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Speedy Gonzalez has been caught with an enormous haul of stolen supermarket goods, police say. A local police department in the US state of Georgia went viral after announcing the arrest and charging of a 40-year-old man seemingly named for the world-famous cartoon character.

Police have seized seven tigers from a septuagenarian who claimed they were his "emotional support animals". Nevada man Karl Mitchell, 71, took the big cats out on walks and allowed members of the public to interact with them, videos he posted to social media show.

A Belgian royal with an allowance of nearly €400,000 per year has failed in a legal bid to be recognised as a self-employed worker entitled to social security. Prince Laurent, brother of the Belgian king, asked the Brussels Labour Court to recognise him as self-employed and his princely endowme

A judge has rebuked a man who tried to present his case through an AI-generated character. Jerome Dewald, 74, was granted permission to show a video to an appeals courts in New York where he was appealing a ruling in an employment dispute.

Buskers who poorly perform the same songs again and again are effectively carrying out "psychological torture" and must be stopped, a judge has said. The City of London Magistrates' Court this week ordered Westminster Council to take stronger action against buskers in Leicester Square, the BBC repor

Judges in England and Wales have been instructed not to tolerate defendants bringing their pets into court on the basis they are "emotional support animals". The Judicial College has told courts across the jurisdiction that equality law only requires them to admit bona fide assistance animals such a

A former drug lord has launched a bid to be elected as mayor of his hometown on an anti-drugs platform. Rolan "Kerwin" Espinosa is seeking to be elected as mayor of Albuera, a town of around 50,000 people in the Leyte province of the Phiippines.

An international flight was forced to turn back around two hours into its journey after the pilot realised he had forgotten his passport. The United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai – with 257 passengers and 13 crew members onboard – was redirected to San Francisco after the

A serious contender in Poland's presidential election previously praised himself on TV while wearing a disguise, it has emerged. Karol Nawrocki, the candidate from Poland's right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, is currently polling in second place ahead of this year's election.

A thief caught stealing hundreds of Cadbury Creme Eggs has been banned from Cambridgeshire. Deon De Groot, 26, must stay out of the county for three months after being found guilty of taking over £200 worth of the chocolate snack from a supermarket.

An antiques expert tricked the Palace of Versailles into buying fake 18th century royal chairs, a court has heard. Pontoise Criminal Court, near Paris, was told that Bill Pallot, 61, convinced the palace to pay €840,000 for two chairs that its experts thought had belonged to the Comtesse du Bar

A house listed on Rightmove has sparked intrigue with its unusual interior featuring a living room entirely adorned with beer cans.

A coastal village in New York has seemingly faced down an attempted coup led by "Captain Bootyhead". The owner of a local pirate-themed snack company this month declared himself winner of the Sea Cliff mayoral election, which he lost to Elena Villafane by 62 votes to 1,064.

The Trump administration is facing legal action after publishing sensitive personal information about hundreds of people involved in investigating the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. Newly-declassified files include the unredacted social security numbers of hundreds of congressional staffers,

A judge has drawn criticism from his colleagues after filming a video of him loading several guns in his judicial chambers which he then attached to a dissenting judgment. The nearly 20-minute long video was posted to YouTube by the American judge as he dissented from a ruling upholding a California