LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) 鈥� A speedboat went airborne and did a complete backward flip while racing at about 200 mph (322kph) before crashing into an Arizona lake. Two racers inside the boat’s covered cabin survived the event, which saw the boat go over 30 feet (9 meters) in the air. They wore harnesses […]
SIMSBURY, Conn. (AP) 鈥� Sarah Loving had just returned home from lunch last Saturday with her husband and two young children when she looked out the window and spotted two bears walking across her backyard in Simsbury, Connecticut. Her wildlife visitors didn’t really surprise her. In recent years, bears have been pretty common in Simsbury, […]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) 鈥� No, New England, that wasn鈥檛 a new strain of spring pollen coating your cars. It was dust carried across the country in a phenomenon known as 鈥渄irty rain.鈥� April showers are supposed to bring May flowers, but the light rain that fell across the region last Friday and Saturday brought dirt […]
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) 鈥� It’s spring in Detroit 鈥� warm weather, a few clouds, and a 100% chance of marshmallow downpours. The source? A helicopter zooming above the green lawn of Worden Park on Friday, unloading sack-fulls of fluffy treats for hundreds of kids waiting eagerly below, some clutching colorful baskets or wearing rabbit […]
CHELSEA, Mich. (AP) 鈥� Residents of all ages in a small Michigan community helped a local bookshop move each if its 9,100 books 鈥� one by one 鈥� to a new storefront about a block away. A 鈥渂ook brigade鈥� of around 300 people stood in two lines on the sidewalk in downtown Chelsea on Sunday, […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) 鈥� As the ground shook from a 5.2-magnitude earthquake, a herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park sprung into action to protect their young. A video shot of their enclosure at the park Monday morning shows the five African elephants standing around in the morning sun before the camera […]
KOKOMO, Miss. (AP) 鈥� Myrtle, a cherished pet tortoise, has been reunited with its family in Mississippi weeks after disappearing during a deadly tornado outbreak in March. 鈥淗e鈥檚 been through a lot,鈥� said Myrtle’s grateful owner, Tiffany Emanuel. 鈥淚 know that he knows just as much as I do that every step of the way […]
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Animal lovers now have a place to hang out with the 鈥渋t鈥� animals of the moment 鈥� big furry rodents. In the back of a real estate office building in what is known as America’s oldest city, capybaras are crawling into visitors’ laps, munching on corn on the cob and […]
A Missouri foster mother has been charged with child abuse and endangerment as authorities investigate whether she traded an adopted daughter to someone in Texas for a monkey and mistreated other children in her care. The 70-year-old woman from Winfield has been jailed on $250,000 bond since her arrest over the weekend, with her next […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) 鈥� A man cannot redeem nearly $60,000 in chips from a now-defunct casino that he bought at an online auction because they were “pilfered” by an employee of a company who was supposed to destroy them, a New Jersey appellate panel has ruled. The man tried to cash in the 389 […]
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP) 鈥� A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is 鈥渙verjoyed鈥� at the arrivals of the four hatchlings, a first in its more than 150-year history. The babies are the offspring of female Mommy and […]
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) 鈥� A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball’s latest fad and see for himself if there really was some wizardry in the […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� New York City鈥檚 鈥渂odega cats鈥� are beloved fixtures in the Big Apple 鈥� but they鈥檙e on the wrong side of the law. The convenience store cats that live at many of the city鈥檚 bodegas and delis look innocent enough, spending their days lounging in sun-soaked storefronts or slinking between shelves of […]
HONOLULU (AP) 鈥� A Hawaii boat captain who rebuilt her whale-watching tour business after losing three boats in the deadly 2023 Lahaina wildfire captured iPhone footage of her dog barking excitedly when a humpback swam near them over the weekend and poked its head out to greet Macy, a golden retriever. Chrissy Lovitt and Macy, […]
Ophelia the escaped zoo otter is back home but Louie remains elusive 鈥� perhaps in search of a mate. The two North American river otters escaped two weeks ago from the NEW Zoo & Adventure Park in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Ophelia was captured Friday night, the zoo said in a Facebook post. Her return was […]
SNOW HILL, N.C. (AP) 鈥� It had been decades since Greene Central High School’s band competed in North Carolina’s statewide competition for musicians. While band members hoped to do well, they weren’t prepared for the surprise they got. It started when band director Andrew Howell solemnly stepped onto the bus where his students from the […]
A babysitter looked under a bed to reassure a worried child that there wasn’t a monster hiding there 鈥� and came face-to-face with a man who wasn’t supposed to be there, a sheriff’s office in Kansas said in a news release. The 27-year-old was booked into jail this week after a struggle with the babysitter […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) 鈥� Thieves took eight Corvettes from the lot of a Kentucky automobile plant where the legendary muscle car is built, but officers recovered the vehicles and made an arrest, police said. The cars were taken from the GM Bowling Green Assembly plant in southern Kentucky, the home of the Chevrolet Corvette since […]
Two river otters, Louie and Ophelia, weaseled their way out of their Wisconsin zoo enclosure last week during a winter storm, appearing on security camera footage cavorting across the snow, as the search continued Tuesday. The NEW Zoo & Adventure Park said the two North American river otters escaped through a small hole that they […]
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) 鈥� A new thermal vent spewing steam in the air at Yellowstone National Park is gaining attention, mainly because it’s visible from a road rather than any significant change in the park famous for its thousands of geysers, hot springs and bubbling mud pots. When Yellowstone’s roads open to car […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� For over a decade, Adrian Budnick has taken adoption photos of the dogs at Nashville’s county animal shelter, but it wasn’t until the COVID pandemic that an idea came to her. As one of only a few people allowed to visit in-person, she could take videos of dogs, inventing humorous nicknames […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� An appeals court ruled Thursday that California鈥檚 law banning gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition can remain in place, a decision that prompted one judge to record an unusual video dissent that shows him loading guns in his chambers. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled […]
DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. (AP) 鈥� Several dozen people gathered Saturday at an apartment complex along the South Carolina coast to remember a longtime resident who died the day before 鈥� an alligator named Walter who sunned beside a pond on the property for more than a decade. Walter was killed on the property after several […]
CHICAGO (AP) 鈥� The Chicago River is once again glowing kelly green as the city opens its annual St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Thousands lined the river and packed bridges Saturday and erupted in cheers as members of the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Union Local 130 sprayed dye into the water from boats, carrying on a tradition […]
