The Less Serious Side of the News

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Sheriff's deputies called to remove a bobcat from inside a Colorado resident's living room attempted to get the animal to chase lasers, but the feline was "not impressed." 

A California resident captured video of a mother bear giving her cub a swimming lesson in a backyard pool. 

Pigeon pandemonium erupted on a Delta flight from Minnesota to Wisconsin when two birds took flight in the passenger cabin. 

Famed wax museum Madame Tussauds London unveiled its latest recreation of one of Britain's most beloved icons: a sausage roll from bakery chain Greggs. 

The action got an early start during the Detroit Tigers' game against the San Francisco Giants when a squirrel ran out onto the field at the start of the baseball game. 

Sheriff's deputies in Wisconsin engaged in a "brief hoof pursuit" with an escaped pig that ended with the porcine perpetrator being lassoed and reeled in using heavy machinery 

The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago confirmed one of its nyala antelopes briefly escaped from its enclosure before being safety returned. 

Police in New York warned drivers to avoid a stretch of highway after a tractor trailer covered the roadway in soybean powder. 

A Washington zoo's escaped East African crowned crane was safely returned to the facility after several days on the loose, including a brief time spent "hanging out with a group of great blue herons." 

Wildlife rescuers in South Africa said a "coordinated rescue plan is currently in action" to return a wandering elephant seal to the ocean after the animal made a surprise appearance in a suburban Cape Town neighborhood. 

An endurance swimmer spent 12 days swimming 59 miles around Martha's Vineyard, the filming location of the classic movie Jaws, to raise awareness for shark conservation. 

A Norwegian man was roused by a neighbor in the early morning and alerted to an unusual situation: a cargo ship was in his front yard. 

A cow was found alive on an Australian beach after being carried up to 11 miles by floodwaters. 

Give the Borg-Wiener Trophy at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to the Wienermobile affectionately known as Slaw Dog. 

A New York park is celebrating one of the city's most iconic animals  next month with Pigeon Fest, a day-long event featuring art exhibitions,  science demonstrations and the city's first Pigeon Impersonation  Pageant. 

Marine rescuers in North Carolina said they removed more than 1.5 pounds  of barnacles and other organisms from a stranded green sea turtle. 

A morning news anchor for a New York station went into labor in the  early morning -- and still anchored the morning show less than two hours  later. 

A zoo in Washington is asking nearby residents to be on the lookout for  an East African crowned crane that escaped from the facility. 

A kangaroo that made headlines last year when he escaped and went for a  hop around a Colorado town made a repeat appearance and was wrangled by  police. 

A mysterious beam of light seen in the night sky over Arizona and  neighboring states was likely caused by a Chinese rocket, an astronomer  said. 

Missouri wildlife officials are reminding residents to check under the hoods of their vehicles after a black rat snake poked out from the engine compartment of a Eugene resident's car.

Not quite a flying cow, but almost: Swiss authorities added livestock to the list of evacuees along with about 300 people moved out of a village threatened by a possible landslide from an  Alpine mountainside overhead. One puzzled bovine got a lift down by  helicopter. 

A pair of capybaras escaped from a private zoo in Poland and were rounded up by police with help from local residents.

A sheriff's deputy in North Carolina used a net to capture a small alligator found taking a relaxing swim in a pool.

Missouri wildlife officials are reminding residents to check under the hoods of their vehicles after a black rat snake poked out from the engine compartment of a Eugene resident's car.

A North Carolina woman found a 1938 class ring in the parking lot of a Starbucks and was able to return it to the original owner's granddaughter.

A pair of 10-year-old boys walking near a beach in Poland found a message in a bottle that turned out to be a handwritten love letter from 1959.

Guards in Costa Rica have intercepted an unusual prison drug delivery, catching a cat as it jumped over the periphery fence at night with marijuana and crack taped to its body.

A team of doctors and vets in Pakistan has developed a novel treatment for a pair of elephants suffering from tuberculosis that involves feeding them at least 400 pills a day.

A new trend is catching on among bored young male capuchins: kidnapping  baby howler monkeys, in what scientists say is the first time animals  have been recorded stealing another species' infants for no apparent  reason. 

Workers at a California wildlife center donned bear costumes to feed and care for a 2-month-old black bear cub. 

Authorities in Texas said a donkey was rescued from a lake, but managed  to escape from animal control officers and make its way to a highway. 

A 9-foot reticulated python found wandering loose in an Iowa resident's front yard has a new home in Illinois.



Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control said the python, dubbed Sir Hiss-a-Lot by rescuers, was found in a resident's front yard on the morning of May 12.

Officials said they were unsure whether Sir Hiss-a-Lot escaped from his home or was abandoned.

"We can't confirm for sure if the python was abandoned, as it's entirely possible that it may have escaped some type of enclosure," Anima

A man who tried to help a burglar cash in from the theft of a golden toilet valued at 4.74 million pounds ($6.4 million) was spared jail on Monday after a British judge said he had been taken advantage of by the thieves.

A video posted online of two orcas circling in an algae-infested pool in  southern France has brought a fresh wave of worldwide concern for  cetaceans Wikie, 24, and her 11-year-old calf Keijo. 

Stars in glamorous gowns often peacock on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, but one attendee Saturday night literally came as a bird. 

The mega-match features undisputed number one player Norwegian Magnus  Carlsen playing freestyle chess online against "the world". 

Municipal employees doing a routine inspection of a pipe underneath a  Florida road ended up capturing photos and video of a small alligator  "just chillin'" in the underground pipe. 

A cat, still with anesthesia in his system following surgery, escaped from a vet in Florida and made the nearly 3-mile trek home to his favorite chair. 

A South Carolina resort says it already has a record 161 people signed up to run an annual 5k race with an unusual twist: it's clothing-optional. 

A moose wandered up to the grass outside a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, and gave birth to a healthy calf. 

A Florida woman's unusual friendship with a manatee that repeatedly approached her paddleboard has gone viral after she posted videos of the encounters to TikTok. 

Police in Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a bronze statue of U.S. first lady Melania Trump that was sawed off and carried away from her hometown.  

In 2023, a departing train in Paris ran over a cat that had escaped from  a traveller's bag, in a case that caused an uproar in France. 

Police investigating the "theft" of a trail camera in New Hampshire reviewed recorded footage and identified the suspect -- a bear.

Rattlesnake wranglers in Arizona shared a photo of a "weird" snake they came across in the backyard of a Scottsdale home.

Thai police have arrested a man suspected of smuggling two baby orangutans into the kingdom, they said Thursday, in a case linked to an international wildlife trafficking network.

Harvard Law School Library bought what it thought was a stained and  faded copy of the document from London book dealers Sweet & Maxwell  in 1946 for 27 dollars and 50 cents. 

A traffic monitoring camera in a Swiss town was triggered by a fast-flying duck breaking the speed limit -- seven years to the day after the same thing happened in the same spot at the same speed.

A Florida sheriff's office said an alligator found "knocking on doors" in a Lee County neighborhood was captured after getting stuck in a folding chair.

An escaped dog wandered into a neighbor's yard in New Jersey's Mercer County and took a swim in the pool -- but ended up needing help to get out

Early-morning commuters on an Oklahoma City highway faced delays Tuesday when an escaped cow wandered into the eastbound lanes. 

Visitors to the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio captured video when a  trio of alpacas escaped from the petting zoo and took a self-guided  tour of the park. 

A Houston woman celebrated her cat's 15th birthday with a quinceañera  that went viral online and ended up saving a local animal rescue group. 

The unofficial national fruit of New Zealand isn’t native to the country – it’s South American. It isn’t exclusively  found in New Zealand. And it’s not, perhaps surprisingly, the kiwi.  It’s the feijoa. 

Starbucks in South Korea has banned customers from using the names of the country's presidential candidates -- or the disgraced ex-president -- for their orders, the coffee giant told AFP on Wednesday.

A New Zealand cyclist competing in Europe's Giro d'Italia had a near brush with disaster when a stray goat collided with his leg and back wheel -- and the moment was caught on camera.

San Francisco Animal Care and Control officers were called out to Chase Center to rescue a family of three baby raccoons found stuck in a wall.

A zoo in eastern China is asking for the public's help to locate an escaped capybara that has been on the loose for more than 40 days.

Astronomy experts in Western Australia said a bright green light that illuminated the early morning sky over the state was actually "one hell of a meteor."

The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is perhaps the most rigidly controlled red carpet in the world. Now, the festival has added a new stipulation: no nudity.

When Pope Leo XIV dined out as a bishop in the Peruvian town of Chiclayo, his appetite was big and his tips came in the form of blessings rather than cash, staff recall.

In the small Peruvian town of Eten, the faithful flock every year to celebrate an apparent 17th century miracle featuring images of the child Jesus, a sacred phenomenon not yet recognized by the Vatican.

Firefighters and police responded to a beach on the South Side of Chicago to rescue a dog stranded on a rock in Lake Michigan.Firefighters and police responded to a beach on the South Side of Chicago to rescue a dog stranded on a rock in Lake Michigan.

An animal control officer in Pennsylvania came to the rescue of a stowaway cat found crying under the hood of a state senator's vehicle.

A mother and son are celebrating the run-up to Mother's Day by walking across the stage Friday to accept their master's degrees from Texas Christian University

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself.

https://apnews.com/article/top-baby-names-us-social-security-ranking-fd0c6083735036edb24e720c4dff5b83" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Liam and Olivia dominate. Still.
The two names have, for a sixth year together, topped the list of names for babies born in the U.S. in 2024.

Authorities in a Texas town are trying to determine the origins of a flock of sheep found wandering loose near an elementary school.

The Jamaica Defense Force said an escaped animal initially reported to be a tiger cub is actually an ocelot, a wildcat native to the Americas and Caribbean islands.

An Ohio beekeeper received an alert from his surveillance cameras that showed his apiary being raided by another local resident: a bear.

The vast number of sheep in New Zealand relative to the country’s scant human population has long been the  subject of jokes aimed at New Zealanders abroad. It’s true: The country  is one of a handful in the world that’s still home to more sheep than  people. 

For decades, long-suffering Chicago White Sox fans grumbled that it would take divine intervention for their baseball team to succeed. Now they have the holiest of supporters in their corner: Pope Leo XIV.

A Michigan woman whose cat disappeared in 2022 was reunited with her beloved pet when he turned up three years later outside a McDonald's 10 miles from home.

Authorities in Florida said a kangaroo caught on camera hopping down the middle of an Osceola County road has been captured, but its origins remain a mystery.

A home security camera in Colorado captured the moment a bear opened the door to a parked car and climbed inside to root around for food.

Reptile wranglers in Florida said they believe they set a new local record for the Miami area when they removed 98 iguana eggs from a single yard.

The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time, the country’s conservation agency said Wednesday.

Forget feathers, fringe and sparkles. But if bold and brash colour is your thing, look no further than the conclave at the Vatican.

A Kentucky woman said her young son was playing with her phone during the weekend and secretly placed an Amazon order for 70,000 Dum-Dum lollipops -- a total purchase of about $4,200.

A Florida resident captured video when she came across something unusual -- a kangaroo hopping down the middle of a road.

A peacock that wandered away from his home at Tennessee's Chattanooga Zoo was found in a nearby resident's backyard the following day, officials said.

Pennsylvania State Police troopers became amateur bird wranglers when a large emu escaped from a trailer and hit the highway.

Donald Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz was mocked online Monday by people who suggested the US president got the idea from watching TV.

Sixty-two years ago, Audrey Backeberg disappeared from a small city in south-central Wisconsin after reportedly hitchhiking with her family’s babysitter and catching a bus to Indianapolis.

Librarians at the University of Oxford's Lady Margaret Hall college said "all is forgiven" after a former student returned three books that were 20 years overdue.

The Washington State Patrol said two drivers were caught using dummies to illegally drive in carpool lanes in the space of just a few days.

A security camera on a street in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, captured the moment a wandering bull took a parked scooter for a spin.

A Minor League Baseball game in Missouri was delayed when a pair of ducks decided to land on the field and go for a walk during the bottom of the fourth inning.

Kids dressed as real and fantasy heroes, drummers pounding a beat and sweet treats offered to powerful gods -- thousands of visitors poured onto a small island in Hong Kong for its annual Bun Festival on Monday.

Employees at a Norwegian fruit distributor had their eyes peeled when they discovered a packet of cocaine in a box of bananas, alerting customs officials who found a stash of 147 kilos, they said Monday.

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu addressed a press conference for  nearly 15 hours, his office said on Sunday, claiming it broke a previous  record held by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. 

It didn’t begin a long time ago or in a galaxy far far away, but every  May 4 it feels like images, memes and promotional deals involving “Star  Wars” have an inescapable gravity. 

Backcountry runners are embracing the physical and emotional challenge  of racing with pack burros that don’t always move at their pace. 

A  slab of Brooklyn wall that the artist Banksy emblazoned with a  bandaged, heart-shaped balloon is emerging after more than a decade in  storage.  

Many Australians arriving at polling places on Saturday followed their civic duty by eating what’s become known as a  democracy sausage, a cultural tradition as Aussie as koalas and  Vegemite, and for some just as important as casting their vote. 

Sheriff's deputies called to remove a bobcat from inside a Colorado resident's living room attempted to get the animal to chase lasers, but the feline was "not impressed." 

A California resident captured video of a mother bear giving her cub a swimming lesson in a backyard pool. 

Pigeon pandemonium erupted on a Delta flight from Minnesota to Wisconsin when two birds took flight in the passenger cabin. 

Famed wax museum Madame Tussauds London unveiled its latest recreation of one of Britain's most beloved icons: a sausage roll from bakery chain Greggs. 

The action got an early start during the Detroit Tigers' game against the San Francisco Giants when a squirrel ran out onto the field at the start of the baseball game. 

Sheriff's deputies in Wisconsin engaged in a "brief hoof pursuit" with an escaped pig that ended with the porcine perpetrator being lassoed and reeled in using heavy machinery 

The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago confirmed one of its nyala antelopes briefly escaped from its enclosure before being safety returned. 

Police in New York warned drivers to avoid a stretch of highway after a tractor trailer covered the roadway in soybean powder. 

A Washington zoo's escaped East African crowned crane was safely returned to the facility after several days on the loose, including a brief time spent "hanging out with a group of great blue herons." 

Wildlife rescuers in South Africa said a "coordinated rescue plan is currently in action" to return a wandering elephant seal to the ocean after the animal made a surprise appearance in a suburban Cape Town neighborhood. 

An endurance swimmer spent 12 days swimming 59 miles around Martha's Vineyard, the filming location of the classic movie Jaws, to raise awareness for shark conservation. 

A Norwegian man was roused by a neighbor in the early morning and alerted to an unusual situation: a cargo ship was in his front yard. 

A cow was found alive on an Australian beach after being carried up to 11 miles by floodwaters. 

Give the Borg-Wiener Trophy at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to the Wienermobile affectionately known as Slaw Dog. 

A New York park is celebrating one of the city's most iconic animals  next month with Pigeon Fest, a day-long event featuring art exhibitions,  science demonstrations and the city's first Pigeon Impersonation  Pageant. 

Marine rescuers in North Carolina said they removed more than 1.5 pounds  of barnacles and other organisms from a stranded green sea turtle. 

A morning news anchor for a New York station went into labor in the  early morning -- and still anchored the morning show less than two hours  later. 

A zoo in Washington is asking nearby residents to be on the lookout for  an East African crowned crane that escaped from the facility. 

A kangaroo that made headlines last year when he escaped and went for a  hop around a Colorado town made a repeat appearance and was wrangled by  police. 

A mysterious beam of light seen in the night sky over Arizona and  neighboring states was likely caused by a Chinese rocket, an astronomer  said. 

Missouri wildlife officials are reminding residents to check under the hoods of their vehicles after a black rat snake poked out from the engine compartment of a Eugene resident's car.

Not quite a flying cow, but almost: Swiss authorities added livestock to the list of evacuees along with about 300 people moved out of a village threatened by a possible landslide from an  Alpine mountainside overhead. One puzzled bovine got a lift down by  helicopter. 

A pair of capybaras escaped from a private zoo in Poland and were rounded up by police with help from local residents.

A sheriff's deputy in North Carolina used a net to capture a small alligator found taking a relaxing swim in a pool.

Missouri wildlife officials are reminding residents to check under the hoods of their vehicles after a black rat snake poked out from the engine compartment of a Eugene resident's car.

A North Carolina woman found a 1938 class ring in the parking lot of a Starbucks and was able to return it to the original owner's granddaughter.

A pair of 10-year-old boys walking near a beach in Poland found a message in a bottle that turned out to be a handwritten love letter from 1959.

Guards in Costa Rica have intercepted an unusual prison drug delivery, catching a cat as it jumped over the periphery fence at night with marijuana and crack taped to its body.

A team of doctors and vets in Pakistan has developed a novel treatment for a pair of elephants suffering from tuberculosis that involves feeding them at least 400 pills a day.

A new trend is catching on among bored young male capuchins: kidnapping  baby howler monkeys, in what scientists say is the first time animals  have been recorded stealing another species' infants for no apparent  reason. 

Workers at a California wildlife center donned bear costumes to feed and care for a 2-month-old black bear cub. 

Authorities in Texas said a donkey was rescued from a lake, but managed  to escape from animal control officers and make its way to a highway. 

A 9-foot reticulated python found wandering loose in an Iowa resident's front yard has a new home in Illinois.



Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control said the python, dubbed Sir Hiss-a-Lot by rescuers, was found in a resident's front yard on the morning of May 12.

Officials said they were unsure whether Sir Hiss-a-Lot escaped from his home or was abandoned.

"We can't confirm for sure if the python was abandoned, as it's entirely possible that it may have escaped some type of enclosure," Anima

A man who tried to help a burglar cash in from the theft of a golden toilet valued at 4.74 million pounds ($6.4 million) was spared jail on Monday after a British judge said he had been taken advantage of by the thieves.

A video posted online of two orcas circling in an algae-infested pool in  southern France has brought a fresh wave of worldwide concern for  cetaceans Wikie, 24, and her 11-year-old calf Keijo. 

Stars in glamorous gowns often peacock on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, but one attendee Saturday night literally came as a bird. 

The mega-match features undisputed number one player Norwegian Magnus  Carlsen playing freestyle chess online against "the world". 

Municipal employees doing a routine inspection of a pipe underneath a  Florida road ended up capturing photos and video of a small alligator  "just chillin'" in the underground pipe. 

A cat, still with anesthesia in his system following surgery, escaped from a vet in Florida and made the nearly 3-mile trek home to his favorite chair. 

A South Carolina resort says it already has a record 161 people signed up to run an annual 5k race with an unusual twist: it's clothing-optional. 

A moose wandered up to the grass outside a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, and gave birth to a healthy calf. 

A Florida woman's unusual friendship with a manatee that repeatedly approached her paddleboard has gone viral after she posted videos of the encounters to TikTok. 

Police in Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a bronze statue of U.S. first lady Melania Trump that was sawed off and carried away from her hometown.  

In 2023, a departing train in Paris ran over a cat that had escaped from  a traveller's bag, in a case that caused an uproar in France. 

Police investigating the "theft" of a trail camera in New Hampshire reviewed recorded footage and identified the suspect -- a bear.

Rattlesnake wranglers in Arizona shared a photo of a "weird" snake they came across in the backyard of a Scottsdale home.

Thai police have arrested a man suspected of smuggling two baby orangutans into the kingdom, they said Thursday, in a case linked to an international wildlife trafficking network.

Harvard Law School Library bought what it thought was a stained and  faded copy of the document from London book dealers Sweet & Maxwell  in 1946 for 27 dollars and 50 cents. 

A traffic monitoring camera in a Swiss town was triggered by a fast-flying duck breaking the speed limit -- seven years to the day after the same thing happened in the same spot at the same speed.

A Florida sheriff's office said an alligator found "knocking on doors" in a Lee County neighborhood was captured after getting stuck in a folding chair.

An escaped dog wandered into a neighbor's yard in New Jersey's Mercer County and took a swim in the pool -- but ended up needing help to get out

Early-morning commuters on an Oklahoma City highway faced delays Tuesday when an escaped cow wandered into the eastbound lanes. 

Visitors to the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio captured video when a  trio of alpacas escaped from the petting zoo and took a self-guided  tour of the park. 

A Houston woman celebrated her cat's 15th birthday with a quinceañera  that went viral online and ended up saving a local animal rescue group. 

The unofficial national fruit of New Zealand isn’t native to the country – it’s South American. It isn’t exclusively  found in New Zealand. And it’s not, perhaps surprisingly, the kiwi.  It’s the feijoa. 

Starbucks in South Korea has banned customers from using the names of the country's presidential candidates -- or the disgraced ex-president -- for their orders, the coffee giant told AFP on Wednesday.

A New Zealand cyclist competing in Europe's Giro d'Italia had a near brush with disaster when a stray goat collided with his leg and back wheel -- and the moment was caught on camera.

San Francisco Animal Care and Control officers were called out to Chase Center to rescue a family of three baby raccoons found stuck in a wall.

A zoo in eastern China is asking for the public's help to locate an escaped capybara that has been on the loose for more than 40 days.

Astronomy experts in Western Australia said a bright green light that illuminated the early morning sky over the state was actually "one hell of a meteor."

The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is perhaps the most rigidly controlled red carpet in the world. Now, the festival has added a new stipulation: no nudity.

When Pope Leo XIV dined out as a bishop in the Peruvian town of Chiclayo, his appetite was big and his tips came in the form of blessings rather than cash, staff recall.

In the small Peruvian town of Eten, the faithful flock every year to celebrate an apparent 17th century miracle featuring images of the child Jesus, a sacred phenomenon not yet recognized by the Vatican.

Firefighters and police responded to a beach on the South Side of Chicago to rescue a dog stranded on a rock in Lake Michigan.Firefighters and police responded to a beach on the South Side of Chicago to rescue a dog stranded on a rock in Lake Michigan.

An animal control officer in Pennsylvania came to the rescue of a stowaway cat found crying under the hood of a state senator's vehicle.

A mother and son are celebrating the run-up to Mother's Day by walking across the stage Friday to accept their master's degrees from Texas Christian University

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself.

https://apnews.com/article/top-baby-names-us-social-security-ranking-fd0c6083735036edb24e720c4dff5b83" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Liam and Olivia dominate. Still.
The two names have, for a sixth year together, topped the list of names for babies born in the U.S. in 2024.

Authorities in a Texas town are trying to determine the origins of a flock of sheep found wandering loose near an elementary school.

The Jamaica Defense Force said an escaped animal initially reported to be a tiger cub is actually an ocelot, a wildcat native to the Americas and Caribbean islands.

An Ohio beekeeper received an alert from his surveillance cameras that showed his apiary being raided by another local resident: a bear.

The vast number of sheep in New Zealand relative to the country’s scant human population has long been the  subject of jokes aimed at New Zealanders abroad. It’s true: The country  is one of a handful in the world that’s still home to more sheep than  people. 

For decades, long-suffering Chicago White Sox fans grumbled that it would take divine intervention for their baseball team to succeed. Now they have the holiest of supporters in their corner: Pope Leo XIV.

A Michigan woman whose cat disappeared in 2022 was reunited with her beloved pet when he turned up three years later outside a McDonald's 10 miles from home.

Authorities in Florida said a kangaroo caught on camera hopping down the middle of an Osceola County road has been captured, but its origins remain a mystery.

A home security camera in Colorado captured the moment a bear opened the door to a parked car and climbed inside to root around for food.

Reptile wranglers in Florida said they believe they set a new local record for the Miami area when they removed 98 iguana eggs from a single yard.

The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time, the country’s conservation agency said Wednesday.

Forget feathers, fringe and sparkles. But if bold and brash colour is your thing, look no further than the conclave at the Vatican.

A Kentucky woman said her young son was playing with her phone during the weekend and secretly placed an Amazon order for 70,000 Dum-Dum lollipops -- a total purchase of about $4,200.

A Florida resident captured video when she came across something unusual -- a kangaroo hopping down the middle of a road.

A peacock that wandered away from his home at Tennessee's Chattanooga Zoo was found in a nearby resident's backyard the following day, officials said.

Pennsylvania State Police troopers became amateur bird wranglers when a large emu escaped from a trailer and hit the highway.

Donald Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz was mocked online Monday by people who suggested the US president got the idea from watching TV.

Sixty-two years ago, Audrey Backeberg disappeared from a small city in south-central Wisconsin after reportedly hitchhiking with her family’s babysitter and catching a bus to Indianapolis.

Librarians at the University of Oxford's Lady Margaret Hall college said "all is forgiven" after a former student returned three books that were 20 years overdue.

The Washington State Patrol said two drivers were caught using dummies to illegally drive in carpool lanes in the space of just a few days.

A security camera on a street in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, captured the moment a wandering bull took a parked scooter for a spin.

A Minor League Baseball game in Missouri was delayed when a pair of ducks decided to land on the field and go for a walk during the bottom of the fourth inning.

Kids dressed as real and fantasy heroes, drummers pounding a beat and sweet treats offered to powerful gods -- thousands of visitors poured onto a small island in Hong Kong for its annual Bun Festival on Monday.

Employees at a Norwegian fruit distributor had their eyes peeled when they discovered a packet of cocaine in a box of bananas, alerting customs officials who found a stash of 147 kilos, they said Monday.

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu addressed a press conference for  nearly 15 hours, his office said on Sunday, claiming it broke a previous  record held by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. 

It didn’t begin a long time ago or in a galaxy far far away, but every  May 4 it feels like images, memes and promotional deals involving “Star  Wars” have an inescapable gravity. 

Backcountry runners are embracing the physical and emotional challenge  of racing with pack burros that don’t always move at their pace. 

A  slab of Brooklyn wall that the artist Banksy emblazoned with a  bandaged, heart-shaped balloon is emerging after more than a decade in  storage.  

Many Australians arriving at polling places on Saturday followed their civic duty by eating what’s become known as a  democracy sausage, a cultural tradition as Aussie as koalas and  Vegemite, and for some just as important as casting their vote.