The Pigeon Express
Boaters in Massachusetts had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a real-life whale tail. A humpback breached and landed on the bow of a fishing boat near Plymouth on July 24. The whale broke the water’s surface around 10am a few hundred yards off of Manomet Point. No one was injured, and the huge marine animal safely […]
A 19-year-old college student in Massachusetts was recently admitted to a hospital with “multiple organ failure and had both his legs and all his fingers amputated,” after eating bad leftovers. According to reports, the student experienced abdominal pain and his skin turned purple shortly after he ate leftover rice, chicken and lo mein that he […]
An Uber passenger paralyzed in a crash last year is suing the company hoping, he says, his experience leads to more oversight of ride-hailing companies. “It’s not in the moment you notice anything; it’s a progressive discovery of new battles to overcome,” Will Good, 31, told reporters. He’s spent the last nine months adjusting to […]
A Massachusetts school district has invited two new police officers to patrol its buildings, only these cops have four and they detect Covid-19. A pair of specially-trained dogs, 14-month-old labs named Huntah and Duke, began their training in May 2021, and now roam the halls of schools in the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District. The Bristol […]
A former Boston College student has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection to the suicide of her boyfriend two years ago. Inyoung You, 23, was given a two and a half years suspended jail term, and told she would not be allowed to profit from the case that shocked America. Her boyfriend Alexander Urtula, […]
A woman who was volunteering at a farm was killed when a sheep attacked her on Saturday in Wellesley, police said. Kim Taylor, 73, a retired nurse, was alone in the pen feeding livestock, when a sheep repeatedly rammed her, according to a Police Department statement. Police and medical workers responded shortly after 9:00am Taylor, […]
A 20-year-old university student died after choking on a hot dog during an eating contest at a charity fundraiser in Somerville, Massachusetts. Madie Nicpon, the Tufts University student attended the charity event at an off-campus, private rental property, according to a statement released by the university. The competition was held as part of a “Play […]
A Boston-bound plane carrying more than 20 people struck a fence and erupted in flames while taking off at Houston Executive Airport on Tuesday morning, officials said.No major injuries were reported.The passengers and crew managed to leave the plane before firefighters extinguished the flames engulfing the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 on a field outside the airport, […]
A Massachusetts mom called 911 after her 17-year-old son came home from the barber with a haircut she didn’t like. “I have an emergency, please,” the mom told the 911 operator. “Yep, my son just had a haircut. He screwed up his hair,” she continued. The mom told the operator the barber abused and was […]
The Mexican government has sued some of the biggest US gun manufacturers, accusing them of fuelling bloodshed through reckless business practices. The lawsuit alleges that the companies knew they were contributing to illegal arms trafficking, which has been linked to many deaths. Officials say Mexico is seeking as much $10 billion in compensation, though any […]
A teenage driver in the United States ended up crashing her Audi Q7 car into a house as she tried to save a squirrel that came across the road while driving. The house the woman crashed into was a historic home that belonged to the 16th US president Abraham Lincoln’s ancestors in Hingham, Massachusetts. Pictures […]
A lobsterman just escaped being swallowed by a humpback whale. Michael Packard says he was diving when he ended up in the marine giant’s mouth for about 30-40 seconds off Provincetown, Massachusetts. The leviathan spat him out and Mr Packard was left with nothing more than a suspected dislocated knee. Despite his wife’s pleas to […]