'It was a nightmare': John Wayne Bobbitt recalls the moment he woke up and realized that wife Lorena had chopped his penis off 😱 http://clc.am/gjHe8Q

Three are injured in mid-air turbulence over Texas as Storm Eboni causes flight delays across the US - after warnings that FOUR MILLION people could be stranded in blizzards 😱 http://clc.am/6K77Rw

Canadian citizen faces trial in China for smuggling 'an enormous amount of drugs' into the country amid ongoing tensions between Beijing and Ottawa http://clc.am/YG514g

More law enforcement officers — 144 — died in the line of duty in the United States in 2018 than in 2017, reversing a one-year decline, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. http://clc.am/feA65A

A partial government shutdown continued toward the end of its sixth day Thursday amid no signs that Congress and the White House are any closer to ending their standoff http://clc.am/ANgyfw

NASA's unmanned New Horizon spacecraft, now zooming into outer space beyond Pluto, will fly by a small space rock known as Ultima Thule on New Year's Day. http://clc.am/mJ3Pag

Migrants from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, walk next to the border fence as they prepare to cross it illegally, in Tijuana, Mexico.

50 cal #guns

GUN THREAT: A customer at a South Florida convenience store was allegedly so enraged by the price of cigarettes that he returned to the store waving a loaded rifle at the clerk. He is now facing an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge. #fools 😂 https://abcn.ws/2ESw1Gy

1974 S&W Model 27-2 8-3/8" #guns

Avalanche in Dagestan region, Russia. No injuries. #wow ❄️

'Despicable' moment British tourist attacks a bus driver with pepper spray in Sydney because he was told it was full and he'd have to catch the next one. #fools

Satellite images show how Indonesia's deadly Anak Krakatau volcano has been decimated by violent eruptions as the number injured in the tsunami leaps to over 7,000 #wow http://clc.am/oYRNOg

A van driver lost control of his vehicle on black ice on an unnamed road in Perthshire, Scotland, three people injured.

New York night sky bathed in eerie blue light after explosion at Con Edison electric plant, that brought the city to a halt for THREE bewildering minutes and grounded all flights at La Guardia airport #wow

Initial figures suggested that only 76 homes may have suffered a blackout as a result of the blast. #wow

The #NYPD then put the conspiracy theories to bed and confirmed that the blast had been caused by a power surge at the substation.

'The #NYPD and the FDNY are on scene at a Con Ed facility in Astoria where an apparent transformer explosion just lit up the sky over the city,' said Mayor Bill de Blasio. 'As soon as we have more information, we will share it.'

This perfectly-timed photo shows the split second moment a US Air Force jet created its own cloud - thanks to a rare combination of speed, temperature, humidity and pressure. #wow http://clc.am/w8Qhzw