Big Mac battle: McDonald's loses European Union trademark fight with Irish...
LONDON (AP) — McDonald's lost a European Union trademark dispute over the Big Mac name after a top European Union court sided Wednesday with Irish fast food rival Supermac’s in a long-running legal...
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Car seen 'dangling' from Charlotte parking garage
CHARLOTTE (WJZY) – Emergency crews in Charlotte, North Carolina, were on the scene of an accident Thursday morning after a vehicle was seen hanging out of an upper parking deck in the city's business...
View ArticleQuicksand doesn't just happen in Hollywood. It happened on a Maine beach
PHIPPSBURG, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman enjoying a walk on a popular beach learned that quicksand doesn't just happen in Hollywood movies in jungles or rainforests. Jamie Acord was walking at the...
View ArticleGiraffe's nibble turns into airborne safari adventure for Texas toddler
GLEN ROSE, Texas (AP) — A Texas family got a brief scare when a nibble from a giraffe turned a 2-year-old’s safari visit into an airborne adventure. Paisley Toten was in the bed of a pickup truck on...
View ArticleYouTuber charged for having a helicopter blast a Lamborghini with fireworks,...
A YouTuber who specializes in “car shenanigans” is facing federal charges after authorities said he directed a video in which two people in a helicopter blasted fireworks at a speeding Lamborghini...
View ArticleRare 7-foot fish washed ashore on Oregon's coast garners worldwide attention
GEARHART, Ore. (AP) — A massive rare fish thought to only live in temperate waters in the southern hemisphere has washed up on Oregon's northern coast, drawing crowds of curious onlookers intrigued by...
View ArticleA real nut case: Cold Stone Creamery faces suit over lack of real pistachios...
Is it nuts to assume a scoop of pistachio ice cream should contain actual pistachios? Or how about real butter in a dish of butter pecan? Such weighty questions about a favorite summertime confection...
View ArticleA World War II veteran just married his bride near Normandy's D-Day beaches....
CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Together, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. But World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is...
View ArticleAfrican elephants call each other by unique names, new study shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday. The names are one part of...
View ArticleA dog helped his owner get rescued after a car crash in a remote, steep...
BAKER COUNTY, Ore. (AP) — A dog has helped his owner get rescued after a car crash in a steep ravine in mountainous northeastern Oregon, authorities said. A man was driving with his four dogs on a...
View ArticleTruck hauling 150 pigs overturns on Ohio interstate
CLAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A truck hauling more than 150 pigs overturned on an Ohio interstate highway ramp Tuesday, seriously injuring the driver and killing dozens of the animals, state troopers said....
View ArticleHigh school president writes notes thanking fellow seniors — 180 of them
Emily Post would be proud. A high school class president in Massachusetts who gave a commencement speech wanted to recognize all of his fellow graduates. So he wrote them personal thank-you notes...
View ArticleYoung bear spotted relaxing on a hammock in a Vermont yard
WAITSFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Noah and Kristen Dweck have seen a number of black bears around their home in Vermont but this was a first: a bear relaxing on their hammock. Noah Dweck took iPhone video of two...
View ArticleWoman, who didn't know she was pregnant, gives birth at Golden Corral in...
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK) — An all-you-can-eat buffet turned into an all-out surprise when one Mississippi woman — who didn't know she was pregnant — gave birth at the Golden Corral in North...
View ArticleA Chinese military buff inadvertently bought 4 books of military secrets for...
BEIJING (AP) — A military history buff in China appears to have made an alarming discovery after picking up four discarded books for less than $1 at a neighborhood recycling station: They were...
View ArticleDouble take: 23 sets of twins graduate from a single Massachusetts middle school
NEEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a Massachusetts middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade class. The identical and fraternal twins graduated from...
View ArticleWith a big kick, Bubi the elephant oracle predicts Germany to win Euro 2024...
STARKENBERG, Germany (AP) — Move over, Paul the octopus. There’s a new big-hitter in the world of soccer soothsayers. And this one is going for a win for Germany to open the European Championship....
View ArticleYou don't think corn dogs are haute cuisine? These chefs, using alligator...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Stefani De Palma, an award-winning chef and head of the a team vying to represent the Americas in a French culinary competition in January, knew she wanted her team's work to...
View ArticleIllinois is hit with cicada chaos. This is what it's like to see, hear and...
RIVERWOODS, Ill. (AP) — The ground had seemed to undulate at night, alive with bugs. Crawling cicada nymphs, striving to get higher after 17 years underground, marched en masse toward and up trees,...
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They found what? Ski resort finds odd litter on mountain during cleanup
DENVER (KDVR) — After the snow melted in Breckenridge, the Colorado ski resort set out to clean the mountain — but crews found more than just loose mittens and ski poles. The Breckenridge Ski Resort...
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