China: 10-year-old boy runs to police station, begs to be put in orphanage after argument with mother over homework

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After arguing with his mother about overdue homework, a 10-year-old boy in China ran away from home and straight to the local police station to complain and beg to be put into an orphanage. Chinese media recently reported a bizarre incident that took place in Chongqing. CCTV footage shows a young boy storming into the Huixing Police Station in Yubei and being approached by two policemen.

They start chatting and the 10-year-old boy tells them that he had been reprimanded by his mother for not completing his homework, so he left the family home to join an orphanage. After a bit of convincing work by the officers, the boy gave them his parents' contact information, so the police contacted his mother who confirmed their argument about the overdue homework. However, she never imagined that her son would run away from home to join an orphanage because of it.

The boy being counselled by an officer at the police station. Pic/Twitter

"My mom scolded me every day for not doing my homework and left the house," the 10-year-old complained. "She just nags me to study every day. I'd rather go to an orphanage."After calming the boy down, the police called his father to pick him up, and even though he was reluctant to return home, they manged to persuade him that it was the right choice, much better than going to an orphanage, that's for sure.

The news and CCTV footage went viral in China last week, where people were shocked by the boy's reaction. Some saw it as a sign of a lazy generation of spoiled children, while others simply applauded the way the police calmed the boy down and ultimately solved the problem.

Whose house is it anyway

A homeowner stopped by to check on his suburban Atlanta property - only to be arrested for trespassing

Days after the departure of a previous tenant, Tim Arko pulled into the driveway of his house in desirable Decatur, where he suddenly encountered a stranger waving a gun in his face.

"I just jumped the fence and ran. I didn't know what else to do," Arko told local channel WSB-TV.

"I didn't walk in on a family eating dinner. I walked in on weapons, a prostitute, a bunch of dogs in the back, my fence broken down," he told a reporter.

After dialing 911 to report the intrusion, Arko was astonished to find himself being arrested and taken into police custody.

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"They told the police that I was a home invader and that it was their home. And so I ended up being arrested and detained," Arko said.

Since then, Arko has been fighting to evict the alleged squatters in court. Six months later, they are still living in Arko's home.

After lengthy court delays, an eviction order was finally signed.

Arko still awaits marshals, however, to conduct the eviction.Arko said he is hoping for a September eviction.

Bounty from heaven?

She doesn't believe in using any form of contraception.

And because of that, Patty Hernandez, 41, is 13 weeks pregnant with her 18th child.

And even though she's trolled for her unique family situation, Patty insists, "It's is a blessing from God.

We are just going to keep going."

Lorry, not sorry

Julie Kirkham, 46, from Oldham, had been working as a medical secretary but was finding it hard to juggle raising a family at the same time. It wasn't until she heard on the radio about opportunities for women lorry drivers that she decided to hand in her notice and switch up her life.

Jackpot!

A Maryland man ended up winning $40,044 on his first attempt at the Racetrax lottery.

The 22-year-old and his friend were watching the virtual horse race at the Parkton Casa Mia's.

"I picked three horses for a trifecta box randomly and didn't think I'd win," the player said.

He said he was shocked when he scanned his ticket and saw how much he had won.

Dog eat dog world

A grab of footage from the camera set up by the researchers

In 2019, an international team of researchers mounted camera traps at two fresh elephant carcasses in Tsavo East National Park. In their recent study in the journal Food Webs, they compare the death of an elephant in the park's dry landscape to a whale fall - a feast that can support or even create a whole ecological community. Over a month of recording they saw the usual suspects of predators and scavengers take turns at the carcass throughout the night. Occasionally, there were oddities and surprises: young hyenas with snares on their necks, and that rare hippo - a case of megaherbivore eating another.

Rat race

A harlem resident went viral during a recent interview when she succinctly put the Big Apple's rat problem to a scale that can be understood by all Americans.

"We've had rats the size of Crocs just running up and down the street," Ruth McDaniels, a local activist and Harlem tenants association president, told CBS New York, referring, of course, to the footwear and not (yet) the predatory reptile.

"An average size 8, running up and down the street," added McDaniels, who previously ran for the city council's 9th District.