Odd & Interesting

Watch: Ill. police have run-in with 'disorderly' squirrel

Caught on video: Police officers in McHenry, Illinois, had a recent run-in with a 'disorderly' squirrel.

Watch: Scores of vultures gather near MD shopping center

Scores of vultures perching near a Maryland shopping center are unnerving some customers of a grocery store and fast-food restaurant.

Moose wanders into Alaska hospital building

A moose wandered into a hospital building in Alaska’s largest city Monday — and Stephanie Hupton was ready to capture the visit with her phone camera.

Not for pick-up: Spilled chicken cause traffic problems

These chicken tenders aren’t for pick-up. An Alabama sheriff’s office is warning people against eating chicken that tumbled on to a rural highway after a truck wreck.

Firefighters, civilians rescue 86 puppies from pet store fire

Firefighters were joined by passers-by to rescue nearly 100 puppies from Connecticut pet store threatened by a fire.

Couple reunited with engagement ring dropped in sewer

Police in New York City say they helped a couple ring in the new year by reuniting them with their missing engagement ring.

New hearts forge new friendship for same-day triple transplant recipients

Two patients at University of Chicago Medicine have forged a friendship after each received a new heart. kidney and liver within 30 hours. (Jan. 4)

Watch: Officer rescues kitten from middle of Missouri highway

A Missouri police officer has a furry sidekick after making a rescue on an interstate highway.

California woman arrested for allegedly biting jogger

Authorities have arrested a woman they say bit a jogger who pepper-sprayed her dog at a San Francisco Bay Area park. Authorities have arrested a woman they say bit a jogger who pepper-sprayed her dog at a San Francisco Bay Area park.

Mugger attacks senior who was a kickboxing champ, loses TKO

Steve Shepherd, 68, was headed to his car last week when a mugger hit him in the head with a bottle and demanded his cellphone.

Stolen purple penguin statue returned to hotel museum

A large purple penguin statue that was swiped from a hotel in Oklahoma City apparently managed to waddle back home after police released surveillance ...

Man threatens to rob bank then strips to his underwear, awaiting arrest

Authorities are holding a man they say tried to rob a San Diego County bank, then told frightened customers to call 911, stripped to his underwear and awaited arrest.

Man accused of guitar thefts has 1 thing to say: ‘Go Eagles’

A Pennsylvania man accused of breaking into a music store and stealing guitars tells reporters he has one thing to say: “Go Eagles.”

Krispy Kreme delivers doughnuts to officers over pastry loss

Krispy Kreme has stepped in to comfort Kentucky police officers mourning the loss of a doughnut truck that caught fire.

Watch: Fire destroys historic upstate New York church

Aerial video shows fire destroying a 19th century church in upstate New York on Wednesday.

Watch: Cleaning up the sea

Greece is hauling rusting, abandoned ships out of the Gulf of Elefsina to stop them from leaking hazardous materials into the water. (AP Video/Srdjan Nedeljkovic)

Watch: Man tries to steal bike from police station

Ignoring a big sign and a surveillance camera, a man attempts to steal a bicycle from outside an Oregon police station. He doesn't get very far.

Florida deputies pull woman from submerged car

A Florida sheriff's dive team pulled a woman to safety early on New Year's Day after another driver cut her off on Interstate 4 and her vehicle wound up upside down in a muddy ravine.

Chinese spacecraft makes first landing on moon's far side

A Chinese spacecraft on Thursday made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon in the latest achievement for the country's growing space program.

Watch: Hundreds at Coney Island Polar Bear plunge

By the standards of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club, it was practically a day at the beach for participants in the annual New Year's Day dip in the ocean off New York City.

Spacecraft opens new year with flyby on solar system's edge

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft pulled off the most distant exploration of another world Tuesday, skimming past a tiny, icy object 4 billion miles from Earth that looks to be shaped like a bowling pin.

Watch: Leopard gets into police station in India, causes evacuations

A police compound in India was evacuated Sunday after a leopard made its way onto the grounds.

A year after being stolen, New Jersey man's dog is returned

A New Jersey man has been reunited with his dog, more than a year after the pooch was stolen from his car.

Odd offerings in sports in 2018: weird science, camels, soup

There was a soup thrower in the locker room. There was a tickler on the hockey rink. There were science deniers swallowing their hot air. There was a hint of doomsday on a golf course.

Armed standoff ends after SWAT member sings Christmas carol

Authorities say an armed man who held off SWAT members for 10 hours surrendered after one of them sang him a Christmas carol.

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