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Long Island mansion in 'Great Gatsby' town heads to auction — here's the minimum bid
October 24, 2024 | 9:00amThe six-bedroom, 4,623-square-foot home at 27 Astor Lane in Sands Point boasts 200 feet on the beach and a giant corkscrew slide that doubles as a fire escape.
Giant 40-foot slide that went viral for its bumpy rides reopens after being closed for two years over safety concerns
July 20, 2024 | 12:46pmThe six-lane slide at Belle Isle Park in Detroit, MI, which went viral after videos emerged showing riders bouncing along its ramp, reopened Friday.
Here's why only women are banned from this 'extreme' waterslide
June 25, 2024 | 6:02pmIn recent years, there have been reports of women being “ripped apart” by high-speed water slides, prompting a string of parks to only allow men to use certain rides.
Disney sued over ‘painful wedgie’ rider suffered on waterslide
September 28, 2023 | 11:51pmA woman is suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, claiming she was seriously injured by the “painful wedgie” she suffered on the Humunga Kowabunga waterslide at Typhoon Lagoon in 2019.
Cop violently launched off massive park slide in viral video
August 1, 2023 | 8:55pmA Boston police officer was injured after he was taking a violent ride down a giant metal slide at City Hall Plaza.
Slide into savings and flip out for summer with these 21 trendy men's sandals
July 24, 2023 | 2:34pmSlide into summer with style.
TikToker goes viral after getting stuck in Malaysian water slide
June 18, 2023 | 2:33pmThe TikTok, which has been viewed nearly 43 million times, shows the man — who goes by Jami — with his arms crossed as the trap door he's standing on...
Children burned on Massachusetts playground after slides doused with acid
June 13, 2023 | 1:55pmSomeone had poured stolen muriatic acid onto three slides at the playground in Bliss Park in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
'Dangerous' Giant Slide reopens but is still a bruising ride: 'It hurt'
August 26, 2022 | 8:16pm“It’s like jumping off a roof,” sang Detroit rapper Gerald Allen, who performs as Gmac Cash. “Man, you can lose a tooth.”
Michigan park's Giant Slide goes viral after speed concerns
August 24, 2022 | 4:00pmThe Giant Slide was closed at Belle Isle Park in Michigan due to its potentially dangerous speed for riders and then later reopened.
Australian community calls for removal of slide that's led to multiple broken bones
August 12, 2022 | 9:37pmA community is calling for the removal of a “potentially fatal” slide that has caused more than 40 injuries to young children.
These houses with water slides certainly make a splash
August 14, 2019 | 7:51pmThis summer may be mild, but that shouldn’t stop you from getting wet and wild. Three on-the-market homes in the tri-state area include thrilling water slides for their new owners...
British tourist ‘may never walk again’ after snapping neck on water slide
July 16, 2019 | 10:29pmA British tourist faces being paralyzed for life after he broke his neck on a water slide in Spain. David Briffaut, 23, snapped two vertebrae in his neck in a...
Spanish town shuts dangerous slide after one day
May 17, 2019 | 9:00amA 125-foot slide in Estepona, Spain, was closed after only one day due to multiple injuries. The slide was created by town officials to provide a quicker travel route between...
Spain's 125-foot slide forced to close day after opening due to injuries
May 13, 2019 | 4:04pmThis thrill was apparently too much to handle. A 125-foot slide that links two streets in a southern Spanish town was forced to close a day after opening on Thursday...
Grandpa's slide does not pass the safety test
November 2, 2017 | 7:00amSteve, a grandfather in Pocono Lake, Pennsylvania, proved his granddaughter right with this epic playground fail. The 60-year-old toppled over inside the new slide he had just built for her....