Chris Pastrick stories, Page 18

When you’ve got a hot property to unload, why not advertise it? One Florida real estate agent took to Zillow to show off the fixer-upper he’s trying to unload by posting a photo of the home fully engulfed in flames. “Bring your Smores to the Campfire and Build your Dream...

You’d expect huge waves at a “tsunami pool.” But swimmers at a water park in northeast China got a lot more than they bargained for Tuesday when a malfunction produced a massive wave that injured at least 44 of them. The South China Morning Post reports the incident happened at...

Well, looks like back-to-school gear just got ramped up another notch. Office Depot is now selling bulletproof backpacks for students. The Guard Dog Security ProShield backpack is made of “nylon fabric and soft tactical armor” and has been independently tested by a third-party laboratory “to be impervious to certain gunfire.”...

It’s a game that we’ve likely all played before — dodgeball. But after one particular game outside of a Michigan elementary school, a 10-year-old player has been charged with aggravated assault, WXYZ in Detroit reports. The student’s mother, Cameishi Lindley, told WXYZ she was contacted by the Wayne County Juvenile...

I guess you could say he’s comin’ in hot. Antonio Brown, he of grand training camp entrances, made his Oakland Raiders camp debut Friday in … drum roll … a hot-air balloon. Float like a butterfly, sting like AB.#RaiderNation X @AB84 pic.twitter.com/68X0EWlDRp— Oakland Raiders (@Raiders) July 26, 2019 “I thought...

It’s electric! And it’s got serious power. In 2017, Ford revealed its plans for an all-electric version of its best-selling F-150 pickup truck. Sure, going green would help the environment, but what good would a pickup be without its power? Well, Ford tried to answer that question in a big...

It’s always good when folks outside of Pittsburgh recognize just how great we have it here. Thrillist acknowledges our fortune by including Swissvale’s Triangle Bar & Grill on its list of the 33 Best Sandwich Shops in America. “Western PA loves their sandwiches — this is the land of Primanti’s...

Next time you grab an Uber, you might want to make sure you don’t leave anything behind. Especially if the car’s owner has to clean it up. Days after her ride, a woman in England got a bill from the ride-sharing company for 80 pounds — aka $100 — to...

Just four days into her reign as Miss Michigan, Kathy Zhu was stripped of her title over her offensive social media tweets. Zhu, 20, got the crown June 14, but by Thursday she was out. This is insane. @MissWorldLtd Beauty Queen @PoliticalKathy stripped of her Miss Michigan title for...being a...

Sometimes funny accidents show up at the most inopportune times. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia were live streaming on Facebook with an update and public appeal for help about a double homicide from earlier in the week, Vancouver’s online newspaper The Daily Hive reports. The only problem?...

Look, there’s no escaping the heat outside. The National Weather Service says temperatures are set to head into the 90s in the coming days, with heat indexes hitting 105. So you might as well make the best of it. Crank up this playlist and let the music pour out of...

Pittsburgh just lost a tiny bit of its steep mojo. For as long as we can recall, Canton Avenue in Beechview — with its 37% grade — has been the steepest street in the city. And the country. And the world. Now, that world title is no more. A street...

There’s only one way to make your binge viewing of “Friends” more enjoyable: Doing it in a roomful of “Friends” furniture. And now that dream can come true. Thanks to Pottery Barn, the store that Phoebe Buffay hates with a passion, you can decorate your home in all things related...

It’s the thought that counts, right? An elderly man brought a group of nurses at a hospital in England a ‘thank you’ present for caring for a relative. However, what he didn’t know was the cake he presented them with was laced with cannabis, the BBC News reports. It turns...

Three letters sent to organizers of Boston’s Straight Pride Parade raised red flags with their recipients. Boston.com reports Massachusetts police responded to the homes of the men — John Hugo, Mark Sahady, and Samson Racioppi. The letters contained no return address and, according to Racioppi, something inside that rattled. “I...

The end has finally come for “The Walking Dead.” And no one saw it coming. Entertainment Weekly reports writer Robert Kirkman broke the news on the last page of the latest issue — No. 193 — of the long-running horror comic. “This is the end of The Walking Dead,” Kirkman...

Well, it’s the House of Mouse for a reason, right? A Disney-themed cafe inside a new clothing store in Birmingham, U.K., was temporarily shut down for — of all things — a mouse sighting. Of course, this wasn’t Mickey. Two customers, according to ITV.com, witnessed an actual rodent scurrying across...

Nike had planned on releasing a special patriotic version of its Air Max 1 shoe, which featured the famed “Betsy Ross” version of the U.S. flag. Those plans have been scrapped now, after former NFL quarterback-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick raised concerns over the flag’s connection to a time when slavery was...

In a recent health class, a sixth- and seventh-grade students in Canada got quite an adult version of sex education. While the booklet, the Safer Sex Guide, given to the kids offers advise on how to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs), it also talks about fetishes and sex acts (like...

For the second straight year, Pittsburgh has been deemed the best bargain in America. A deal, if you will. The title comes from SmartAsset, a website that offers financial advice. It’s their annual Most Undervalued Cities in America rankings. And Pittsburgh comes in on top. Again. Not that we are...

We all know that Arby’s has the meats. Now they have the “megetables.” Arby’s new food category, “meat vegetables,” has its pilot offering: The Marrot. It looks and tastes like a carrot, but it’s made from turkey. “Plant-based meats are the latest incarnation of making vegetables look like what Americans...

With all of the love going around for old television shows, one has to wonder: What about ALF? (OK, maybe one doesn’t have to wonder that, but …) Well, one person is wondering, and doing something about it. Not a reboot, a statue. In Connecticut, the New Haven Register reports...

When it comes to getting rid of the devil, it’s by any means necessary, right? And that includes air dropping holy water on a Columbian town. Newsweek reports that Monsignor Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya, the appointed Catholic bishop of Buenaventura, Colombia, said he’s planning on using a navy helicopter to...

At 448 pages, some might find the Mueller report a bit too daunting to read. That’s OK, 18 Hollywood actors will do it for you. Well, an interpretation of it. On Monday, stars the likes of Annette Bening, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Alfre Woodard, Justin Long, Alyssa Milano, and Pittsburgh...