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Flight cabin fire
KLM OMG

Power Bank Blaze Fills Plane Cabin With Smoke Midflight

The crew on a KLM flight snuffed the burning charger in seconds, but the scare highlights a surge in in-flight lithium-battery fires.

Tom Latchem

A transgenic fluorescent green pig walks with normal pigs in Taipei January 13, 2006.
SWINE FLEW

Flight Diverted Over Horrible Stench From 100 Pigs Onboard

The aircraft, its crew, and the 259 human passengers landed in Bermuda late Friday where the were put up in hotels for the night due to reported “oxygen issues.”

Lily Mae Lazarus

A statue of Anne Frank defaced by pro-Palestine vandals.
NOT AGAIN

Pro-Palestine Vandals Deface Anne Frank Statue in Amsterdam

It’s the second time the statue has been hit in less than a month.

Brett Bachman

Monument of Anne Frank.
‘SHAME ON YOU’

Anne Frank Statue Vandalized With ‘Gaza’ Graffiti

The mayor of Amsterdam is not pleased.

Matt Young

Travis Kelce smiling at the 2024 Big Slick Celebrity Weekend.
EMOTIONS ON DISPLAY

Travis Kelce Seen Tearing Up at T-Swift’s Amsterdam Show

Taylor Swift’s boyfriend was spotted in fan-recorded video getting emotional during her Eras Tour stop in Amsterdam Saturday night.

Clay Walker

KLM aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Schipol airport near Amsterdam April 15, 2015.
WORST NIGHTMARE

Person Killed After Being Sucked Into Running Jet Turbine

Hundreds of onlookers witnessed the horrifying incident at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Wednesday.

Owen Lavine

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Nicki MInaj and the cop who arrested her in Amsterdam
‘I NEED A LAWYER’

Nicki Minaj Concert Postponed After Her Arrest in Amsterdam

The “Anaconda” rapper denied possessing marijuana after a cop at a Netherlands airport claimed he found it in her luggage.

Kate Briquelet

A photo illustration showing a still from Occupied City.
NEW IN THEATERS

‘Occupied City’: A Tough, 262-Minute Holocaust Meditation

The point of Steve McQueen’s four-and-a-half-hour documentary is the relentless mundanity of atrocity. It’s a provocative work that people will surely have extreme opinions about.

Nick Schager

People look at paintings by artists inspired by the Pokemon at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam,
CHAOS

Scalpers Raid ‘Pokémon’ Art Exhibit at Van Gogh Museum

A Pikachu card inspired by Van Gogh’s “Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat” is being resold for hundreds of dollars.

Alex Nguyen

An illustration of a poop emoji wearing a wedding veil and headphones
WHODUNNIT

How a Mystery Poop at a Lesbian Wedding Became a Hit Podcast

Karen Whitehouse and Helen McLaughlin married on a boat in Amsterdam. Then someone did the dirty. Now their podcast, “Who shat on the floor at my wedding?,” is a global smash.

Nico Lang

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ROOM KEY

A New Amsterdam Hotel is a Haven From the Crowds

Just off Dam Square, one of the city’s busiest, is a new hotel that is practically a fortress of calm.

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