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Esther Gratton was house-hunting when she came across what she thought was the perfect home, until she tried to explore the second floor by climbing stairs the previous owners had installed themselves. She shared a clip of the beige-carpeted stairs on her TikTok page, @.esty. As she pans round, the staircase comprises steps that are clearly mismatched, with many of them dangerously narrow. Gratton, from London, Canada, captioned the video: “Extreme sport just to go upstairs....

A mom, who calls herself Loubobang online, uploaded a clip to TikTok on Friday, as she discovered an entire cupboard hidden behind a wall. The comedian has been sharing numerous videos to her social media pages, as she tears down plasterboard and rips up floorboards. Her page bio confirms it features “Original Comedy. (And My Georgian House Renovation),” relating to a period in British history dating from 1714 to 1837....

Entomologist Vonn Roach, who calls herself Vonn online, has shared multiple clips to her TikTok account, elaborating on her unusual menu. Vonn, thought to be from Iowa, revealed she “discovered edible insects in 2012” and hasn’t looked back since. She regularly cooks up ants, silkworms, wax worms and crickets, while she also uses the insects as a “garnish.” Vonn shares cooking videos online, filming herself whipping up “wild mushroom risotto with wax worms” and “bugs benedict,” while she also blends insects to add to sauces and smoothies....

But one cockroach on Twitter has gone viral for not being able to live through a landlord’s shoddy paint job. In a photograph shared to the social media app by a woman called Chelsea, whose account is known as @chellzyeah, we can see that someone has covered one of these pesky insects in white paint, immortalizing it in the wall. Chelsea captioned the image, in which the insects’ antennae and legs are splayed, with the words: “My landlord painted over a f**king roach....

Brandi Hansen made the gruesome discovery during a walk with her three children on a road near Shuswap Lake, located in the south of the province, CBC News reported. The dumped animal parts mostly consisted of approximately 80 severed bear paws. Hansen told CBC she was disturbed by the sight. “That’s 20 or 30 bears,” she said. “Whoever did this should be caught and held accountable.” The animal parts were scattered across the road and in an adjacent ditch and culvert....

According to the Craven Herald & Pioneer, Carr found out she was pregnant at the age of 20—and her parents, Margaret and Roy Staveley, forced her to give up the baby. “I had him at Homesteads Nursing Home, in Melling, on June 13, 1955. I loved him straight away and called him George, but Nurse Eccles, a lovely nurse, said she had been told I was not to see or hold him....

The 29-year-old woman, identified as Anika Craney, was swimming off Fitzroy Island, near Cairns in Queensland, when she suffered leg injuries in a suspected shark attack. Members of the public came to Craney’s aid and doctors who were guests at the Fitzroy Island Resort applied a tourniquet to stop her bleeding before she was airlifted to Cairns Hospital. Paramedic Terry Cumming told local reporters that Craney was swimming 100 meters from the jetty when she was injured, suffering a possible fracture of the left ankle and some lacerations....

Natascha Kampusch, who is now 33, described her experience of being kept against her will after she was snatched on the way to school by Wolfgang Priklopil in March 1998 when she was only 10. Priklopil kept her in a cell under his garage at his home near Vienna. She managed to escape on August 23, 2006, while her captor was distracted by a phone call, in a story that made global headlines....

In a Reddit post upvoted over 22,000 times, a user claiming to be a 21-year-old woman described how she was repeatedly “told to be quiet” during a dinner with her partner’s conservative Christian parents. Her actions have caused a rift between her and her boyfriend, who told her that leaving the meal was an “a****** move.” A 1997 study by Glenn Gehar at the University of New Hampshire highlighted that we often choose romantic partners who are similar to our opposite-sex parents....

Miranda Bradberry posted the video to her TikTok account @mirandabradberry. The video shows a 2022 version of how the movie’s main character, Andrea “Andy” Sachs, prepares for her job interview, and how it parallels with other women in the fashion industry getting ready for the day. Commenters reveled in nostalgia and praised Bradberry for how she managed to recreate the well-known movie scene. The Devil Wears Prada follows Andy Sachs, an aspiring journalist who landed a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the editor-in-chief at a major fashion magazine with high demands and expectations....

On Monday, jeweler @ceo.liv shared with her TikTok followers a unique custom order she’d received. According to the video, a customer of Liv’s recently found that her boyfriend had cheated on her with multiple women. As an anniversary gift, the customer asked Liv to engrave a necklace with the couple’s anniversary date, along with the names of the women with whom he’d allegedly cheated. The TikTok captioned, “would you do this,” has received more than three million views, and has commenters laughing in full support....

In a post shared to Mumsnet, the woman described how she was left feeling uneasy after receiving a phone call in which she was offered the role but also told she had dressed “very inappropriately for a job interview.” “I was wearing a black flower skirt that is just above the knee, a mustard jumper that is high neck and very thick black tights with black flat shoes,” she wrote....

While speaking to the New York Times, Ben Wikler, the Wisconsin Democratic chairman said that the party spent more than $100,000 to air the ad across five TV markets in Wisconsin and Washington D.C. Wilker told the Times that the ad will begin airing on Wednesday and will run through President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week. Newsweek reached out to the Wisconsin Democratic Party for comment. The 30-second ad, which was posted on YouTube and Twitter begins by showing the chaotic scenes captured during the Capitol riots, when supporters of President Donald Trump breached the building in protest of Congress certifying electoral votes....

Lewis, a pastor, first won election to the council in 2016. She announced in July that she would be running for Republican Ron Johnson’s seat in the Senate, which 10 other Democrats are vying for, the AP reported. The over $21,000 was used for car payments, family trips, a worship conference and other personal expenses, the AP said. The Milwaukee County district attorney’s office filed the charges Tuesday, and Lewis is scheduled to appear in court on September 29....

Tucker, who has served since February 2018 as Wisconsin’s director of student-athlete engagement, acknowledged Wednesday that this isn’t a career path he envisioned. “I never wanted to join the Wisconsin coaching staff under circumstances like this,” Tucker, named as an interim for 2019-20, said in a release from the university. “And my thoughts and prayers are with Howard and his family and will continue to be all season. … He is the ultimate Badger and a tremendous coach....

Wise carded a five-under 66 at Pebble Beach, sitting in a four-way tie for second and a shot behind outright leader Justin Rose. The American practised with two-time defending champion Koepka on Tuesday and said he took plenty from his countryman’s mentality. “Maybe just some strategy stuff I can take from him. More me and Brooks have just become good friends in a way and enjoy each other’s company,” Wise said after his first round....

Having not won even one game in the entire tour, not many expected the Colts to pull off a major upset. Although some might argue that the Italians fielded an under-strength eleven, that doesn’t undermine what Luis Norton de Matos’s charges have achieved with their win today. The Colts were on the back of a 1–1 draw with French club Saint Leu on Tuesday and having lost five of their seven previous matches, not a lot would’ve expected them to get the better of Italy, four-time winners of the FIFA World Cup....

Players before him were stiff and formal as the swarm of reporters at Big Ten Media Days shouted questions. But he’s relaxed because he’s been here before; he’s been the hunted. Miller has heard the Heisman talk and discussions about his NFL future. MORE: SN All-Big Ten | SN All-Americans | SN Top 25 Yet he was faced with something new Monday: how will Ohio State move past consecutive losses to end last season?...

“Holiday Bowl?” That’s a likely destination for Michigan after a 31-20 home loss to No. 9 Ohio State Saturday — their sixth straight loss to the Buckeyes and coach Urban Meyer. The Wolverines dropped to 8-4 and added another layer of criticism for third-year coach Jim Harbaugh to fight heading into that second-tier bowl matchup. MORE: Three takeaways from Ohio State’s win over Michigan We all know how that goes by now....

Sunday’s overtime win in Baltimore was the best example of this concept, and the proof of its truth is the near-absence of all mention of, or even interest in, the Browns’ backup, heir apparent and project. MORE: 7 lights-out Week 5 performances | Week 6 opening lines | Fantasy waiver wire As long as McCown, the 36-year-old veteran on his sixth NFL team, is playing as well as he has since returning from his opening-day concussion — and, now, winning and setting passing records for a franchise dating back to the 1940s — the less Manziel is needed as the savior....