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Female school worker called child UGLY then held them upside down by their feet, prosecutors say
A former education aide in Marshall, Texas, has been indicted after allegedly calling a young child “ugly” and holding them upside down by their feet while swinging them around. Rachel Kirspel, 37, worked at the Marshall Early Childhood Learning Center, which serves three- and four-year-olds, and was reported by a colleague who heard screaming and…
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Spencer Pratt posts disturbing Lindsay Clancy reenactment cartoon as post partum murder trial divides America
Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt drew widespread condemnation after posting a graphic, Tim Burton-style cartoon reenactment of Lindsay Clancy killing her three children, accompanied by an extended tirade describing the deaths in explicit detail and branding Clancy’s online sympathisers “hollowed-out, depraved crazies”. His intervention placed him at the centre of a bitter public row over…
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Moment ‘mini tsunamis’ hit Ibiza – flooding streets and restaurants
“Mini tsunamis”, known locally as rissagues, struck the Balearic island of Ibiza on Monday morning, sending seawater surging through streets and restaurants at the popular Platja de s’Arenal beach in Sant Antoni de Portmany. Holidaymakers and locals fled as the sudden change in sea level flooded the promenade, and San Antonio Town Hall cancelled a…
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Georgia cops are hunting down a man who picked up $30 from a Walmart floor and didn’t turn it in…and people are angry about it
Police in Albany, Georgia, appealed to the public for help identifying an elderly Walmart shopper who picked up $30 that another customer had dropped, prompting a wave of online mockery over the use of police resources for such a minor incident. The original victim reportedly wanted to press charges but abandoned that plan after the…
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Family left heartbroken as ICE rips away 5-year-old boy from his mother on the way to soccer game
A five-year-old boy and his father were detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas, while on their way to a soccer match, leaving the boy’s mother distraught. Victor Martinez Nieto and his son, Liam Tadeo, were arrested on 16 August and are now being held at…
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Zillow settlement requires Redfin rental listings market return
Zillow has settled an antitrust lawsuit brought by the US Federal Trade Commission over a $100 million deal with rival property platform Redfin, under which Redfin had agreed to withdraw from the internet listing service (ILS) market for apartment rentals for up to nine years. The FTC said the original arrangement unlawfully eliminated a major…
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Scottish Labour leadership frontrunner admits party faces ‘systemic’ problems as he vows new taxes on families and big businesses
Michael Marra, the frontrunner to become Scottish Labour’s next leader, has admitted the party faces “systemic” problems while proposing new taxes on wealthy individuals and large corporations to address funding pressures. Speaking in Glasgow, he said dissatisfaction with Sir Keir Starmer had been “a storm from which the Scottish Labour Party had failed to make…
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Man ‘killed partner by stabbing her 70 times before turning knife on her daughter’, court hears
A man has appeared at the Old Bailey charged with murder and attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his partner around 70 times in what prosecutors described as a “murderous attack”, before also stabbing her daughter when she tried to intervene. Alan Dore, 48, is accused of killing 52-year-old grandmother Samantha Turner at her home in…
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John Swinney signed off minister’s economy US trip… then still flew business class
First Minister John Swinney flew business class to World Cup matches in the US despite knowing his sports minister had chosen economy travel to keep costs down, official emails have revealed. The disclosure has prompted accusations from opposition politicians that Swinney failed to lead by example on public spending, despite having previously claimed he was…