Read the full story on Backfire News Elvis Presley’s Infamous Pantera Shooting The iconic De Tomaso Pantera, an Italian supercar with a Ford engine, famously became the target of Elvis Presley’s heated frustration. Known for its mechanical issues due to being rushed to market by Ford, the Pantera often disappointed its owners, including the King […]
A North Carolina bill creating a process to remove squatters from homes is advancing through the General Assembly. As state lawmakers consider the bill, one of Charlotte’s most infamous squatters is out of jail. In 2015, Ninti El Bey, a self-described Moorish sovereign citizen, got inside a Piper Glen home and refused to leave. The […]
Uniquely is a Fresno Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Fresno area so special. When Virgil Jepsen bought the Elwood Ranch in 2003, it was for hunting purposes, mostly. The 1,426 acres nestled between Yokuts Valley and Wonder Valley in the foothills east of Fresno […]
Read the full story on The Auto Wire Infamous Belltown Hellcat Towed From Handicap Spot The notorious Belltown Hellcat’s owner, Miles Hudson, has been in a series of legal problems lately. In the latest chapter, he reportedly had his rather distinct-looking Mopar muscle car towed for allegedly parking in a handicap spot. Teens livestreamed their […]
The Mercer Museum in Doylestown is taking a new look at the notorious Doan Gang — the band of five Revolutionary War-era brothers and one cousin from Central Bucks County and served as British spies and hardened criminals during the war — through a new exhibit. The grave marker for Abraham Doan, who was eventually […]
The New Yorker released a new cover illustration Thursday mocking Donald Trump barely an hour after the former president was convicted on all 34 charges in the Stormy Daniels hush money case. The image by John Cuneo, titled “A Man of Conviction,” shows Trump about to get handcuffed but with one tiny problem: His hands […]
This story previously aired on Dec. 24, 2022. For nearly two decades, an anonymous letter writer terrorized the town of Circleville, Ohio, by sending threatening letters that exposed alleged secrets about neighbors and friends. The mystery has long intrigued TV shows, podcasters and now “48 Hours” in the quest to finally unmask the writer. MARIE […]
After two decades in Chicago’s North Side neighborhood Roscoe Village, the unofficial landmark was removed on Wednesday, April 24 Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP Chicago’s iconic Rat Hole on Jan. 19, 2024, in Chicago. Chicago’s “rat hole” has been removed. On Wednesday, April 24, Chicago city officials removed the sidewalk section of the animal […]
Orcas that have been terrorizing boats in southwest Europe since 2020 were recently spotted circling a vessel in Spain for the first time this year. The close encounter, which took place hundreds of miles from where the cetaceans should currently be, hints that this group is switching up its tactics — and scientists have no […]
The Bronco became one of the most infamous cars in U.S. history after O.J. Simpson’s 1994 slow-speed chase throughout Los Angeles Courtesy of the Alcatraz East Museum O.J. Simpson’s Ford Bronco The owners of the infamous white Ford Bronco used in O.J. Simpson’s 1994 police chase say they’re selling the vehicle, according to a new […]
(Bloomberg) — Forget the artificial-intelligence frenzy — the most-exciting trade on Wall Street right now might just be betting on boring. Most Read from Bloomberg As winners of the AI boom like Nvidia Corp. power benchmark stock gauges to record after record, a less remarked-upon phenomenon has been unfolding at the heart of the US […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s escalating legal penalties are a little larger after a judge in the United Kingdom ordered him to pay more than $380,000 to a firm run by Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy who penned the infamous 2016 dossier accusing Trump of harboring close ties to the Russians. Trump sued Steele’s firm, Orbis […]