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  • Video shows Georgia waitress take down diner for groping her

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – A Georgia server is being hailed by many after video of her fighting back against a customer who allegedly groped her went viral. Someone who says they are the server’s cousin posted surveillance video of the incident on the /r/justiceserved subreddit on Sunday, claiming the man in the video was later arrested. The incident, which took place at Vinnie Van Go-Go’s on June 30, got mainstream media attention after the thread received more than 50,000 upvotes, reports Savannah Now. Police […]

  • Video shows 2-year-old and his ‘new best friend’ playing fetch over fence

    SAVAGE, Minn. – A fence couldn’t stop a 2-year-old Minnesota boy from playing fetch with his new best friend, Dozer, the neighbor’s Labrador retriever. The boy’s father, Chad Nelson, recorded his son Conway throwing a ball across a fence into a neighbor’s backyard. On the other side, Dozer happily returns the ball by standing on two legs so he can drop it into Nelson’s yard. A fence can’t stop my two-year-old from playing with his new best friend. pic.twitter.com/9QBuaq4Ee2 — Chad […]

  • Four arrested after 15-year-old found living with barn animals, eating twigs and grass

    MEEKER, Okla. – Four people face charges after a severely malnourished Oklahoma teenager was found living in a barn with farm animals, subsisting on sticks, leaves and grass, according to officials. Lincoln County First Assistant District Attorney Adam Panter told the Shawnee News-Star that the boy’s father, stepmother and two older brothers have been arrested on complaints of child neglect. The 15-year-old boy was found at a home near Meeker July 12 after a concerned passerby noticed something wasn’t right. […]

  • Worker fired after calling women ‘Porn Stars’ during confrontation on train

    SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah Transit Authority employee is on administrative leave over a video showing a confrontation between the worker and a group of women, according to KSTU. The video, shot Tuesday by a woman named Lexi, shows him arguing with her along with three of her friends and a bystander after the women said the employee called them “porn stars” and asked them if they were putting feminine hygiene products in each other. The women said it […]

  • Abandoned dog fights to walk on broken legs: ‘It looks so amazingly painful’

    RICHMOND, Va. – A Virginia non-profit is asking for donations to get a Boston Terrier mix walking on four legs again after he was abandoned in May. Susie Gorman with the animal rescue FLOP, which stands for For the Love of Poodles, is currently fostering a three-year-old dog named Sparrow. “If I was him I’d probably be a little bit grumpy,” Gorman told WTVR. “I think being young he should be able to run around just like the other dogs.” […]

  • ‘Guess who’s moving?’ Eviction notice goes viral

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An eviction notice at a Memphis apartment complex is sweeping the Internet, and not everyone is amused. A smiling emoji takes up most of the orange notice to some residents at Bent Tree Apartments near the airport, but the punchline to the joke is no laughing matter. “It’s antagonizing,” Deadrick Flemming told WREG. “I feel like it’s kind of embarrassing. It’s a shameful situation for someone that is trying their best to make ends meet.” The eviction […]

  • Chick-fil-A axes popular product, upset customers take to Twitter

    COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Chick-fil-A has announced that they’re cutting a well-loved product from their line-up. The Cow Calendar. Chick-fil-A has officially declared that the 2018 calendar will be the chicken sandwich franchise’s last. The company sent out word Wednesday in an email to customers stating that the calendar is discontinued, marking an end to “20 years of steers,” reports The News & Observer. The Cow Calendar was popular not only for the pictures of Chick-fil-A cows up to their […]

  • Amber Alert issued for 9-year-old boy missing from Indiana

    UPDATE: A missing 9-year-old boy was found safe in Indiana about 8 a.m. Thursday. A statewide Amber Alert has been canceled. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A statewide Amber Alert has been issued in Indiana for a missing 9-year-old boy. Police say John Gyuriak  was last seen around 11 p.m. Wednesday in South Bend, Indiana. The boy is described as being 4 feet 1 inches tall, 70 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes, and has a scar above his right eye.  […]

  • Couple kept girl locked in basement, thought she was possessed by ‘demon’: police

    WAUKEGAN, Ill. – Two suburban Illinois parents are accused of keeping their 10-year-old daughter locked in the basement because they thought she was possessed by a “demon.” Police arrested 48-year-old Randy Swopes and 49-year-old Katherine Swopes, who are being held on child endangerment and unlawful restraint charges, according to WGN. Officers responded to a home in the 200 block of Liberty Street in Waukegan Tuesday after receiving an anonymous call that someone was held captive in the home’s basement. Police […]

  • Iconic ‘Brady Bunch’ house goes on the market after nearly 50 years

    LOS ANGELES – It’s a home so famous it has its own Yelp page, and now the television home of the beloved sitcom “The Brady Bunch” is for sale. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom residence that was used for exterior shots during the filming of the classic show, which ran from September 1969 to March 1974, still has a meticulously-maintained 1970s feel inside. From the MusiCall intercom system with its golden knobs, to the floral wallpaper and stone fireplace, it looks like […]

  • Video shows veteran reunited with service dog missing after thieves stole SUV

    INDIANAPOLIS – A Marine veteran’s missing service dog was safely found on Wednesday, according to WXIN. Indianapolis police asked the public to help find 2-year-old Wrigley on Tuesday after the Toyota 4Runner that he was in was stolen from a Flying J truck stop on the south side of Indianapolis. “He’s trained to sense oncoming seizures and migraine headaches,” Lana Whitner told WXIN. “He’s my lifeline right now.” The vehicle was later recovered on the east side, but police say Wrigley, […]

  • Husband shoots suspected robber in the head after finding wife held at gunpoint

    HOUSTON — Houston police are investigating after a husband shot one of two burglars accused of robbing his wife and forcing their way inside of the couple’s home Tuesday night. Officers responded to a shooting call in the 4300 block of South Acres around 10:30 p.m. after two men approached a woman in her driveway and stole her purse before forcing her to take them inside her home, according to Houston Police Dept. officials. The burglars were not aware that the […]