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How Tom Cruise’s obsession with running foiled a 1998 mugging: “Give us your jewellery or we will kill you”
This Far Out Magazine article recounts a 1998 incident in which Tom Cruise reportedly thwarted a mugging attempt while out running, tying the episode to the actor’s well-documented enthusiasm for running both on and off screen. The piece frames the story as an example of how Cruise’s physical fitness and habit of running have shaped…
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Two taken to hospital after serious crash which shut major South Yorkshire road
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After 15 Years, inFAMOUS 2’s Online Features Are Coming to an End
Sony has announced that the online user-generated content (UGC) features in inFAMOUS 2, the PlayStation 3 superhero action game released around 15 years ago, will be shut down on 31st August 2026. While the game is primarily a single-player experience, players could create custom missions and share them with the community, and it is this…
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Lorena Bobbitt sliced off her husband’s manhood… then hid a secret new lover for 20 years: Now we unmask America’s bravest boyfriend and his dark past for the first time
The Daily Mail reports that Lorena Bobbitt — who became notorious 33 years ago for severing her husband’s penis with a kitchen knife as he slept in 1993 — is now living quietly in suburban Virginia. Reverting to her maiden name, Lorena Gallo, she shares her life with her long-term partner Dave Bellinger, their 21-year-old…
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BTS Hit ‘Swim’ Faces Copyright Lawsuit Claiming it Was Stolen From Demo: ‘Obvious and Inescapable’
Three little-known songwriters — Steve Cooper, Jon Sandler and Greylyn Johnson — have filed a copyright lawsuit alleging that BTS’s chart-topping single “Swim” copied key elements from their own unpublished demo of the same name. The suit, filed on Wednesday 8 July and first reported by Billboard, matters because “Swim” debuted at No. 1 on…
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Trio of California girls filmed hurling lit firecracker in baby’s nursery window after hearing dog barking
Three teenage girls have been arrested after surveillance footage captured them laughing while throwing a lit firecracker through the open window of a California home, starting a fire that destroyed a nursery being prepared for an unborn baby. The incident happened in Citrus Heights, near Sacramento, on 30 June, and firefighters found a mattress engulfed…
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“I’m sure Charlie Watts was beaming down on us. I feel good about that.” The Rolling Stones share their love for late drummer Charlie Watts
The Rolling Stones have spoken about the making of their forthcoming album, Foreign Tongues, and paid tribute to their late drummer Charlie Watts, who features posthumously on the record. Watts, who died in 2021 aged 80, appears on the new track Hit Me In The Head, using drumming captured at one of his final studio…
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Jailed Catholic woman’s hunger strike highlights Iran religious persecution — US demands action
The US State Department has condemned Iran’s intensified repression of Christians, drawing particular attention to the case of Ghazal Marzban, a 42-year-old Catholic woman held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison who has been on hunger strike. The Trump administration issued its statement on the regime’s human rights violations at the same time as fresh US…
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Former US Olympian David Hearn pleads not guilty in Reflecting Pool vandalism case
Former US Olympic canoeist David Hearn has pleaded not guilty to deliberately damaging the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. The 67-year-old entered the plea through one of his attorneys during his initial court appearance, having been arrested last month and subsequently indicted by a federal grand jury over the incident at…
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Sheffield ambulance station closures part of £10m-plus improvement to service, bosses say