Eyes to the sky: The Quadrantid meteor shower will brighten the night sky early Friday #wow http://clc.am/iWg2JQ

President Donald Trump seemed to misstate the former Soviet Union's involvement in Afghanistan on Wednesday with a convoluted account that sparked ridicule on Twitter.

"Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan," Trump said during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. "The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They were right to be there." http://clc.am/m-H19g

A homeless Clearwater man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting two fast food clerks in a fight over straws, then trying to rob a gas station down the street.

Footage recorded by another customer shows a man -- later identified by police as Daniel Taylor -- reaching across the counter of a McDonald’s on 34th Street South in St. Pete on New Year’s Eve. He grabs a young female clerk by the collar and pulls her over to him, but she lands several blows to his face and arms before another employee separates them. #fools

Channel migrant crisis descends deeper into farce as Sajid Javid and Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson ‘row about which department will fund £20k-a-day navy patrol’ http://clc.am/ynjy7Q

Chinese spacecraft becomes first EVER to touch down on 'dark' side of the moon as it transmits never-before-seen 'close-range' images after making historic landing #wow #science http://clc.am/06LDeA

Two men duke it out in the middle of a busy Sydney road after heated road rage row #fools 😂

'What the hell is that...It looks like fire in the sky': South Carolina woman posts footage of a UFO hovering over her home in paranormal hotspot #wow http://clc.am/3Fk2Ig

Pictured, China's railgun: Hypersonic superweapon capable of striking targets 125 miles away is spotted on warship #wow http://clc.am/E_HSyA

Brute husband is exposed after footage of him viciously attacking his wife in an elevator and throwing beer over her is discovered by apartment caretaker in Brazil #fools 😱

Horrifying moment helicopter suddenly spins out of control and crash lands killing pedestrian at Brazilian beach resort as pilot and passengers escape with minor injuries 😱

LamborTEENY! Sports car slides under carpark barrier saving its owner money
#LMAO 🤣🤣😭

Crime and grime: Captivating images show New Yorkers riding graffiti-covered subway cars in the 1970s and 1980s when there were 250 felonies a WEEK on the trains #history http://clc.am/8VS3VA

Bossy bird puts dog in a flap as it chases it around kitchen floor #funny 😂

Police in South Florida have released video of a violent attack on a female hotel clerk who was choked at gunpoint, while he demanded she open the safe and the cash register. The disturbing incident unfolded during the clerk's overnight shift at the Woodspring Suites in Davie on December 22. Fortunately the suspect was scared away by two hotel guests that walked in on the incident. It was about 4am when a hoodie-wearing man brandishing a gun, circled right, jumped over the front desk and grabbed the clerk, covering her mouth with one hand. #wanted

Horrifying video footage shows two Georgia teen friends playing with guns before one accidentally kills the other and then shoots himself dead as police approach #fools

Bodycam Captures Chicago Police #Shooting Armed Man After Chase 🔫👮🏼‍♀️

A police-involved shooting that left a man wounded in the neck on the South Side Wednesday night is under investigation. Police said the shooting happened during an altercation and the man shot by police is hospitalized in serious condition. Police chased him into an apartment building in the East Chatham neighborhood. At ground 7 p.m. Wednesday, police said they saw an armed man in a crowd of people near 79th Street and Drexel Avenue, so police chased after him when he ran away. A group of about three officers followed the man into the third floor of an apartment building nearby, where they struggled according to authorities. One officer fired one shot. The man did not return fire. The events unfolded as children went door-to-door trick-or-treating with their parents. "He ran into the building to third floor where he pushed his way in," said Chicago Police Patrol Chief Fred Waller.

"Officers followed behind him. A struggle, a brief struggle, ensued there. He continued to run out of that building and that's when he was shot." Waller said the man was shot inside the building and outside the apartment. "Children have been walking down this street all day and all evening trick-or-treating," said Tou're Simpson, who lives nearby. "It's just too bad. It's a shame. Really it is." Officers recovered a 9 millimeter weapon with an extended clip, releasing a picture of it. Family members that the man who was shot is 23 years old and is the father of two young children, a baby and a 2-year-old. They are questioning if the use of force was justified. Meanwhile, the officer has been put on administrative duty for 30 days, pending the outcome of an independent investigation.

Meanwhile in Russia... #wow 🐯😂

'He shunned pretty women': How Marine vet 'spy' aroused suspicion of Russian intelligence and was 'caught red-handed in Moscow hotel room with flash drive containing names of Russian secret agents' http://clc.am/5HbftQ

The CCTV clip, filmed in Shangrao, China, captures the young pair as they are knocked from a bicycle and trapped beneath a lorry as it travels down a busy road. The lorry continues along the road for more than 30 feet before coming to a stop with the pair still stuck underneath. Miraculously, one of the two boys can be seen crawling out from beneath the cabin with minor injuries moments later. #wow