Lottery lightning strikes twice: Idaho woman wins two lotto jackpots in two days
One woman won $200,000 from a lotto scratch-off ticket on Friday -- then won $300,000 from a different ticket the very next day.
'Cookie Monster' gemstone found in Brazil goes viral
A geologist recently discovered a gemstone in Brazil that looks just like Cookie Monster from "Sesame Street." The scientist said he's been offered $10,000 for the rare rock.
Bernie Sanders' mittens meme merch helped raise $1.8M for charity
Sen. Bernie Sanders capitalized on his viral mittens meme and put it in merchandise which then raised millions of dollars for charity.
Woman mistakes 'poppers' for candy, burns mouth and cracks tooth after eating some
A woman says she mistook a small box of firework poppers for popping candy. When she tried to eat a handful of the poppers, she reportedly suffered burns to her mouth.
Racing pigeon that traveled 8,000 miles from Oregon to Australia set to be euthanized
A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 8,000-mile Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to find a new home in Australia.
Helicopter drops huge A/C unit onto Oakland street
A huge industrial air conditioning unit crashed onto a downtown Oakland, California, street seconds after it was lifted by a helicopter.
Teacher sprayed student with disinfectant after mask dispute, police say
A Largo High School teacher was arrested Wednesday after allegedly spraying a student with disinfectant because the teen was not wearing a COVID mask properly.
Man allegedly pulls gun over lack of masks at fitness club
A Twin Cities-area man accused of pointing a gun at a fitness club manager after complaining that members were exercising without masks was charged Monday with assault with a dangerous weapon.
Monolith appears in Wauwatosa's County Grounds Park
While these tall, usually metal structures have appeared in desert canyons, California hilltops and even northern Romania, according to Twitter, it seems another has appeared in Wauwatosa's County Grounds Park.
Sick of 2020? This hotline allows people to scream and hang up
After an incredibly difficult and challenging year, many have the urge to let out their frustrations — and sometimes a simple scream is all that is needed to feel better.
Nursing home residents go holiday ‘deer hunting’
Residents at a nursing home in Ohio went “deer hunting” for the holidays.
2 mischievous goats eat cookies meant for Santa
A pair of mischievous goats stole Santa’s cookies.
‘Cocoa Cola’: Pepsi to release hot chocolate-flavored soda in 2021
The people have spoken: Pepsi will be dropping its hot chocolate-flavored “Cocoa Cola” in 2021.
Man climbs onto commercial jet wing at Las Vegas airport, falls and gets arrested, videos show
Las Vegas police arrested a man who they said they found clinging to the wing of an Alaska Airlines jet on the tarmac Saturday afternoon, according to local reports.
Woman reportedly returned $3K engagement ring because it's too 'cheap'
It seems the rules for how much to spend on an engagement ring aren’t dead yet -- at least to some.
Rare, Mandarin duck spotted in Ohio park
The photographer said that he has been interested in photography for a while, but just picked up wildlife photography about five years ago.
Precious painting lost in airport found in dumpster
A surrealist painting worth more than a quarter-million dollars forgotten at an airport in Germany has been recovered from a nearby dumpster.
Tennessee baby born from embryo frozen more than 27 years ago
Molly Everette Gibson was born in October 2020 from an embryo that had been frozen and stored since 1992.
Mysterious monolith 'disappears' from Romanian hillside days after discovery
A monolith that went viral after appearing on a Romanian hillside mysteriously has “disappeared.”
Instagram user says he witnessed group dismantle mysterious silver monolith in Utah
Authorities in Utah said they wouldn’t be opening a major investigation into the mysterious monolith’s disappearance — but the mystery of where it went may have been solved.