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March 15, 2021

Florida school principal, daughter arrested for allegedly hacking student accounts to cast homecoming votes

A Pensacola teenage girl and her mother, an elementary school assistant principal, were arrested Tuesday for allegedly hacking hundreds of student accounts to fraudulently vote for the teen as homecoming queen in the fall, police said.

March 13, 2021

New York landlord homeless, unable to evict ‘deadbeat’ tenant thanks to COVID law

A Brooklyn homeowner unable to evict an allegedly deadbeat tenant because of new state housing laws claims she has been forced to live in her car for weeks.

March 12, 2021

A former Macy's in Vermont was converted into a high school — and it's making other students jealous

Burlington High School reopened for in-person learning inside the unconventional venue on March 4, several months after the school's usual facilities were shuttered in fall 2020 after PCB contamination was detected.

March 11, 2021

Washington man arrested for allegedly stealing 400-pound slide, mounting it to child's bunk bed at his home

A Washington man is accused of stealing a 400-pound slide from a playground and mounting it to a child’s bunk bed in his mobile home, police said.

March 10, 2021

NJ man who disappeared during January storm found dead under pile of melting snow, police say

A New Jersey man who went missing during a major snowstorm in January has been found dead under a pile of melting snow, authorities said Monday.

March 8, 2021

NC woman adopted as infant discovers biological father is on FBI's Most Wanted list after DNA test

A North Carolina woman who was adopted as an infant has discovered through genealogical sleuthing that her biological father is one of the FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives for brutally murdering his mother, wife and three sons in 1976, according to reports.

March 4, 2021

Thai navy sailors rescue cats from sinking ship that caught on fire

This catastrophe has a happy ending.

February 28, 2021

California duplex with mannequins in every room is listed for $650G: 'To be sold as-is'

The five-bedroom, three-bathroom multifamily home at 3695 Primrose Road in South Lake Tahoe has been listed for $650,000, and comes with several mannequins and statues.

February 25, 2021

Passenger uses pepper spray on airplane preparing to take off: ‘Everybody started coughing'

Some passengers on a flight from Florida to New Jersey were left feeling salty after their flight was delayed by a man discharging pepper spray onboard the plane.

February 24, 2021

Arizona homeowners planting tree in backyard find buried duffel bag filled with guns: police

Owners of a home in Arizona were gardening in their backyard on Sunday when they unearthed a disturbing find: a buried duffel bag filled with guns, authorities said.