Teacher on Sick Leave for 16 Years Sues Employer For Asking Her to Prove Her Illness

A German teacher who has been on sick leave since 2009, while receiving a full salary, has sued her employer after being asked to undergo a medical examination to confirm her condition. An unnamed teacher from Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia has sued her employer after it began to challenge her unusually long absence from the workplace […]

Teen Poisons Uncle’s Soup Because He Couldn’t Stand His Snoring

A Japanese high school student was recently arrested for allegedly poisoning his uncle’s miso soup in an attempt to kill him because he couldn’t stand his snoring. An 18-year-old teenager from Ichibara, Japan’s Chiba prefecture, was arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly mincing leaves from a toxic oleander plant and mixing them into […]