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Man Banned From Six Flags for Eating Nuggets on Coaster

Cedar Point says stunt posed a serious choking hazard

(Newser) - The McNugget stunt may have racked up clicks, but it also got one roller coaster rider kicked out of every Six Flags park for life. A YouTube and Instagram video with hundreds of thousands of views shows influencer Allen Ferrell accepting a challenge to down a 10-piece Chicken McNuggets meal...

This Price Is Right Contestant Just Broke a Big Record

Woman wins more than $240K, the most ever won in a single pricing game in CBS show's history

(Newser) - A Virginia woman just turned a Mother's Day taping of The Price Is Right into a record-setting payday. Identified only as "Vanesa from Virginia," the contestant walked away with more than $240,000 in cash and prizes—the biggest haul ever won in a single pricing game...

Feds Release Video Showing Cole Allen's Rush Past Security

Footage also shows man suspected of trying to assassinate Trump casing out hotel the day before

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors released a video on Thursday showing the moment that authorities say a man armed with guns and knives tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday night and kill President Trump. Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for Washington, posted the video online amid questions over...

Mamdani Blasts 'Unacceptable' Mistaken Arrest by NYPD

Narcotics detectives are now on modified duty after wrong man is violently detained in NYC liquor store

(Newser) - Two New York City narcotics detectives are off their regular beats for now after a video showed them pummeling a man in a Brooklyn liquor store—who police later acknowledged wasn't the drug suspect they were after. The clip, filmed Tuesday inside the BK Wine Depot in the neighborhood...

McDonald's CEO Blames Mom for Tiny Bite That Went Viral

Chris Kempczinski says his mama taught him not to talk with his mouth full

(Newser) - McDonald's chief Chris Kempczinski says his mother's table manners are partly to blame for his now-infamous nibble of the chain's new Big Arch burger. "I think, you know, I blame it all on my mom because she told me, 'Don't talk with your mouth...

Handcuffed Woman Slips Out of Police Car, Makes Run for It
When Cops Turned Their
Backs, She Made a Break for It
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Apr 4, 2026 2:46 PM CDT

When Cops Turned Their Backs, She Made a Break for It

Kendra Aney is back in custody after escaping cop car while handcuffed in Muskegon Heights, Mich.

(Newser) - An arrest in Muskegon County, Michigan, turned into what NBC News calls a "Houdini-like escape" after a handcuffed woman slipped out of a patrol car and ran off, all while officers stood just feet away. Police in Muskegon Heights say they approached a vehicle parked at an abandoned building...

43M Donors Later, No Match for Teen With Rare Disorder

So dad Juan Uribe has taken to TikTok with a viral plea for son Max's stem cell transplant

(Newser) - A dad's first TikTok is now part plea, part public-health push. Juan Uribe, 51, turned to the app in February after learning his 15-year-old son Max needs a stem cell transplant within months to keep a rare blood disorder from progressing to a form of aggressive blood cancer. The...

That Heartwarming Story About Abducted Dogs? Fake

Pack seen roaming together did not, in fact, escape a kidnapping

(Newser) - Well, bummer: The feel-good story about a band of dogs escaping a dire fate and making their way back to their homes is, in fact, too good to be true. As CNN reports, the video clip of the dogs that went viral is real, but the story that sprung up...

Timberlake Tried to Stop Bodycam Video, but It's Out

Redacted footage shows singer failing sobriety tests after DWI stop on Long Island in 2024

(Newser) - "These are, like, really hard tests." That's what Justin Timberlake is heard saying in newly released body camera footage from his 2024 DWI arrest in Sag Harbor, New York. In the redacted video, first published by TMZ after a court-approved settlement, the pop star repeatedly identifies himself...

Viral Leprechaun Lore Thrives in Alabama, 2 Decades Later

Residents reflect on headline-making story in Mobile, after 2006 broadcast on supposed sighting

(Newser) - Two decades after a supposed leprechaun sighting clogged a dead-end street in Mobile, Alabama, the tiny figure that no one can quite agree they saw is still everywhere. In a St. Patrick's Day feature, the New York Times revisits a 2006 WPMI-TV segment that showed residents in the Crichton...

Coldplay Kiss Cam Woman Sits Down With Oprah

Kristin Cabot reflects on viral video, reiterates she was split from her husband at the time

(Newser) - The woman whose Coldplay "kiss cam" moment blew up her career is now unpacking the night with Oprah, noting that her estranged husband was in the same stadium that night, reports People . In a preview of her upcoming appearance on the Oprah Podcast , human resources executive Kristin Cabot recalls...

In Japan, People Are Randomly Shoving Other People

'Bumping man' phenomenon perpetrated by both men and women is causing frustration, tension

(Newser) - A smiling kid posing at Tokyo's famed Shibuya crossing is now central to Japan's latest public-behavior worry: the rise of the "bumping" attacker. Viral video from Feb. 25 shows the young girl, visiting from Taiwan, knocked flat from behind by a masked woman who keeps walking, per...

Texas 'Highway Hero' Stops Unconscious Driver
Texas 'Highway Hero'
Wears a Cap, Not a Cape
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Mar 10, 2026 10:05 AM CDT

Texas 'Highway Hero' Wears a Cap, Not a Cape

Welder blocks swerving SUV, enabling CPR after suspected cardiac arrest

(Newser) - Texas' Rene Villarreal-Albe watched in horror as the SUV driving ahead of him swerved in front of a tractor trailer on San Antonio's busy Loop 410. The vehicle crossed multiple lanes before hitting the concrete barrier, and kept going. Earning his new nickname "highway hero," Villarreal-Albe, 33,...

Burger King Denies Trolling McDonald's Over CEO Video

McDonald's boss was mocked for apparently tepid reaction to Big Arch

(Newser) - McDonald's latest menu launch has turned into a marketing chew toy for the internet—and its biggest rival. The flap began when McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski posted a promo video last month of himself sampling the chain's new Big Arch burger, which officially rolled out Tuesday. On...

Woman Arrested for 'Acts of Outrage' During Karaoke

The 64-year-old is in hot water in Dominican Republic for singing national anthem too fast

(Newser) - Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested a 64-year-old woman who went viral on social media after singing the national anthem to the high-tempo local rhythm called dembow during a karaoke session at a restaurant. A police report issued on Tuesday accuses Amarilis Brito Rodriguez of disrespecting the anthem by...

Video of Alcohol-Sipping Hawk Earns Man Jail Time

Judge also imposes ban on firearms and caring for animals, counseling on Cesar Gustavo Diaz, 25

(Newser) - Handing a boozy drink to a young hawk just landed a Los Angeles man behind bars. A judge sentenced Cesar Gustavo Diaz, 25, to 45 days in jail and a year of probation after footage showed him offering alcohol to a juvenile Cooper's hawk at a park in the...

London Museum Acquires YouTube's Very First Video

Victoria & Albert Museum adds 'Me at the Zoo' by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim to its collection

(Newser) - Before YouTube turned everyone with a phone into a videographer, it started with one shaky clip about elephants. London's Victoria and Albert Museum has added "Me at the Zoo"—the first video ever uploaded to YouTube—to its collection, along with a painstaking reconstruction of the site'...

Every Kid Should Have a Crossing Guard Like This

Video of student's icy rescue by Joe Sass in Chicago leads to fundraiser, charitable donation

(Newser) - On a frigid Chicago morning, a crossing guard with sturdy boots became the center of a literally uplifting viral moment. Josenrique Rodriguez, 13, was stalled a block from Jamieson Elementary School, staring at a mix of ice, snow, and puddles that threatened both his feet and his new Air Jordans....

Cinnabon Worker Fired After Racist Tirade
$140K Raised for Fired
Racist Cinnabon Worker
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Dec 10, 2025 9:08 AM CST

$140K Raised for Fired Racist Cinnabon Worker

Muslim couple she berated, meanwhile, have raised $12K

(Newser) - More than $140,000 has now been raised for a fired Cinnabon worker recorded using a racial slur against customers. The GiveSendGo page claims the worker was the victim, as the targeted customers, a Somali couple, made her shift "hell with intimidation." "Thank you for being brave,...

Prime Minister Busted for Doing '6-7' With Kids

School visit goes viral as Keir Starmer joins in on kids' banned dance

(Newser) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer found himself on the wrong side of school rules this week after leading a class of primary students in the now-infamous "6-7" meme during a visit to Welland Academy in Peterborough. Starmer, accompanied by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, was at the school to talk...

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