Offbeat News

  Two guys in Canada robbed a bar on Friday and took off together on a motorcycle.  But they had to ditch it after they crashed into a cop car that was chasing them. One of them got arrested nearby, but the other guy took off on foot . . . and then decided his best chance was to swim to

Last year Carole Baskin assumed ownership of Joe Exotic’s zoo in Oklahoma as part of a legal settlement.  And she has officially dismantled it. She sold it to a couple last June for $140K, but it came with a few stipulations. First off . . . the property can’t be used as a zoo or

The only way this could have been less intimidating is if the guy’s weapon of choice was a flint and some dry tinder. A 41-year-old man in Japan tried to rob a store the other day . . . by threatening the cashier with a LIGHTER. He walked in . . . pulled out a lighter . . . lit it . . . and

Two men allegedly stole a Porsche SUV in Chicago on Tuesday, and then shot a man in another vehicle.  The Porsche sped off, with the police in pursuit.  The SUV later crashed, and the guys jumped out, and ran away on foot. The driver was running with some kind of bag, and ducked into a Mexican

For the second year, the Satanic Temple has awarded “Devil’s Advocate” scholarships to four students.  Each student submitted a creative work inspired by their own struggles at school and won a prize of $666.  

37-year-old Michael Ring was out causing trouble in Madison, Wisconsin on Monday night. Witnesses said he was out of control, obviously high on drugs, and had a knife.  So it was a pretty serious situation. When cops showed up, he ran off and hid from them.  And he did get away for a minute,

Last Tuesday, a 19-year-old woman named Jashanti Pleasant from Kenosha, Wisconsin accidentally shot her friend James, while playing with a cat. She apparently pulled a 9mm handgun from a nightstand drawer . . . turned on the laser sight  . . . and was pointing it at the floor to get a cat to