Footage filmed in Nagoya, Japan, shows the bizarre-looking animal moving its head while balancing on what appears to be a pair of brawny arms. Twitter user Keitaro Simpson shared a clip of his encounter with the creature on social media, where it quickly racked up more than nine million views. While most commenters were a mixture of confused and scared, one post-doctoral researcher at the University of Washington has proposed an explanation for the crow's behaviour. Crow expert Kaeli Swift believes the bird is sunning its feathers, either to warm itself up or to care for its feathers by reducing bacteria and mites.

A hot air balloon crash has left several people with minor injuries after it ran over a large crowd at a festival in Missouri on Saturday. #losers

A charter bus carrying 15 members of a church group ran off a highway after striking a bridge support Sunday in southern Colorado, killing two people and injuring several others, a state patrol official said.

The video's release comes less than a week after three US senators were reportedly briefed by the Pentagon about recent reports of UFO sightings by Navy pilots. One of those senators was Mark Warner (D-Va.), the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, whose spokesperson said: 'If naval pilots are running into unexplained interference in the air, that's a safety concern Senator Warner believes we need to get to the bottom of,' Politico reported. The briefing was delivered by the Navy and included staff from the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, it was also reported. It is understood that such briefings have been on the rise since it was revealed that the Pentagon's secretive Aerospace Threat Identification Program continues to investigate reported sightings of unknown aircraft. 👽 #UFO

A third body has been found in the rubble of a burned-out mobile home in California, bringing to five the number of dead in a shooting and fire that began during an argument at a golf course, authorities said. Santa Maria police identified Kurt Bracke, 70, and Richard Hanen, 78, as the victims who were fatally shot. Residents told The Santa Maria Times there had been a long-standing feud between the two men and the shooter that boiled over Friday at the golf course of the Casa Grande Mobile Estates in Santa Maria, a coastal city about 140 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The shooter has not been identified.

China says it will not allow Hong Kong demonstrations to be discussed at G20 summit as anti-extradition law protesters continue to swarm government offices

German police deal with threat of violence from Neo-Nazis by confiscating 7,000 pints of beer at far right festival. A court in eastern Germany ordered the alcohol to be removed from the 'Schild und Schwert Festival' which took place in Ostritz, on the German-Polish border, over the weekend. The high administrative court (OVG) in Bautzen, east of Dresden, ruled that alcohol could increase the likelihood of violence. 🤪 #facepalm

Invisible train! 😂 #facepalm

CNN's Anderson Cooper abruptly cuts to commercial after Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll calls rape 'sexy' during interview on her claims the President attacked her in a dressing room. 😂 #lol

Chicago police have released video footage related to Empire actor Jussie Smollett's alleged hate crime case where he claimed he was attacked by two men who launched racial and homophobic slurs at him and threw a noose around his neck. Some of the never-before-seen 69 hours of video released Monday include footage of Smollett walking with that noose dangling from his neck and asking police to turn off their body cameras. Smollett came under scrutiny after the alleged attack on January 29 around 2am after no surveillance video footage of the incident was found. Police later determined that he staged the attack and charged him with filing a false police report.👮🏻‍♂️

A second video released Monday shows the moment cops arrest the Osundairo brothers on February 14 on the tarmac at the Chicago O'Hare international airport after returning from a trip to Nigeria. During the arrest the two appear to be silent and cooperate with officers as they're escorted to a squad car and put their luggage inside. The two were initially charged with battery and then released without charge after confessing to their role in the hoax.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy embarked on its 'most difficult mission yet' this morning which saw the center core dramatically explode as it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Two side-boosters, being re-used for the second time, successfully landed. It was set to take off last night at 11:30pm ET Monday night (04:30 BST Tuesday) but was pushed back to 2:30am ET (07:30 BST). 🚀🔥 #losers

Shocking moment man accused of strangling his Tinder date, 24, to death with an extension cord slashed his throat in court after screaming that his 'accomplice' girlfriend is innocent, Wilber, Nebraska. 😱