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The City of Richmond took a local businessman to court over unpaid taxes, only to discover they actually owed him a refund. Jeffrey Marks was served a warrant for $658 (around £516) in unpaid business taxes in December 2023. However, Marks had sold his advertising business, Promotion

A German businessman has won the right to use Donald Trump's name on condoms after a dispute over trademark rights at the former president's Scottish golf resorts. Frank Lindner sought to trademark the name “Trump” for various products, including beers, wines, and contraceptives. Tr

A construction worker from Virginia in the United States has won $1 million (around £0.8m) after playing Powerball. Nicholas Perez from Burke didn’t hit the $1 billion (£800m) jackpot in the 1 April Powerball drawing, but he still walked away a millionaire. Perez won the second-tie

A pocket watch beloning to Sir Winston Churchill has been sold at auction for £76,000.

Kabosu, the beloved Shiba Inu who inspired the iconic "Doge" meme and became the face of Dogecoin, has passed away at the age of 18 after battling leukaemia and liver disease. Her owner, Atsuko Sato, shared the news on Instagram, expressing gratitude for the love and support Kabosu received over the

A letter written by Diana, Princess of Wales, to a man dying from Aids is to be sold at auction.

The future of Elvis Presley's famous Graceland mansion is in doubt after his granddaughter launched legal proceedings to prevent it from being auctioned. Riley Keough – herself a well-known actress – is suing Naussany Investments, which claims that the mansion was used as collateral on a

Italian police have seized 134 Fiat Topolino micro-cars marked with a small Italian flag after the vehicles arrived at the port of Livorno.

In anticipation of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, The Royal Mint has unveiled a new 50 pence coin honouring the fallen Allied troops and veterans. The coin's reverse, designed by David Lawrence in collaboration with the Imperial War Museums, depicts Allied soldiers disembarking onto

The German government has rejected calls for a price cap on doner kebabs amid uncontrolled "dönerflation". Once available for just €3 (around £2.6), the average price of a doner kebab has more than doubled in the past two years, Euronews reports.

A police department is being sued after making jail inmates pay for ice cream, candyfloss and laser tag for staff and their families. Black Hawk County Sheriff's Department in Waterloo, Iowa is among US police departments which controversially bill arrestees for the cost of their stay in jail.

A company which hid an offer of free wine in its online privacy policy has said it has finally been claimed three months later. Tax Policy Associates (TPA) added the following words to its privacy policy in February: "We will send a bottle of good wine to the first person to read this."

One of the first coins ever in circulation in Scotland has been sold at auction for £1,500.

A painting by George Stubbs is to be sold at auction for only the second time in its history.

Japanese police have apprehended a yakuza boss suspected of stealing Pokémon cards. Keita Saito, a 39-year-old kanbu (leader) of the Takinogawa family, part of the Sumiyoshi-kai crime syndicate — the second-largest yakuza group in Japan — was arrested in late April.