Iconic Old West tumbleweeds roll in and blanket parts of suburban Salt Lake City
The gnarled icon of the Old West — ominously featured in movies as gunslingers square off on dusty streets and townsfolk shake behind curtained windows — rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling...
View ArticleIllegally imported goose intestines hidden under rattlesnakes, federal...
NEW YORK (AP) — Six people were arrested in New York on Tuesday on charges of illegally importing goose and duck intestines from China, in some cases by hiding them under packaged rattlesnakes or...
View ArticleBest cameo? Best hat? Ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards, AP hands out its own...
The Academy Awards honor many things in movies but not some of the most important. Ahead of Sunday’s Oscars, AP Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle make selections for their own awards — some...
View ArticleLuck strikes twice for Kentucky couple who lost, then found, winning lottery...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Luck struck twice for a Kentucky couple who thought they lost a winning Powerball ticket. The Bowling Green couple found out in November that they had won $50,000 but couldn't...
View Article4 are charged with concealing a corpse, evidence tampering in Long Island...
BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — Four people were charged Wednesday with concealing a human corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with the discovery of body parts in parks on Long Island. The four —...
View ArticleBellagio resumes Vegas Strip fountain show after rare loon from the north...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A visit from a rare, fine-feathered tourist on the Las Vegas Strip interrupted a hotel-casino's prominent water show before wildlife biologists captured the yellow-billed loon and...
View ArticleWayward 450-pound pig named Kevin Bacon hams it up for home security camera
In Hollywood, actor Kevin Bacon is a big star. In Wisconsin's Kenosha County, Kevin Bacon is one big pig! The 450-pound porker wandered from his pen last week then moseyed on down the road, where he...
View ArticleRare 2-faced calf born last month at a Louisiana farm is flourishing despite...
ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — A rare calf born with two faces — four eyes, two noses, two mouths and two ears — continued to flourish Thursday, eight days after its birth at a southwest Louisiana farm. The...
View ArticleWhat do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky skijoring
LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Nick Burri clicks into his ski bindings, squats to stretch his knees and scans the snowy race course. Moments later, he's zipping past a series of gates at high speed and...
View ArticleWeather beatdown leaves towering Maine landmark surrounded by crime scene tape
SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — Crime scene tape surrounds the Skowhegan Indian, a local landmark in Maine, after an assault by Mother Nature. The towering wooden sculpture is missing part of its face and...
View ArticleBelgium's Euro 2024 alternate jersey is leaked. Is it a tribute to...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Some Belgium soccer players in the European Championship this summer could resemble a world famous reporter. Belgium's Euro 2024 alternate jersey is a tribute to Tintin, the intrepid...
View ArticleMan bitten by a crocodile after falling off his boat at a Florida Everglades...
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — A man visiting the Florida Everglades is recovering after being bitten by a crocodile after falling off a boat, officials said. The attack occurred Sunday afternoon at the...
View ArticleDouble-swiping the rewards card led to free gas for months — and a felony...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska woman allegedly found a lucrative quirk at a gas station pump — double-swipe the rewards card and get free gas! Unfortunately for her, you can't do that, prosecutors...
View ArticleStaff at a Virginia wildlife center pretend to be red foxes as they care for...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Employees of the Richmond Wildlife Center in Virginia are doing their best to act like mother foxes as they feed and care for an orphaned kit that found her way into their care....
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People scramble for cash floating around after open safe found on roadside,...
KNIGHTDALE, N.C. (WNCN) -- Law enforcement stopped traffic just east of Knightdale Tuesday afternoon after a safe was found on the side of a road, according to the Knightdale Police Department. Just...
View ArticleRats are high on marijuana evidence at an infested police building, New...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rats have gotten into confiscated pot at New Orleans' aging police headquarters, munching the evidence as the building is taken over by mold and cockroaches, said the city's police...
View ArticleTrader Joe's $3 mini totes went viral on TikTok. Now, they're reselling for...
NEW YORK (AP) — Trader Joe’s mini canvas tote is the latest item to cause a stir on social media, so much so that resellers are taking advantage of the hype. The mini totes are offered in four colors...
View ArticleMontana man used animal tissue and testicles to breed 'giant' sheep for sale...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana rancher illegally used tissue and testicles from wild sheep killed by hunters in central Asia and the U.S. to breed “giant” hybrid sheep for sale to private hunting...
View ArticleA Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The inhabitants of Copenhagen's freewheeling Christiania neighborhood plan to dig up the aptly named Pusher Street, in their latest attempt to stop illegal hashish sales...
View ArticleSerbian prosecutors charge 10 for stealing 43,000 state decorations of honor
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ten people are facing charges in Serbia for stealing as many as 43,000 state decorations of honor from a government building, prosecutors said on Friday. The suspects colluded...
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