Weak-bladdered Texas man, 60, drove through doors of Kroger pharmacy for pre-dawn bathroom emergency: 'When you gotta go, you gotta go'
The man, who remains unidentified, crashed through the window of a Kroger in Rosenberg around 4.30am Sunday.
Tom Cruise's Digger is branded 'the biggest risk of his career' as 'love it or hate it' film divides critics with polarising reviews ranging from 'a masterpiece' and 'insufferable'
Tom Cruise's riskiest role to date in Digger has divided critics, with reviews of the film ranging from 'a masterpiece' to 'insufferable'.
'There is a hijacking. We have taken control of the terrorist - we need help': Passenger films plea for assistance moments after overpowering knifeman who stabbed pilot
The hero who helped subdue the knifeman is seen in footage with blood dripping down his face, emerging from a gash that stretches from his forehead down to his nose.
I lived in a £2.5m home with two children at boarding school... but I couldn't afford a £3.50 coffee with the other mums. To everyone else my life was perfect - but this is how I was being abused by my cruel husband
At the school pick-up on the first day of term, I looked like any other of the mothers in my new Miu Miu outfit. I was keen to hear how my then three-year-old daughter Tilly had enjoyed her first day
Fashion entrepreneur 'murdered' pedestrian outside court by running him over with his £60,000 Mercedes 'while fleeing gunman who had threatened him', jury told
Shakaine Dwyer, 29, was driving to court for a motoring offences hearing when he mounted the pavement in his £60,000 Mercedes and hit Ruben Nunes (pictured), 34 at 54mph.
16-year-old researcher found a Microsoft bug, got admin access to databases with 17.3 trillion rows
It's 2 am. Do you know what your teen is doing?
Small boat 'one in, one out' deal with France scrapped after just over a year
The Home Office announced the scheme - which allowed Channel small boat migrants to be returned to France - was 'no longer processing new cases'.
Andy Burnham admits concern Man City owners will be forced to SELL after being found guilty of overseeing £900m 'sham': Prime Minister praises their investment into the city
Andy Burnham has said he would be 'really concerned' if Manchester City's owners decided to sell the club in the wake of their guilty verdict of more than 100 breaches of Premier League rules.
Tom Cruise fawns over 'stunning' Kate Middleton and says the future king made a 'smart choice' marrying her because she is 'intelligent, charismatic and fun'
Tom Cruise couldn't hide his delight over his recent meeting with Kate Middleton as he gushed over the 'stunning' Princess Of Wales in a new interview.
Christa Pike execution is halted indefinitely just one hour before murderer was due to be put to death after 'serious concerns' were raised
Pike's planned execution was halted at the 11th hour. She murdered Knoxville Job Corps student Colleen Slemmer, 19, in March 1996 when she was 18.
Flasher neighbour, 73, performed sex acts in front of widow and fondled bras on her washing line for more than 10 years amid perverted campaign
A pensioner was subjected to 'ten years of hell' by an elderly neighbour who performed lewd acts while standing naked in his window and came into her garden to touch her bras on the washing line.
Singapore Pilots a Government-Built Dating Service
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Mashable: Singapore's government is trying its hand at matchmaking again. The country's Government Technology Agency (GovTech) has launched FirstDate, a pilot dating service for singles aged 21 to 35. For now, it's open only to public officers, according to the service's website. Applications close Oct. 5. FirstDate is designed as an alternative to endless swiping.
Instead of browsing a stream of profiles, users fill out a questionnaire about their interests, habits, values, and preferences. The service then sends them one match per cycle (the time it takes to mutually accept and presumably meet up). Each match includes a compatibility score, a brief description of the person, and a personal note. [...]
The pilot arrives as Singapore's birth rate hits a new low, according to the Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times. The country's total fertility rate fell to 0.87 children per woman in 2025, down from 1.24 a decade earlier. In April, the government announced a new workgroup tasked with addressing falling birth rates, which is expected to report its findings by early 2027, The Straits Times reported. The service relies on the Gale-Shapley algorithm, a well-known mathematical method that solves the stable matching problem by pairing two sets of participants based on their ranked preferences.
Once matched, users have 72 hours to mutually accept before contact details are shared, with optional "Date Quests" and post-date surveys designed to encourage and assess in-person meetups. Accounts are verified through Singapore's Singpass digital ID system to reduce fake profiles, and profiles are only visible to assigned matches. GovTech says user data is protected under government security standards, is not sold to third parties, and can be deleted upon request.
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Huge Christmas market with 80 stalls confirmed for bustling Essex high street
Its 2026 date has been confirmed
BBC removes article which claimed bare fingernails trend is 'racist and classist'
In the story, a salon owner was interviewed about how her customers are increasingly asking for 'bare-looking' fake nails.
Trans rape suspects can be called men, Crown Prosecution Service says
Barristers have been told that 'where it is appropriate' they can address biologically male trans women as men when they are facing allegations of sexual violence.
Russia threatens to strike Nato with nuclear weapons 'right from the outset' if the alliance tries to cut off its European outpost Kaliningrad
Russia has warned Nato it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea.
Canonical begins pushing Resolute Raccoon
Users on Ubuntu 24.04 will begin to get nagged to update to 26.04.1. Here's how to proceed
Little person internet star and his shaven headed girlfriend are charged with torching church
An internet famous couple have been charged with arson in connection to a fire that destroyed a home and a church in Charleston, West Virigina.
The retired British artist, 85, beaten to death by 'four suspected burglars' at his idyllic French home in murder that stunned isolated rural hamlet where he lived
The body of John Agner, 85, a retired wood carver, was found battered to death in the front garden of his home in Verlus, southwest France, in the early hours of Saturday.
Notorious crime syndicate linked to suspected gangster 'Long Fella' David Hunt is targeted by Met Police as 800 officers swoop on 24 homes and arrest 17 people across London and four counties
A specialist tactical officer was stabbed in the leg as the force swooped on 24 properties and arrested 17 people across London and four counties.