r/nottheonion • u/RINTNEON • 25m ago

Man uses robot vacuum to catch cheating wife, wins $16,000 affair case, then gets jailed for secretly filming her

techspot.com

• Upvotes

6 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Altay360 • 1h ago

Florida police used a fake Flock camera in a sting, then charged a man with three felonies for destroying it

techspot.com

• Upvotes

12 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Efficient-Freedom517 • 2h ago

Repeat offender charged in multiple 'butt sniffing' incidents arrested again in Glendale

abc7.com

127 Upvotes

30 comments

r/nottheonion • u/DonkeyFuel • 3h ago

EV Renter Hit With $418 Charging Bill After Using Dealer's Public Charger

thedrive.com

726 Upvotes

87 comments

r/nottheonion • u/ChocolateTsar • 4h ago

Sacramento school board members consider their own pay raises amid budget crisis

abridged.org

502 Upvotes

29 comments

r/nottheonion • u/AlwaysBlaze_ • 6h ago

B.C. boy bitten by rattlesnake his father picked up: 'We made a few mistakes'

theprovince.com

832 Upvotes

128 comments

r/nottheonion • u/novagridd • 6h ago

Thailand's Prostitution Patrol on High Alert as 5,000 US Sailors Drop Ship After 200 Days at Sea

fashiontimes.co.uk

18.0k Upvotes

1.1k comments

r/nottheonion • u/Personmanwomantv • 7h ago

Man died after ‘Everything’s Unmissable’ sign fell at festival, say witnesses

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

327 Upvotes

30 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Efficient-Freedom517 • 7h ago

Kansas City Chiefs may have ruined Jack Pyburn’s plan to make big money at LSU by giving him a job in the NFL

kotaradio.com

130 Upvotes

11 comments

r/nottheonion • u/maytag_dishmaster • 8h ago

The 1st Fat Marmot Week winner is a 'special boy who likes to eat rocks'

cbc.ca

506 Upvotes

11 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Select-Blood-7896 • 9h ago

Cedartown Police Department has confirmed that one of its officers was involved in the fatal shooting of a miniature donkey, HeeHaw

primetimer.com

1.7k Upvotes

98 comments

r/nottheonion • u/duckanroll • 10h ago

Russian veteran tells schoolchildren to study the Kalashnikov rifle ‘so that the whole world speaks Russian’

novayagazeta.eu

1.5k Upvotes

71 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Jazzlike-Platypus947 • 12h ago

Police Officer Faked Missing Persons Closings to Avoid Heavy Workloads: Investigation Results

news.sbs.co.kr

342 Upvotes

5 comments

r/nottheonion • u/drytoastbongos • 17h ago

Baby goats from traveling petting zoo test positive for rabies

boston25news.com

10.3k Upvotes

482 comments

r/nottheonion • u/rootedchrome • 21h ago

4 arrested for illegally harvesting 200 pounds of palmetto berries, Florida deputies say

wfla.com

1.1k Upvotes

64 comments

r/nottheonion • u/NicolasCageFan492 • 23h ago

America 'not at war' with Canada, insists U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

cbc.ca

2.1k Upvotes

333 comments

r/nottheonion • u/He-Who-Reaches • 1d ago

Woman wakes up to bat trying to crawl into her mouth: 'I was screaming repeatedly'

kcra.com

2.5k Upvotes

261 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Real_Suntan_Superman • 1d ago

Andrew Garfield wanted Michael B Jordan as Peter Parker’s male love interest in a wild Spider Man idea

tribune.com.pk

4.8k Upvotes

274 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Real_Suntan_Superman • 1d ago

Poland’s Serial Pizza Prankster Faces 8 Years in Prison

oddee.com

443 Upvotes

17 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Jessicas_skirt • 1d ago

Moscow Says Europe Is ‘Shooting Itself in Foot’ With Russian Tourist Ban

easternherald.com

2.5k Upvotes

328 comments

r/nottheonion • u/andrewedufresne • 1d ago

Rabid baby goats prompt North Carolina mobile petting zoo scare

abcnews.com

1.5k Upvotes

66 comments

r/nottheonion • u/PauloPatricio • 1d ago

Saskatoon defends $297,000 plastic rock art project

sasktoday.ca

551 Upvotes

67 comments

r/nottheonion • u/duckanroll • 1d ago

Russian Human Rights Council head calls for campaign to scare teenagers away from online crime recruiters

novayagazeta.eu

258 Upvotes

50 comments

r/nottheonion • u/MADDOGCA • 1d ago

Argument over green chile enchiladas ends in deadly shooting

krqe.com

4.7k Upvotes

289 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Kidcouger • 1d ago

Live catfish slow traffic on Los Angeles freeway

ktla.com

454 Upvotes

9 comments

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