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The Ministry of Health in the Sakhalin region of Russia revealed on Oct. 2 that an 80-year-old woman had been discovered to be living with a 1-inch needle in her brain, Insider reported. Radiologists had found the needle with an X-ray; doctors believe it has been there since her birth, when her parents may have tried to kill her because of war and famine. However, the woman survived and never suffered headaches from the object. She is being monitored by a physician.
As Michael Gardner, 62, officiated a wedding in Denton, Neb., on Sept. 30, he inexplicably tried to get the attention of the guests by shooting a handgun into the air, CNN reported. Instead, Gardner shot his 12-year-old grandson in the shoulder.
Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office Chief Ben Houchin said Gardner wanted to “start the wedding with a bang. When he decided to cock back the hammer of this revolver, it slipped.”
The ammunition was a blank, but Gardner had apparently “put black powder into the casing and then glued it,” Houchin said. “The glue is what injured the child.”
Gardner was charged with child abuse.
“The act was not very smart,” Houchin said.
Maybe it’s time to pay teachers more. Brianna Coppage, 28, an English teacher at St. Clair High School in St. Clair, Mo., was put on leave on Sept. 28 after district officials discovered she was performing on the pornography website OnlyFans. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Coppage claimed she joined the site over the summer to supplement her income.
“I knew this day was coming,” she said. “The district says they haven’t made a decision yet, but I’m just kind of putting the pieces together that I am not coming back.”
She said she made an additional $8,000 to $10,000 per month from the site.
“I can’t control what people think of me. … I’m not doing anything illegal,” she said. “I am a good friend. I am a good family member. That is all I can think about right now.”
The Township of Bonnechere Valley in Ontario, Canada, is on a mission to change the name of its most famous street: Harry Dick Road, United Press International reported. John Henry “Harry” Dick was born on the property in 1957, and his family has occupied three homes there for five generations.
“Well, people think that’s very, very funny, and the signs started to disappear,” explained Lois Dick, Harry’s wife.
Officials said the sign is stolen about four times per year; the family installed a security camera, but it got stolen too.
Lois noted that a name change will be a hassle for the family: “Any legal document with our address on it is going to have to be changed,” she lamented.
Harry just wants the thefts to stop: “All I want is some peace and quietness,” he said.
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