And Finally

A pigeon was apprehended at a prison after it was found to be carrying a miniature backpack filled with crystal meth. The bird was discovered at Pacific Institution in Abbotsford, 80km east of Vancouver in Canada.

A defendant is set to be represented in court by an artificial intelligence next month for what is believed to be the first time ever. The DoNotPay smartphone app will instruct a defendant on what to say over the course of courtroom proceedings in which they are challenging a speeding ticket.

The biggest farmers' association in Italy has condemned the use of mafia terms to sell food and drink around the world – including a machine gun-shaped bottle of whisky produced here in Scotland. Coldiretti found that some 300 restaurants are mafia-themed, among them El Padrino in Spain, Don C

A pair of bungling burglars were caught after they called police for help transporting their stolen goods. The couple – named only as Martin and Liz – were arrested in Poinciana, Florida on New Year's Eve after officers responded to a 911 call from the house they were burgling.

A mother was denied entry to a Christmas event in New York after facial recognition technology identified her as an employee of a law firm in a legal dispute with the owner of the venue. Kelly Conlon was chaperoning a group of Girl Scouts to see the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular at the Radio City

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The case of two fans of actress Ana de Armas who are suing a film studio for removing her from the film Yesterday has reached the next stage. Conor Woulfe and Peter Michael Rosza accused Universal Studios of false representation and fraud at the beginning of this year after they paid $3.99 to rent t

Rapper 50 Cent has taken legal action against a plastic surgeon allegedly using his image to promote penis enhancement surgery. The lawsuit centres on a photo of the rapper with Angela Kogan, who runs Perfection Plastic Surgery & Med Spa in Florida, the Miami Herald reports.

Customs authorities at one of Europe's busiest ports have hailed a "white Christmas" after seizing nearly nine tonnes of cocaine. Officials in Antwerp seized 3.9 tonnes of cocaine last Monday and a further 4.8 tonnes last Wednesday, Belgian broadcaster VRT reports.

Two women have been given suspended prison sentences after feeding stray cats near a courthouse in order to trap and neuter them. Animal rights organisations protested after Beverly Roberts, 85, and Mary Alston, 61, were arrested near the courthouse in Elmore County in eastern Alabama, the Montgomer

A person dressed as a Christmas tree who slashed car tires at a meat warehouse is being sought by police.

A police officer has been suspended on suspicion of producing and distributing pornography while on duty. Christian Goggans, a 30-year-old officer in the US state of Arizona, is accused of being pornstar "Rico Blaze" with over 27,000 online followers, Arizona's Family reports.

A senior law firm partner was left embarrassed after circulating a memo about climate change with reference to the non-existent "Valerian Sea". In a newsletter sent round a City of London firm, the lawyer said he had a "eureka moment" when he was "leaving a Scandinavian port on the Valerian Sea in t

A Russian blogger who shared a bizarre dream involving Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been fined 30,000 rubles (£386). Ivan Losev, a 26-year-old in Siberia, wrote on Instagram about a dream where he was conscripted and then captured with his comrades by Ukrainian forces led by Zel

A pair of identical twins accused of cheating in a university exam have won a €1.5 million defamation payout after arguing their genetic similarity played a decisive role in their similar answers. Kayla and Kellie Bingham were accused of "academic dishonesty" in 2016 following an eight-hour exa