A woman killed a raccoon with her bare hands Thursday when the animal attacked a young boy. She pulled the raccoon off the child, told the children to run home and strangled the animal. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Laval police say they handcuffed a woman for not holding an escalator handrail because she refused to heed their warnings. The incident -- and the resulting fine -- has sparked criticism of the officers for being too aggressive. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A woman who worked for the United Nations died Sunday after falling from the 19th floor of the U.N.'s Secretariat Building, authorities said. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A Florida woman who decided to strip to the buff in front of the Old State Capitol building was charged with indecent exposure. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A woman late to her plane became irate, was put in handcuffs and was later found dead in a holding cell, police said. Authorities were investigating Saturday if the woman choked herself while trying to get free from the handcuffs. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A Scottish woman who admitted to drinking 14 vodkas as she rang in the new millennium was awarded about $14,000 in damages after she fell from a bridge. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A Brazilian woman has died after being struck by her husband's coffin when the hearse they were travelling in was involved in a car crash. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Varvara Semennikova, who lived in a small village in northwest Yakutia, Russia, was the oldest woman in Russia and claimed to be the oldest person in the world since August 2007. All her children died, that's why she adopted three more children from whom she was having dozens of grandchildren and great grandchildren. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

A 52-year-old woman has fought off an attack by a white pointer shark at Byron Bay in northern NSW, escaping with bite wounds to her hand. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A New Zealand woman on an oxygen machine died shortly after a power company cut the electricity supply to her home over an unpaid bill. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A woman who was trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her son, 3, was handed to an Afghan who raped her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched.

He was jailed for 20 years for murder - but the woman, Rukhma, was jailed, too. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A woman who was sexually abused, beaten and forced to eat rat and dog faeces while being held captive in a West Virginian home for at least a week may be the victim of a hate crime. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Pretty amazing story... woman in South Korea uses internet phone service to call 911 as she is being strangled. Because she failed to tell the phone company (Vonage) that she left the country, her 911 call gets routed to Illinois... and the 911 operator STILL manages to get help to her! -- Link includes news article and video report. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

A woman who police said used her children as hostages during a routine traffic stop has died after being shot by an officer.

...she used her kids as a meat shield... picked by acemak 2 years ago

The walker, who was in her 40s, had been following a coastal footpath when she spotted the bird feather and went to pick it up.

As the wind caught it and blew it close to the edge, she ignored safety warnings and climbed over metal railings lining the cliff top. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has discussed his recommendation that a 911 dispatcher be fired for gross neglect of duty after he hung up on a woman as her boyfriend attacked her.

ya think?? picked by jhordie 1 year ago

A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink picked by suebe 8 months ago

Ladies tired of being heckled by construction workers?

This woman was, and she thought up a way to fight back. picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago

A Chinese woman who was afraid to get married when she was young, is now 107 and looking for a first-time husband. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

An Austrian woman lived with the mummified remains of her aunt for a year after she died at age 96. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago