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A second grade teacher in California was arrested for being drunk in class with a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit. Though cops were impressed that her students could sing along when she was asked to recite the alphabet backwards.

An 11-year-old was arrested for shooting two teammates after a Florida football practice. It’s illegal in Florida for student-athletes to fire a handgun at football practice until they make the varsity squad.

A Pennsylvania school board passed a rule mandating students only use boys & girls bathrooms based on their gender at birth, although other restrooms are designated for use by trans students. The high school band is now learning ‘Smokin In The Non-Binary Restroom’.

Republican Kevin McCarthy was removed as Speaker of the House. In order to gain bipartisan consensus, Congress is expected to nominate a Bluetooth Speaker Of The House.

75,000 health care workers went on strike at Kaiser Permanente hospitals, leading administrators to issue a rare Flood Warning for bedpans.

Jamie Lynn Spears was eliminated from ‘Dancing With The Stars‘ – as big sis Britney somehow remains alive on ‘Dancing With The Sharp Kitchen Tools‘.

Alaska announced its annual Fat Bear Week contest – where people can vote for their favorite of 12 different fat bears photographed & living at Katmai National Park & Preserve. Organizers say they won’t accept write-in candidates for Fat Bears photographed vacationing at Fire Island or Provincetown.

One person was killed after a crane toppled over at a construction site in Florida. “Crane…there is no defense” said Mr. Miyagi.

Paris, France is dealing with a widespread infestation of bedbugs. Though experts say they’ll likely not harm residents since bedbugs aren’t fans of body odor, either.

A black man is suing the Atlanta Police Department, saying facial recognition technology mistakenly identified him as a fugitive from Louisiana. A police spokesperson admitted they were wrong, and that they used the ‘skin tone’ recognition setting by mistake.

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Electronics maker Withings introduced the U-Scan, a toilet sensor that analyzes urine for nutritional and metabolic levels. A sensor for women goes in the bowl, the sensor for men goes on the floor next to it.

Dunkin is partnering with the American Red Cross to encourage blood donations. They’re offering a free drink to anyone who donates blood, provided they haven’t drunk Dunkin coffee in the past 60 days.

Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger reportedly applied for a police internship. He was rejected based on his preference for stabbing innocent people instead of shooting them.

Ovidio Guzman, son of Juan ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, was arrested in Mexico. Federal police say he’s the leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, making him a Chipo off the ol’ Chapo.

A doctor battled to save the life of a passenger whose heart stopped twice on a 5-hour flight from the UK to India. The doctor restored the heartbeat once, then the passenger ate the in-flight chicken salad sandwich and it stopped again.

In an effort to restore goodwill, Southwest Airlines is giving 25,000 frequent flyer miles in addition to refunds to passengers impacted by the 15,000 flights it cancelled. Then Southwest announced it was cancelling their frequent flyer program.

Ukraine rejected Russia’s call for a cease fire during their war to observe Russian Orthodox Christmas. Just in case, Russian Orthodox Santa Claus outfitted his reindeer with body armor and upgraded his sleigh’s missile defense system.

GOP Congressman Kevin McCarthy lost 11 consecutive votes in a bid to become Speaker of the House. The good news is he was unanimously voted Mr. Congeniality.

Prince Harry is being criticized for a claim in his new autobiography that he killed 25 Taliban fighters during his tour in Afghanistan with the British Army. However, the Taliban admits multiple soldiers choked to death on scones Harry gave them.

Amidst mounting losses and large debt, a major household retailer plans to file for Bed Bath & Bankruptcy.

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Twenty-two people were injured when an SUV crashed in to a New York City restaurant. The hostess ignored it for a half-hour because the driver didn’t have a reservation.

The late Pope Benedict’s last words were reportedly “Jesus, I love you” … only he said it to a naked 17-year-old boy standing at his bedside.

Southwest Airlines was hit with its first lawsuit for not providing refunds after cancelling over 15,000 flights. Passengers rejected Southwest’s initial offer of peanuts.

An 87-year-old Philaelphia woman was struck in the shoulder by gunfire while celebrating New Year’s Eve on her front porch. She’s now earned her place as the oldest living member of the Philadelphia chapter of the Crips.

The House of Representatives failed to elect Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, the first time in over 100 years a Speaker was not elected on the first ballot. McCarthy received only 203 of the required 218 votes needed. Adding insult to injury, 10 votes were received by Deez Nutz.

A 77-year-old man was rescued after becoming stuck in a drive-thru car wash when he hit the accelerator and the car flipped on its side. He was treated for minor leg injuries and hot wax inhalation.

Accused Idaho Four murder suspect Bryan Kohberger waived extradition and was scheduled to return to Idaho Wednesday morning. As of Wednesday afternoon he was still handcuffed in the Southwest boarding area after two flights were cancelled.

Drew Barrymore said the one actor who could convince her to return to acting is Adam Sandler, or someone else with a convincingly big enough check.

Sharon Osbourne revealed that daughter Kelly has welcomed a baby boy, Sidney. They wanted to keep the name at two syllables so Grampa Ozzy has a fair chance at remembering it and saying it right.

A ‘bomb cyclone’ is expected to cause a major flooding event in large parts of California, making real estate even more expensive since more of it will be waterfront.