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Police say a Florida man tried to trade in a vehicle from the same dealership he stole it from.

The most notable catch in Saturday’s game between No. 22 Miami and Appalachian State didn’t even happen on the field

A Texas woman says she walked into her bathroom in the middle of the night to find a huge snake on the back of her toilet.

In a strange series of thefts, someone has been going into stores and making off with giant Snoop Dogg bobbleheads, which feature the rapper smiling, flashing a peace sign and holding a bottle of Corona – part of the beermaker’s ad campaign.

A driver in Southlake was likely stunned to find a dagger pierced through the grille of his car earlier this year.

Photos of enlarged goldfish found in a Minnesota lake have sparked a warning from officials.

Will Cutbill stacked five M&M’s for a new world record and said it’s surprisingly harder than it looks.

Texas has become the third state to designate an official mushroom after Governor Greg Abbott signed a resolution on Friday.

They say neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night will stop the U.S. Postal Service, but an alligator could get in the way.

A cicada flew through a car’s open window, striking the driver in the face, Cincinnati police said.

A pig was stolen from a Weatherford lawn in May, Weatherford police said, and they’re asking for assistance in the suspected theft.

A huge partial skull washed up on Island Beach State Park following Monday’s storm, sparking curiosity among those online after photos appeared on social media of the initially unidentified find.

The whereabouts of a tiger that was found briefly wandering a Houston neighborhood remained unknown on Wednesday as the Texas man who police allege owns the animal was released on bond.

For the first time, Budweiser is hosting a “Pupweiser” contest to find a new featured pup for their 2021 holiday cans that will be available nationwide later this year.

It’s not unusual for rocks and other debris to crash through a windshield and injure a driver or passenger — but a turtle?

A Florida couple invited family and friends to their weekend wedding at their “dream home and estate.”

Video of a bizarre and shocking burglary in Queens shows a thief break a window of a frozen yogurt shop in Queens and take some items from inside — as two young children stand by and even hold a light to aid in the robbery, police said.

Residents across South Florida saw quite the bright light over the sky late Monday night from a possible meteor.

Have you ever heard of a Chihuahua described as a “haunted Victorian child”? What about a “Chucky doll in a dog’s body”? Well, now you have! A tweet about a “demonic Chihuahua” named Prancer who is up for adoption has gone viral on Twitter due to the brutally honest description written by his foster owner of what potential adopters ...

A mysterious string of white lights appears to have caught the eyes of many North Texans Wednesday night.

A Weatherford woman had a mystery on her hands when she found a basket of dirty laundry left on her front porch.

Police officers in a Florida panhandle city found a slithery subject during a recent DUI stop: an “emotional support snake.”

It’s not every day you see an alligator and a bull shark swimming in unison, but that’s exactly what Florida resident Gray Vinson witnessed while visiting Indian River Lagoon Sunday, he told NBC 6. The Vero Beach native, who grew up swimming and boating around the river, said he filmed the rare moment from a walking bridge. “Bull ...

Two people broke into a Houston museum Tuesday night and used a getaway boat to evade police before disappearing into the city’s storm drain system, officers say.

A former Oklahoma City Zoo employee was sentenced to probation and community service after pleading guilty to trafficking stolen Galapagos tortoise hatchlings, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

A New York City woman discovered an entire empty apartment located through a hole behind her bathroom mirror — and videos of her solving the mystery and making the unsettling discovery have gone viral on TikTok.

A West Texas judge has a word of caution to those attending court hearings via Zoom: Always check for filters before logging on.

The Texas Department of Public Safety apologized after mistakenly issuing an Amber Alert featuring the killer doll “Chucky.”

A wheel fell off a small aircraft shortly before the plane’s arrival at O’Hare International Airport Thursday evening and ended up in a nearby neighborhood, authorities said.

High school students share responsibility for a monolith that appeared on the Trinity Trail in Fort Worth this week.

Over the past month, police in Mullica Township, New Jersey, have received several 911 calls reporting extremely loud noises that sound like explosions or a “bomb dropped from a plane.”

Days after the discovery and swift disappearance of two shining metal monoliths spotted half a world away from each other, another towering structure has popped up, this time at the pinnacle of a trail in Southern California.

The man who experienced a real-life New York City nightmare — falling into a rat nest after the sidewalk collapsed beneath his feet, leaving him too terrified to scream and risk having the rodents crawl into his mouth — is suing the city and a building landlord

Deep in the Mars-like landscape of Utah’s red-rock desert lies a mystery: A gleaming metal monolith in one of the most remote parts of the state.

A Plano resident is injured after his dog accidentally shot him in the leg, police say.

Seattle-based novelty store Archie McPhee, which has already raised eyebrows for peddling candy canes flavored like kale and mac and cheese, is now offering ketchup candy canes to get condiment lovers into the holiday spirit.

Oklahoma county jail officials say two inmates climbed out of a 12th-floor window using bedsheets tied into a rope. Police arrested one of the inmates not long after their early morning escape on Friday. Officers say they found him walking with a broken leg near the jail. The second suspect, identified as Pablo Daniel Robledo, was caught just befor...

The pilot of a small plane is being hailed a hero, compared to “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, after managing to land safely on a Pennsylvania highway.

A kangaroo escaped a ranch in Navarro County Friday, according to the Navarro County Sheriff’s Office.

A Florida woman has filed a lawsuit seeking either a paternity test on her goats or a refund

A North Texas family’s home security camera was recording when a giant fireball fell from the sky Thursday night.

Texas A&M AgriLife experts are launching a task force, at the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to protect the state’s agriculture from the so-called “murder hornet.”

Wearing pants has become optional for some people holed up indoors while obeying the stay-at-home order. A police department in a northern Maryland town is reminding residents that’s not an option when they go outside. The Taneytown Police Department left a message on its Facebook page Wednesday morning telling residents to put their pants on...

What do you do when you are under stay at home orders with your family? Different people have different answers, but for Taylor Stern and her family in Dallas, it meant a time to make their favorite Netflix show come to life. “We were getting anxious and stressed about this pandemic just like everybody else,” Taylor Stern said. “We realized…...

A 10-year-old girl had a surprise slumber party with a raccoon who crawled into her bunk bed.

Maine lobsters have long delighted tourists as the state’s most beloved seafood. But one company thinks the crustaceans can save human lives by providing their blood for use in new drugs.

An Atlanta couple said they came home from a winter vacation to find their house had been ransacked by an unusual suspect: a squirrel. Kari and Dustin Drees returned to find their house in disarray with floors scratched, baseboards chewed, and squirrel feces all around. Reports say a squirrel had fallen down their chimney and became trapped in the ...

A thief stuffed a total of 30 bags of frozen shrimp down his pants in back-to-back burglaries of a Southern California grocery store, police said Wednesday. The man took the shrimp from a Vons market in the city of Riverside by entering the store three times in a span of 15 minutes on Dec. 14. Each time he went to…

Utah officials say a possible dropped phone resulted in a typo that overvalued a home for almost $1 billion. And taxpayers may have to pay for the mistake. The Deseret News reports a house built in 1978 in an unincorporated area of the county was recorded in 2019 tax rolls with a value of more than $987 million. That’s an…

Visitors to the Tennessee Aquarium may be shocked to learn that an electric eel named Miguel Wattson is lighting up a Christmas tree. A special system connected to Miguel’s tank enables his shocks to power strands of lights on a nearby tree, according to a news release. Miguel releases low-voltage blips of electricity when he is trying to fin...

Sheriff’s deputies southwest of Houston encountered a reptilian “suspect” with four legs and a tail Saturday.

Thanksgiving came early in a New York City subway train. The holiday isn’t until Thursday but plates with turkey, mash potatoes and cranberry sauce were being fixed on the Brooklyn-bound L train, delighting commuters who stepped onto the train Sunday night.

A small passenger jet making an emergency landing at the San Antonio International Airport Friday afternoon crashed into a parked plane, according to WOAI-TV.

The second that dog shelter owner Rochelle Steffen first laid eyes on a tiny “unicorn” puppy that has a tail growing out of his face, she had two thoughts. “I looked at him, and I was like, ‘This is the most ridiculously adorable puppy I’ve ever seen,” Steffen told TODAY. “Then my million-dollar question wa...

After making the big announcement in a gender reveal party, the pilot of a crop duster stalls his aircraft and crashes in a field.

Myah Autry turned herself in to the NYPD in the Bronx Wednesday night, police said. Charges against her are pending

A black cat interrupted the Cowboys’ Monday Night Football game against the New York Giants with under 6 minutes to go in the second quarter at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Severe rain and wind have managed to move a massive iron scow that has been stuck on a rocky perch near Niagara Falls since 1918. For 101 years the dumping scow was considered to be an unmovable landmark ⁠— until it dislodged on Thursday, according to Niagara Parks. The ship, which has deteriorated over the last century, appeared to have...

A high school senior has found an engagement ring more than two years after it was lost at a New Jersey beach.

A bloodied “Carrie” costume had first responders thinking a woman who totaled her car on an Ohio interstate was in far worse shape than she was. Sidney Wolfe, 20, was at a haunted house over the weekend dressed as Stephen King’s “Carrie,” with fake blood covering her face and a white prom dress, an outfit she wore to p...

A man’s day went down the toilet when her “rolled” up to one of the security checkpoints at Newark Liberty International Airport earlier this week.

No one was hurt when a lightning bolt blasted a crater into a Fort Worth parking lot Wednesday morning, authorities say.

Your dream home may be haunted, and in most states, sellers don’t have to say boo about it.

A Michigan woman said that a device launched by Samsung into space last week crash-landed on her rural property in Michigan on Saturday. The “Space Selfie” device, which the company said aimed to capture images “using a unique view of planet earth as the backdrop,” was found by Nancy Mumby-Welke and her husband on Saturday morning after...

An Ohio mom has gone viral for the incredible Halloween costumes she creates for her children. Each one of them taking more than 50 hours to complete as she crochets each one herself.

Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to smuggling more than 1,000 box turtles that were illegally collected in Oklahoma.

Hungry? Roadkill maybe for dinner.

It seems Florida residents aren’t the only ones making use of their pools to cool off from the heat.

A Hawaii family has won a place with the Guinness World Records for the world’s heaviest avocado.

Some eagle-eyed humans looking skyward this weekend saw something against the brilliant-blue backdrop that had them questioning what the heck was flying above.

Are we alone in the universe? It’s a question that has captivated mankind for generations — and one that brought thousands of people to downtown Dallas searching for answers.

Talk about snail mail! A Maryland couple recently received a postcard that was mailed in 1960.

American Airlines said it was investigating on Monday after video surfaced on social media showing an out-of-control catering cart at O’Hare International Airport.

So, there’s this truck stop. With a petting zoo. With a camel. And a woman bit the camel where?!

Just when you thought every type of “house flipping” show had been done comes along a pitch for the show, “Murder House Flip,” which, at long last, combines two of America’s obsessions: home renovation and true crime.

A Utah man says his doorbell camera captured a cougar prowling around his front porch.

One of the cadillacs at Cadillac Ranch was set on fire over the weekend.

A man driving on the Massachusetts Turnpike noticed a driver apparently asleep behind the wheel Sunday. Dakota Randall says he noticed a Tesla with its driver and passenger both asleep around 3 p.m. near Exit 17 in Newton.

Hurts Donut in Fort Worth says they were victims of a “hurt and run.”

An apparently hungry thief broke into a Subway shop in D.C. overnight, jumped over the counter and made himself a sandwich.

A man pulled a gun at a Popeyes restaurant in Houston after being told they were out of chicken sandwiches, police say.

A mystery meat incident in Brooklyn has the NYC Department of Sanitation asking: who spilled raw chicken across the road?

Astronomers have discovered a giant planet whose extreme orbit makes it unlike anything they’ve ever seen, NBC News reports. Dubbed HR 5183 b, the exoplanet is at least three times as massive as Jupiter, and it takes a long, looping path around a star that lies about 100 light-years away in the constellation Virgo. If the exoplanet were in our......

Police in New Jersey say a possible carjacker apparently removed a sleeping 80-year-old woman from her parked car before stealing the vehicle and leaving her in the driveway.

When Ryan Dubray was given a $50 bill from his grandparents as he headed off to college in case of emergency, he never dreamed it would be spent at a toll — more than two decades later

Specialists are using lasers to clean up the black biofilm on the Jefferson Memorial dome.

A New York couple’s luxurious vacation house in Florida has been taken over by dozens of black vultures that are vomiting and defecating everywhere.

A 20-year-old man in Florida was arrested after he offloaded a mountain of dirt onto his girlfriend’s car when she refused to talk to him.

Some of them are headless, others are resting in strange places and all of them are creepy. The city of Festus in Jefferson County, Missouri, has had multiple instances in the past week of eerie dolls popping up in random places without any explanation and residents haven’t the faintest clue of who put them there. One was spotted looking like...

Officials say a Florida woman who pulled a small alligator from her yoga pants during a traffic stop and illegally possessed numerous other wild animals has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to four charges.

Texas law enforcement officials want your help identifying a woman described as a serial “wedding crasher” who’s accused of showing up to wedding parties uninvited and stealing gifts.

A Burnet woman says she spent the night in the hospital after swallowing two screws — which she says were secretly planted inside a banana she bought from the grocery store.

The owners of a house, considered by some as one of the creepiest in New Jersey thanks to series of spooky letters sent by an apparent anonymous stalker alleging the house is being “watched”, sold the sprawling six-bedroom property at a loss, according to a published report.