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This Cop Is Going Viral for His Wild Slide Ride

VIDEO

Aug 2, 2023 8:56 AM CDT

Cop Hurt After Bombing Down a Slide

Video of Boston police officer has gone viral

(Newser) - No one knows how or why it happened, but we at least know the what, where, and a little bit of the who. A Boston cop was recorded tumbling down a children's slide in front of City Hall, and the video has now gone viral. In the footage , someone...

Kids Suffer Burns After Acid Poured on Park Slides

'Great Deal of Effort' Went
Into Plot to Burn Kids

Jun 13, 2023 9:34 AM CDT

'Great Deal of Effort' Went Into Plot to Burn Kids

Culprits used ventilation shaft to steal muriatic acid poured on Massachusetts playground

(Newser) - Massachusetts police are searching for suspects who stole muriatic acid from a park building, then poured it on playground slides. Two children suffered "burnlike injuries" after using slides at Longmeadow's Bliss Park on Sunday morning. The Longmeadow Fire Department, which responded around 9:40am, said the acid is...

Cops: 2 Dogs Attack Packed School Playground

21 Injured After Dogs
Attack School Playground

Dec 23, 2022 2:06 PM CST

21 Injured After Dogs Attack School Playground

18 students, 3 teachers hurt in Willard, Missouri; most injuries, were minor and not from the animals

(Newser) - A pair of dogs set off bedlam when they entered a school playground in Willard, Missouri, and went after students, reports the Springfield News-Leader . Three students and three teachers ended up at the hospital for bites, scratches, or other injuries, and another 15 students had lesser injuries and were treated...

Slide Recalled
After Kids
Lose Fingers

Dec 8, 2016 1:51 PM CST

Slide Recalled After Kids Lose Fingers

Playworld calls back 1.3K 'Lightning Slides'

(Newser) - About 1,300 playground slides are being recalled after two children lost fingers. Distributor Playworld Systems says it's recalling single- and double-width "Lightning Slides" manufactured by Horizon Industries and sold between 2000 and 2016 after it was made aware of 13 incidents in which a crack appeared in...

Guy Tries to Forget Old Flame, Sets Fire to Park

Mar 3, 2016 8:14 AM CST

Guy Tries to Forget Old Flame, Sets Fire to Park

2 charged in playground fire that caused $21K in damage

(Newser) - Police in Anchorage, Alaska, are dealing with what the AP calls "a case of burning love": Two teens who burned a love letter from one of their ex-girlfriends also burned down a playground on Monday, police say. A police rep notes Robert Yaskell and Riley Borello-Poythress, both 18, "...

'Something Does
Not Add Up'
in NYC Rape

Jan 12, 2016 10:14 AM CST

'Something Does Not Add Up' in NYC Rape

Suspects are telling a very different story, questions surround woman's father

(Newser) - Police have charged four teens with first-degree rape after an assault on an 18-year-old woman in a Brooklyn playground—but "something does not seem to add up," says Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, citing "several unanswered questions as it relates to the behavior of the father." Police say...

Teen Girl Out With Dad at Night—When This Happens

Cops: Men Rape
Teen in NYC After
Ordering Dad Away

Jan 10, 2016 2:05 PM CST

Cops: Men Rape Teen in NYC After Ordering Dad Away

18-year-old assaulted in Brooklyn playground, cops say

(Newser) - A group of five men raped a teenager one-at-a-time in a Brooklyn playground on Thursday night after ordering her father to flee at gunpoint, police say. The 18-year-old survivor, unnamed in media reports, was with her dad in Osborn Playground at about 11:15pm when the suspects allegedly came up,...

2M-Year-Old
Stones May Have
Belonged to
Children

Mar 27, 2015 10:18 AM CDT

2M-Year-Old Stones May Have Belonged to Children

Chinese site thought to possibly be ancient playground

(Newser) - An investigation into what appears to be a nearly 2 million-year-old site in China's Hebei province suggests the spot served an important purpose: fun. The South China Morning Post compares the dig site to a "playground" for ancient hominids, noting that it was home to some 700 stone...

Tire Swing Slams Into
Man's Face, Kills Him

Tire Swing Slams Into Man's Face, Kills Him

Freak accident occurred at NYC park while Aleim Perkins was with his niece

(Newser) - It was supposed to be a fun day at a New York City playground for Aleim Perkins and his 6-year-old niece, Leela. But their together time ended in tragedy Monday afternoon when the 39-year-old pushed an empty tire swing and it came flying back at him, smashing into his face...

School District Getting Rid
of 'Dangerous' Swings

Oct 6, 2014 5:00 AM CDT

School District Getting Rid of 'Dangerous' Swings

'It's a matter of liability,' Washington district says

(Newser) - Swingsets are becoming a thing of the past at school playgrounds in a Washington state school district because insurance companies have decided they're too hazardous. "It's just really a safety issue; swings have been determined to be the most unsafe of all the equipment on a playground,...