A deadly ‘murder hornet’ killed a mouse at least twice its size in a matter seconds. The Asian giant hornet – nicknamed the murder hornet – demonstrated just how lethal it was when it took easily took out a mouse with it’s venom. Cell phone footage of the incident shows a mouse desperately trying to … Read more
Terrifying moment ‘gunman’ fires shots from balcony while rapping to Tupac’s ‘Hit ‘Em Up’ sending panicked shoppers fleeing before armed police move in and arrest him Gunman spotted patrolling balcony of top-floor flat in Chatham Dockside, Kent Panicked shoppers and pedestrians fled for cover as the chaos unfolded Witness feared that the man had a … Read more
Hope that’s the outbox! Terrifying moment a massive 1.5m-long carpet python is found hiding inside an office desk Sunshine Coast Snake Catcher were called to an office in Yandina, Queensland Staff said they had seen a carpet python but were unable to locate it in the office The snake catcher revealed the 1.5m long python … Read more
When will it end? For everyone under lockdown orders in the coronavirus pandemic, that is the key question. How long until American life can return to normal, without risking the disease reigniting out of control and overwhelming hospitals? Examining the question are three new reports, from the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for American Progress, … Read more
The sound of silence now spreads across the country as the economy dies. As I walk through my home town, I see even the few brave small shops closing earlier and earlier as the customers vanish. I ask them how business is – carefully keeping the prescribed distance – and they give me strained smiles as … Read more
NATURE Dangerous Earth by Ellen Prager (University of Chicago Press £20, 272 pp) Are we in the right mood just now for reading about natural disasters? Actually, it’s when you think things can’t get any worse that a book explaining just how much worse they can get is genuinely bracing, like a cold-water swim on … Read more
Terrifying moment driver, 70, crashes head-on with another car after falling asleep at the wheel and swerving across road Vauxhall Astra driven by pensioner veers across A59 near York and Harrogate Car then crashes into Nissan Note travelling in the opposite direction on road Motorist, 70, admitted to falling asleep at the wheel and banned … Read more
Hero female cop fights a MOUNTAIN LION with her bare hands before it is shot dead by her colleagues A female Larimer County Sheriff’s Office deputy was attacked by a mountain lion on Wednesday in Loveland She and other officers were responding to reports of the lion crouched under a trailer home on the 2100 … Read more
Under more normal circumstances a one-third crash in the price of oil might be a cause for celebration. It would mean cheaper motoring, lower costs for businesses and lower home-heating bills. But the global Covid-19 scare that caused the price crash and triggered a spine-chilling collapse in share prices on both sides of the Atlantic … Read more