Weird News

BAKERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- The "world's worst cat" is available for adoption -- just ask the Mitchell County Animal Rescue organization in North Carolina.

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) -- A sheriff's deputy responding to a burglary call in South Carolina was forced to settle a beef between his K9 and a spooked cow by using a stun gun.

MIAMI (AP) -- The National Weather Service routinely warns people about falling rain, snow and hail, but temperatures are dropping so low in South Florida the forecasters warned residents Tuesday about falling iguanas.

MIAMI (AP) -- The National Weather Service routinely warns people about falling rain, snow and hail, but temperatures are dropping so low in South Florida the forecasters warned residents Tuesday about falling iguanas.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A judge refused to overturn part of Utah’s lewdness law Tuesday in a blow to a woman who's fighting criminal charges after her stepchildren saw her topless in her own home.

JACKSON, N.J. (AP) -- An ad in the Waze navigation app is misdirecting motorists headed to Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa into the wilderness of New Jersey's Pine Barrens, police said.

YUBA CITY, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities are investigating the theft of nearly 100 beehives from an orchard in northern California.

What goes around comes around.

OWOSSO, Mich. (AP) -- The footstool didn't feel right. That's what happens when someone stashes $43,170 inside and apparently forgets about it.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- An Alaska man carrying garbage to his shed had to take cover inside when a curious bull moose decided to join him.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A passenger waiting for a flight at an Oregon airport needed a bit more screen space for his video game so he plugged his Playstation 4 into a computer screen that had been displaying a map of the airport.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- An Alaska company has taken pizza to new heights by providing airplane deliveries around the state.

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A pigeon wearing a tiny sombrero in Reno, Nevada, was discovered following sightings of its cowboy hat-wearing cousins in Las Vegas, a city manager said.

BERLIN (AP) -- A court in Germany has ruled that the owner of a chicken that was mauled to death by a dog in 2017 deserves a higher payout because the hen was trained and had TV experience.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Authorities say a SWAT team was forced to smoke out suspects in an Albuquerque marijuana dispensary burglary that sparked a standoff.

CANTON, N.C. (AP) -- The Avengers may have gained a canine sidekick after a North Carolina family's dog gave birth to a bright green puppy named "Hulk."

JACKSON, Calif. (AP) -- Five California mountain lions were seen together on home surveillance video in a rare gathering of the notoriously solitary big cats.

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) -- A social media prankster appeared in an Australian court on Wednesday charged in relation to driving a car full of water to a liquor store during a heat wave and buying beer.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- People insist they have spotted fleets of large drones crisscrossing rural America’s night sky, their mission mysterious, raising questions that have veered into conspiracy theories and launching an investigation.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Las Vegas animal rescuers have confirmed one of three hat-wearing pigeons that gained popularity on social media has died.