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A group of sex offenders are suing a police department for putting "No Trick-or-Treat" signs outside their homes in the run-up to Halloween. Lawyers for over 200 sex offenders have claimed that the practice – introduced last year in Butts County in the US state of Georgia – violates thei

A restaurant has been fined nearly £50,000 for giving menus without prices to women dining with men. The upmarket eatery said its practice allows women to "enjoy a romantic evening" with a male chaperone without having to worry about its impact on his wallet.

Banks in Turkmenistan have been ordered by presidential decree to fund a patriotic dog breeding programme. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has told eight national banks that they must assist in his project to improve the pedigree of the Alabay dog breed, recognised as part of the national herita

A police officer has been slapped with a £600 fine and six penalty points after crashing into traffic lights outside Perth's police headquarters. Mark Chance, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving after careering straight into the lights while trying to overtake a bicycling collea

School officials have come under fire for making pupils wear cardboard boxes on their heads while they sit exams – in order to stop them from cheating. Children sitting a chemistry paper at Bhagat Pre-University College in the Indian state of Karnataka were made to wear the boxes, with holes i

Three judges face disciplinary charges after a night of revelry ended with two of them being shot outside of fast food restaurant White Castle. Judges Andrew Adams and Bradley Jacobs had been drinking with Judge Sabrina Bell in Indianapolis on the first evening of a judicial conference.

A woman has listed Donald Trump's alleged crimes in a scathing parody song she uploaded to the internet.

A judge has blamed his calculator for making an approximately £85 million error in a landmark damages award. The error in the August judgment will be corrected in an upcoming ruling, potentially slashing it by up to a fifth.

A member of the public has agreed a repayment plan with a local authority which accidentally paid him nearly £300,000. Fife Council, in Scotland, was supposed to pay the man £59.95 a week, but accidentally paid £59,395 per week instead – and didn't notice until around £

A man lost most of his life savings after his best friend turned an oil-fired boiler in his workshop on – unaware that €540,000 was stashed inside. The 49-year-old from Soest, near Dortmund in Germany, had kept the cash in the boiler because it was no longer used.

Scotland's national rugby team is considering "legal options" to ensure its World Cup game against host Japan goes ahead in spite of a looming typhoon. Two games have already been cancelled in anticipation of Super Typhoon Hagibis, which is expected to hit Japan this weekend.

They may not resemble UK Supreme Court head Lady Hale, or the veteran US Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but it's hoped that a new career-themed range of Judge Barbie dolls will encourage more women to take up the law. Toymaker Mattel said the doll, available in a variety of skin tones a

A Northern Ireland policeman who refused to shave his beard has been awarded £10,000 by an employment tribunal. Constable Gordon Downey had been transferred from an armed response unit after refusing to abide by a policy that officers be clean-shaven.

A team competing in the world checkers championship was held captive in the hotel hosting the tournament because the bill had not been paid. The Dutch checkers team were not allowed to leave the hotel in the Ivory Coast until the bill had been settled, they said on Facebook.

A young man who says he overslept and missed jury duty was sent to jail for 10 days by a furious judge. Deandre Somerville, 21, was summoned to his own court hearing after failing to show up for the civil trial where he was supposed to be a juror.