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Truck Spills 40,000 Pounds of Frank’s RedHot SauceA STICKY SITUATION
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Emergency crews were left with an unusually messy cleanup.
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star, 49, Secretly Welcomes Fourth BabyBY GEORGE!
The Perth-born star shared the surprise news in a vacation post featuring a breastfeeding photo from the French Riviera.
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The Guest Who Caught Taylor Swift’s Bouquet Is RevealedCATCH OF THE DAY
One of the 1,000 guests at the wedding said she caught the bouquet.
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Thieves Snatch Millions’ Worth of Jewelry in Dawn HeistGLASS ACT
The masked gang smashed six display cases and made off with about 20 precious pieces before the police arrived.
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Plane Badly Damaged After Hard Landing on NYC RiverRIVER SMASH
“It was a crash, a very bad one,” a passenger said.
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Bear Scare Leaves Hikers Stranded at 7,000 FeetBEAR WITH US
The climbers were left with no option but to wait out a helicopter rescue as the nightmare ordeal unfolded.
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Reporter Left Scrambling After Awkward Hugh Grant InterviewYIKES
The broadcaster and former F1 driver had an embarrassing moment with the star.
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Swimmer Attacked by Shark on New York BeachTROUBLED WATERS
The incident temporarily closed the beach over the July 4 long weekend.
This App-Controlled Prostate Massager Syncs With VR ContentBETTER BUZZ
Lovense’s Summer Sale drops its bestselling prostate massager below $100.
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Whale Sinks Rescue Boat in ‘Harrowing’ AccidentWHALE OF A TALE
The fire rescue crew was returning from security duty at America’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
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Mystery Space Objects Identified After Washing Up on BeachMYSTERY SOLVED
The objects washed up on the beach over the weekend.
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Truck Spills 40,000 Pounds of Frank’s RedHot Sauce
A STICKY SITUATION
A truck spilled an estimated 40,000 pounds of Frank’s RedHot sauce across an Ohio highway during last week’s extreme heat, leaving emergency crews with an unusually messy cleanup. According to the Columbus Dispatch, the driver unknowingly leaked the bright red hot sauce before stopping at a truck stop. Fire crews traced the sticky trail back to the vehicle and alerted the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Because the sauce is acidic, responders could not simply hose it into storm drains. Instead, they used absorbent materials and containment measures to prevent environmental contamination. The trucking company is now responsible for arranging a specialist cleanup. While the spill sparked jokes online, officials warned it may have caused damage to passing vehicles, with one driver claiming that repeated car washes still failed to remove the sticky residue. “A lot of people were shocked, and obviously they see a humorous side of it,” Berkshire, Sunbury, Trenton & Galena Fire Chief Chris Kovach told the Columbus Dispatch.
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BY GEORGE!
Australian actress Melissa George revealed on Sunday that she had given birth to a baby boy, her fourth child. The joint post with former Vogue Australia editor-in-chief Kirstie Clements shows George breastfeeding her newborn, as well as scenes from their French Riviera vacation. The Instagram caption, written by Clements, reads: “@melissageorgeofficial From the maternity ward, straight into a Parisian heatwave (with a toddler… challenging) and now to an epic road trip through Provence and the Côte d’Azur, first stop @hotelcrillonlebrave.” The Perth-born actress is best known for her roles in Home and Away, Grey’s Anatomy, Mulholland Drive and In Treatment. Her last baby announcement was two years ago, when she welcomed her third son, Lyor, at age 47. George has kept the identity of the father of her two youngest sons a secret, and it is unknown if she is in a relationship. She shares her eldest two sons, Raphaël, 12, and Solal, 11, with her ex-partner, Jean-David Blanc. The two split after a highly publicized domestic violence incident in Paris in 2016, which resulted in both being convicted of assault by a French court. George was married to Chilean furniture designer and filmmaker Claudio Dabed from 2000 to 2011.
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The Guest Who Caught Taylor Swift’s Bouquet Is Revealed
CATCH OF THE DAY
The sister of Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith has revealed she was the lucky guest who caught the bouquet at Taylor Swift’s wedding. Ashley Smith was her younger brother’s plus one at the wedding, which took place in New York on Friday and had a 1,000-person guest list. Smith gave fans a closer look at the bouquet she caught in an Instagram post, writing: “Celebrated an Enchanting Love S(T&T)ory 🤍✨🤍 And somehow… I ended up catching Tay Tay’s bouquet. 💐So here’s to believing it’s bringing a lifetime of love, luck, and laughter my way. ☺️” The flowers appeared to include Queen Anne’s Lace and sweet peas, traditionally associated with protection, beauty and joy. Her Instagram post also included a keepsake napkin from the wedding embroidered with the lyric, “So it’s gonna be forever,” from Swift’s 2014 hit “Blank Space,” along with the couple’s wedding date, location and intertwined “T” monogram.
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Thieves Snatch Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Jewelry in Daring Dawn Heist
GLASS ACT
Thieves stole roughly 20 pieces of jewelry worth around $4.5 million from a museum in France during a daring dawn raid on Sunday. The Lalique Museum, located in the northeastern town of Wingen-sur-Moder, is dedicated to Art Nouveau and Art Deco glassmaker René Lalique and opened in 2011. A group of masked intruders forced a door at about 5:30 a.m. and smashed open six display cases, sources close to a police investigation said. The haul was crystal jewelry with no precious gems and cannot be melted down, a second source added. The town’s mayor, Christian Dorschner, suggested that the culprits were “surely well informed to carry out this job in that way.” The break-in follows months after October’s sensational heist at the Louvre, one of the most iconic landmarks in the French capital of Paris, when thieves grabbed and made off with approximately $102 million worth of jewels in just under eight minutes.
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SLEEP ON IT
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Passengers Injured After Plane Smashes into New York City River
RIVER SMASH
A seaplane was left partially submerged in New York City’s East River after a hard landing on Sunday. One of the pilots announced a mayday signal as the Kodiak 100 aircraft bounced off the water and came to a hard stop with Manhattan visible in the distance. Audible gasps ring out in the cabin, as smartphone footage shows panicked passengers in disarray. He is heard telling the passengers that the plane’s pontoon broke. The pontoons are the floats that allow the aircraft to land on water. The Federal Aviation Administration said a wing strut, a rigid structural brace that connects the aircraft’s wing to the main fuselage, snapped. The New York Fire Department said all eight people aboard were safely ejected, while two people with minor injuries refused treatment. Khloe Todd, 16, told the New York Post that she and her family were on the way back from a birthday trip in the Hamptons when the incident happened. “It was a crash, a very bad one,” she said, adding that her grandmother, Ada, was shaken by what happened. “She’s really not feeling well–her ribs, her back, her head. It’s all swollen. It’s all really bad, so we might end up going to the hospital tonight.”
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Bear Scare Leaves Hikers Stranded at 7,000 Feet
BEAR WITH US
Emergency rescue workers dispatched a helicopter to retrieve four terrified hikers after a chance encounter with a brown bear left them stranded 7,000 feet up a mountain. The incident took place on Saturday on a hiking trail near Hokkaido in Japan. The first of the hikers, reported to be a man in his 60s, came across the bear, thought to have measured almost five feet long, at around 2.30 p.m. local time. He was then joined by three others, and an emergency call for help was placed about two and a half hours later. The group was then forced to wait a nail-biting further hour before the helicopter crews arrived to airlift them to safety. It is the first time the trail has been open to hikers since last August, when the routes were closed following a fatal bear attack on a 26-year-old climber. Such incidents are reportedly at a record high in Japan, which documented 238 encounters and 13 deaths throughout last year.
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Broadcaster Left Scrambling After Awkward Hugh Grant Interview
YIKES
Legendary Formula One driver and broadcaster Martin Brundle endured an embarrassing moment during an interview with the actor Hugh Grant at the British Grand Prix on Sunday. Brundle, known for his grid walk, stopped Grant for a brief chat, asking the British star if he would be interested in another round of The Gentleman, a 2024 Netflix series created by Guy Ritchie. “Are you doing another round of The Gentleman soon, because I really loved that?” Brundle asked. Unfortunately for Brundle, Grant starred in Ritchie’s 2019 film of the same name, but did not appear in the TV show, something he pointed out to Brundle. “Well, I did the film of The Gentleman,” Grant explained, adding, “I haven’t seen the TV series.” Flustered and running out of time, Brundle replied, “Oh right, it’s really good, you really must,” before informing the actor he only had 10 seconds left and had to cut the interview short. Grant was a guest of Ferrari at the race on Sunday, with Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc taking out the top spot, beating British drivers George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, and Lando Norris.
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Swimmer Attacked by Shark on New York Beach
TROUBLED WATERS
A swimmer has been injured in a shark attack at a New York state beach. The man suffered minor lacerations to his feet after the apparent bite at Jones Beach State Park Field 6 in Nassau County, on Friday, during the busy July 4 weekend celebrations. The incident occurred after multiple reports of shark sightings at beaches in New York City and Long Island. The swimmer was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and a “deep, shark-tooth-like shape” on the bottom of his foot, reported WABC. One witness said he saw the man after the apparent shark attack, and that he didn’t seem aware of what happened to him. “I just see him getting out of the water and going up to the post and to the lifeguard, it didn’t really seem like anything happened and he was holding his foot and they came and got him, but yeah, then they were like ‘everyone get out’ and cleared everything,” said Tyler Grossman. Authorities temporarily closed the beach, although people were allowed back in the water to their waist around an hour later when no other sharks were spotted.
Lovense’s App-Controlled Prostate Massager Syncs With VR Content
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Sexual wellness is no longer just about sophisticated vibrators or high-tech couples’ toys. One of the fastest-growing categories in the booming wellness category is prostate wellness. More and more men are becoming curious about exploring pleasure beyond traditional masturbation methods. Searches for prostate massagers have surged in recent years, online communities dedicated to prostate play continue to grow, and the conversation around men’s sexual health is becoming noticeably less taboo. If you’ve been curious but hesitant to invest, Lovense’s Summer Sale is a good excuse to take the plunge. From July 2 through July 10, the brand’s bestselling Edge 2 Adjustable Prostate Massager is marked down from $199 to just $93, a rare 53 percent discount. Unlike fixed-shape devices that rely on trial and error, the Edge 2 features an adjustable neck that can be customized to better match your anatomy for a more comfortable, personalized fit.
The advanced sex toy is engineered with dual motors that provide simultaneous internal and external stimulation, while independent controls let you tailor the intensity of each zone. Where the Edge 2 really stands apart, however, is its connected technology. Through the Lovense Remote app, users can browse thousands of community-created vibration patterns, sync the device to music, compatible interactive VR content, or long-distance partner control, and even connect it with other Lovense devices for a more immersive experience. Whether you’ve been prostate-play curious for years or you’re simply looking to upgrade your sexual wellness routine with smarter tech, this is one of the best prices we’ve seen on Lovense’s leading prostate massager. At more than half off, the Summer Sale makes now the perfect time to see what all the buzz is about.
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Whale Sinks Rescue Boat in ‘Harrowing’ Accident
WHALE OF A TALE
A New Jersey fire rescue crew ended up needing a rescue of its own after a whale slammed into its boat and sank it in a freak Fourth of July accident. The Carteret Fire Department said Marine Unit 2 was heading back from a security assignment near the Statue of Liberty during America’s 250th anniversary celebrations when disaster struck around 4:30 p.m. As the vessel approached the mouth of Raritan Bay, a whale breached directly beneath the boat, smashing into its stern. Mayor Dan Reiman said the collision caused “catastrophic” damage. The boat rapidly filled with water, giving firefighters only seconds to abandon ship before it disappeared beneath the surface. Help arrived from an unlikely pair of first responders: a jet skier and a recreational boater pulled the crew from the water and kept them aboard until marine units from the nearby Perth Amboy Fire Department reached the scene. All of the firefighters made it home safely, according to the department. Officials have not said whether the whale was injured in the collision.
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Mystery Space Objects Identified After Washing Up on Australian Beach
MYSTERY SOLVED
Australian authorities believe they have identified the source of the space debris that washed up on a Queensland beach over the weekend. The Australian Space Agency revealed on Monday local time that it believes the objects, which are spherical and metallic, are pressure vessels from a space launch vehicle, adding, “The objects’ location and characteristics are consistent with debris from a foreign rocket body that recently re-entered the atmosphere from orbit.” The Agency said that it is continuing to work with international authorities to confirm the source. Queensland Fire Rescue crews initially responded to Forrest Beach, a small town in Queensland 130 miles north of Townsville, on Friday after the objects were discovered, establishing a 50-meter exclusion zone and working with scientists to safely secure the objects. The ASA warned that further debris may be found, and reminded locals not to touch, move, or recover suspected space debris and assume it is hazardous until advised otherwise. Instead, anyone who finds potential space debris is asked to move away from the site and contact emergency services.

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