North America

Hours before they were to attend an educational conference in Indianapolis, three judges went out drinking for a few hours and decided to walk to a strip joint. Finding that closed, they then stopped at a White Castle, where two men in an SUV shouted at the judicial trio, prompting …

The 73-year-old from Magnolia, Texas, was picking up her prescription from Walgreens when her bank card was declined. She said she knew something was fishy because the card was three months old. So she went to the bank, and after rounds of phone calls Ellis found out she had been …

  A high school teacher was arrested on Friday after she was captured on video brutally attacking a special needs student. In the horrifying footage, the 16-year-old student appears to strike the female teacher in the face before the teacher is seen holding the girl down in her seat. The …

Doctors treating a South Florida man complaining of abdominal pain were surprised to learn what was behind the irritation. After arriving at Kendall Regional Medical Center, the unidentified patient underwent a CT scan to help shed light on what was causing his pain. Doctors quickly saw the problem: An 8-inch screwdriver sitting …

A New Jersey woman said her luxury Hermès handbag was ruined when a waiter at a Bergen County country club spilled red wine on it. She’s now suing the privately-owned club and server for negligence, claiming that she suffered “property damage in the approximate cost of $30,000.” In the suit, …

A famed restaurant in Peru was recently fined $62,000 for discriminating against women by giving ladies who dined with men menus that didn’t feature any prices. La Rosa Nautica, a pricey restaurant built on a peer overlooking the ocean in the Peruvian capital, Lima, was ordered to pay a 210,000 …

A California public school district apologized Tuesday after a sex hotline number was printed on identification cards issued to middle school students, according to reports. The Lancaster School District in northern Los Angeles County said New Vista Middle School intended to print a suicide prevention hotline number on the IDs but mixed up two digits, …

When a man in North Carolina was pulled over on suspicion of driving drunk, police didn’t believe him when he said he hadn’t had any alcohol. The man, in his late 40’s at the time, refused to take a breathalyzer test and was taken to a hospital, where his initial …

A Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office deputy at the center of a seven-hour standoff that happened Wednesday at a Spring home, struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to friends and neighbors. The incident began about 2 a.m. at a home on Hamilton Falls Lane near Spring Cypress Road. Officials said the deputy, 30-year-old Ryan …

Many people with student loan debt feel buried. But one New York City woman decided to bury her loans instead. Mandy Velez, a journalist from the Daily Beast took to Instagram to celebrate the death of her student loans with a funeral for the $102,000 balance she was able to pay off …