In San Francisco, people are paying $36.99 for something called “raw water”
Philip Morris announced that it’s getting out of the cigarette business.
A Delta flight out of Detroit was forced to turn around after a bird tried to hitch a ride to Atlanta and refused to leave the cockpit. An Alaska Airlines flight out of Oakland was cancelled because of a loose rat. Finally, a Delta flight from Atlanta to London had to turn around after taking off, twice.
A man’s car brakes failed and would not shift gears because it was stuffed chock full of acorns.
A mosque in Arkansas raised money to pay off fines to keep the man who vandalized them out of jail. If the story sounds familiar, both the mosque and vandal were featured in a powerful podcast segment by The Daily.
While searching for a cure for diabetes, researches accidentally found a potential cure for Alzheimer’s.
A Jeopardy player was docked $3200 because he pronounced gangsta as gangster.
Theunis Botha, a professional big game hunter was killed when the female elephant he wounded was killed by another hunter and fell onto Mr. Botha, crushing him.
A Florida woman arrested for misuse of the 911 system called 911 again, from the back of a police car.
Two people died in Japan after choking on mochi rice cakes, a traditional snack during the New Year holiday. This is the same death toll as last year but down from nine who expired in 2015.
In other news, Steve Bannon called the president’s son “treasonous.” President Trump said his former top adviser has “lost his mind.” Paul Manafort is suing Bob Mueller and Bill and Hillary Clinton’s home in Chappaqua caught fire.
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