A college student has accused Spirit Airlines of a number of missteps that ultimately led her to flush her emotional support hamster down an airport toilet. According to the Miami Herald, Belen Aldecosea was on her way from Maryland, where she reportedly attends college, to South Florida to visit family when she arrived at a …
A woman in Merseyside, England, said she was horrified to learn that a banana she had just bitten into was infested with spider eggs. Lorraine Wall, 38, told The Liverpool Echo that she got the tainted banana from a Lidl store in Rock Ferry. Lidl, a German discount supermarket chain, has stores in New Jersey, …
A man accompanying a patient for an MRI has died after he was sucked into the machine’s chamber. The New York Post reports that Rajesh Maruti Maru, 32, died at a hospital in India after he had taken his sister’s mother-in-law to her MRI appointment. According to the Indian Express, Maru was holding an oxygen …
United Airlines is coming under fire for removing a woman from a plane who was trying to see her dying mother, the New York Times reports. Earlier this month, Carrol Amrich was attempting to fly from Colorado to Minnesota. Her landlord, Ines Prelas, had purchased her a $585 plane ticket through the website Traveler Help Desk. …
The driver, who uses a motorized scooter on land, told police he couldn’t see what was in front of him because he was sitting down
A Colorado funeral home is under investigation by the FBI for allegedly removing gold teeth from dead bodies and selling them for profit. They reportedly used the funds to go to Disneyland. As part of its ongoing investigation “The Body Trade,” Reuters reports that federal agents are interviewing former employees from the Sunset Mesa funeral home …
Up to 2,000 Utah customers may been exposed to Hepatitis A (HAV) after an employee infected with the disease showed up to work, according to health officials. The Salt Lake County Health Department reports that the customers who are risk of exposure are the ones who purchased and consumed non-packaged foods, such as fruit, hot …
A Texas woman reportedly died from a flesh-eating bacterial infection after eating raw oysters from a market off the coast of Louisiana. According to KLFY, Jeanette LeBlanc contracted the bacteria in September while visiting family in Louisana. LeBlanc reportedly ate about two dozen raw oysters that she picked up in Westwego. “About 36 hours later she …
A second child has died after a routine appointment at an Arizona dentist office that is the target of a wrongful death suit involving another child who died after an appointment there. KXNV reports that two-year-old Zion Jay Gastelum died after visiting a dentist in Yuma last month. The toddler’s family told the news station …
A restaurant co-owner and head chef in the UK has resigned amid uproar over a Facebook post in which she claimed to have “spiked” a vegan’s meal. A spokesperson for the Carlini Italian restaurants in Shropshire county, England, announced the chef’s resignation in a statement to BBC. “Laura Goodman has today tendered her resignation from …
Two small children and their parents were found dead in a cabin in Arizona this week, and authorities believe they may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning on the very first night of their stay. AZCentral reports that Anthony Capitano, 32; his wife Megan, 32, and their children, Lincoln, 4; and Kingsli, 3; were found …
Police compared the new ‘do to Larry from the ‘Three Stooges’
