Residents ‘horrified’ by penis-shaped Christmas lights

Residents of Reading are reportedly "horrified", after Christmas lights in the shape of a penis appeared on the front of a local house. “When you walk home you just don’t expect to come face to face with an enormous penis on a wall,” one local told the media. The house is believed to be occupied by university students.

Police use autopilot to pull over sleeping Tesla driver

Police in California have revealed that two officers in the California Highway Patrol have used a Tesla vehicle’s autopilot mode to pull the car over, because the driver was asleep. The 45-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, and taken to San Mateo County Jail.

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Man admits foiled plan to flip Trump’s limousine

A Bismarck man has pleaded guilty to a plot to steal a forklift and “flip” Donald Trump’s presidential limousine. Gregory Lee Leingang, 42, failed in his attempt to overturn the US president’s car when the forklift he had stolen became stuck in a cordoned off area alongside the president’s route to make a speech.