A woman named Barbara “Barbie” Oppenheimer is reportedly having a tough time checking into hotels.
Barbara Oppenheimer - a retired Boston University professor and grandmother of five based in Newton, Massachusetts - has had quite the summer amid this year’s “Barbenheimer” frenzy.
OK, this wasn't this week, but it totally fits the theme of the thread, it's extremely local news that most of you likely won't have seen, and gave locals quite a chuckle at the time (after getting over the initial scare).
It really happened like described, but the missing bit of information being that it was permanently closed (moved to another location) and the city offered the building to the military to do training drills - the various special forces groups pay pretty well to stage training drills in real buildings slated to be torn down because changing up environments is really valuable. The problem here is the city did a really, really bad job of notifying the local residents, so the first most knew about it was the sudden sound of low flying helicopters followed by explosions as the trainees used actual breaching charges to blow the doors off the building.
Woman whose real name is Barbie Oppenheimer speaks out on the craze of the summer
Independent – Olivia Hebert – 31st August 2023
OK, this wasn't this week, but it totally fits the theme of the thread, it's extremely local news that most of you likely won't have seen, and gave locals quite a chuckle at the time (after getting over the initial scare).
Not real title, but the way we locals like to describe the incident: Military special forces stage forceful overnight takeover of local strip club
It really happened like described, but the missing bit of information being that it was permanently closed (moved to another location) and the city offered the building to the military to do training drills - the various special forces groups pay pretty well to stage training drills in real buildings slated to be torn down because changing up environments is really valuable. The problem here is the city did a really, really bad job of notifying the local residents, so the first most knew about it was the sudden sound of low flying helicopters followed by explosions as the trainees used actual breaching charges to blow the doors off the building.
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