A little bit of monkey business has one Kansas neighborhood in a tizzy. Residents are trying to get the City of Basehor to respond to complaints about a man who appears to be keeping four spider monkeys as pets. According to them, the monkeys pose a threat to the community, and they’d like to see…
A Virginia man apparently dressed as if he were going to a wedding while breaking into closed medical offices and allegedly stealing equipment and cash. Fairfax County police said 67-year-old Carlos Anthony Mitchell of Woodbridge was arrested in connection with three commercial burglaries dating back to May. Surveillance footage released by police shows one of…
A chain-link fence is all that separates a stretch of Interstate 25 from a residential neighborhood in Pueblo, Colorado, and homeowners are questioning how much protection it actually provides. The fence was recently repaired after part of it was knocked down, although residents say fixing the damage has done little to address their larger safety…
Imagine a quiet residential street in Beech Grove, Indiana, suddenly disrupted by the terrifying sound of a vehicle crashing into a home. The impact would have sent shock waves through the property, resulting in damage to its structure and scattering debris around the scene. As the homeowner tries to understand how a vehicle ended up…
If you’ve ever hired someone to do work around your house, you know that there can sometimes be a bit of an internal struggle when it comes to whether you can trust them to do what they’ve been hired to do. Usually that’s because there are so many horror stories about contractors who cut and…
A Virginia police officer with more than two decades on the job is facing two misdemeanor shoplifting charges after police say he used a self-checkout trick to steal from two Target stores. The Fairfax County Police Department identified the master police officer as 44-year-old Scott Abram of Spotsylvania. He was charged on Oct. 8 after…
New York City’s Upper West Side has some unexpected new residents, and they’re drawing crowds after dark. A family of barn owls has taken up residence in a neighborhood water tower, in what bird experts believe could be Manhattan’s first documented nesting of the species in modern history. The unusual visitors include two adults and…
A 4,300-year-old Egyptian tomb chapel that has spent decades hidden inside Chicago’s Field Museum is finally getting a new home. The museum announced on October 13 that the chapel of Netcher User will be part of its renovated Africa and ancient Egypt galleries opening in spring 2028. The chapel came to Chicago from Egypt more…
Passengers on a Qantas flight reported bedbugs crawling across their clothes, blankets and even the windows before the plane headed off to Rome. The airline later canceled its return flight to Australia and took the Boeing 787 Dreamliner out of service. The trouble started Friday, October 9, on flight QF5’s first leg from Sydney to…