Ariana Grande mocked for tattoo typo

Ariana Grande has been widely mocked on the internet, after she posted a photo of her new tattoo. The singer had wanted to get a Japanese translation of the title of her hit song “7 Rings”, but a typo in the Japanese lettering left her with a tattoo that means “small charcoal grill” instead.

Police say it is too cold to commit crime

Police in Minnesota have politely asked criminals to keep their “criminalling to a minimum”, as a fierce cold snap lashes the state. The Warrensburg Police Department has jokingly suggested that everyone stay at home and watch re-runs on television because it is too cold to be out doing police work.

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‘Sinkhole’ turns out to be tunnel into bank

Officials in Florida sent to investigate reports of a sinkhole made a startling discovery, when the hole turned out to be a very narrow tunnel leading to a nearby branch of the Chase bank. They found a power drill and a small generator inside the tunnel, which had not yet reached the bank itself.