Top security, military and diplomatic officials in the Trump administration held an unexpected Fourth of July meeting to discuss options after North Korea said it had successfully test-fired an inter-continental ballistic missile capable of hitting the US, according to a report. “The claim is being taken seriously,” an administration official told CNN. News of the...
If you knew death from a volcanic eruption was imminent, what would you do with your remaining time on Earth? A photo of a preserved body from Pompeii during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE has given a strange insight into that question, with the victim appearing to be masturbating. After being shared...
Ring owner Brett Johnson tells us that they “found it 28 stories down in the parking lot."
City firefighters battled an intense three-alarm blaze in the Bronx on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The fire started on the fourth floor of a five-story building on Hunts Point Avenue near Seneca Avenue in Hunts Point around 1:10 p.m. The flames spread quickly, developing into a three-alarm fire within minutes. FDNY officials were not aware...
Joe re-entered my life at a time where I was having casual sex that was both mind-numbingly boring, physically unsatisfying and with people I wasn’t that into. It was the kind of casual sex you have for the sake of exercising your right to have casual sex. Which is to say, sub-par. Joe and I...
UFC fighter Justine Kish revealed a “disgusting” fan has offered her thousands of dollars so he can hang up her soiled shorts in his man cave. Kish lost control of her bowels in the Octagon while getting choked out by Felice Herrig in a loss at UFC Fight Night 112. And the fighter has since...
An unrepentant Gov. Christie doubled down on his choice to lounge on a public beach during the government shutdown over the weekend – and said he plans to return for more fun in the sun on Monday. “I don’t apologize for it. I don’t back away from it,” the defiant governor said during a press...
Built in the late 1920s, this three-level home also features a master suite that’s like a vacation retreat and a fancy dream kitchen.
PONCA CITY, Okla. — An Oklahoma woman is accused of trying to hire someone via Craigslist to travel to Israel and kill her ex-husband with ricin. Federal prosecutors charged 37-year-old Danielle Dana Layman with using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. Prosecutors say Layman posted on the classifieds website advertising a “10 day...
