Weird News

LAKE VIEW, N.Y. (AP) -- An upstate New York couple may have finally solved the mystery of who's been tossing used coffee cups in their front yard for nearly three years.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont's largest city is banning the use of loud, gas-powered leaf blowers.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- The 300-million-year-old shark's teeth were the first sign that it might be a distinct species.

CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Ohio county sheriff and his tiny police dog were inseparable, their lives unwaveringly intertwined.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Alex White thought he was watching a huge worm writhing in plastic-wrapped lettuce he'd just brought home from a Sydney supermarket -- until a snake tongue flicked.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- A Canadian Parliament member was caught stark naked in a virtual meeting of the House of Commons.

CONCORD. N.H. (AP) -- Nine lives notwithstanding, killing a cat in a hit-and-run soon could become illegal in New Hampshire.

LONDON (AP) -- Tottenham's newest sponsor didn't exactly paint a great picture of the club when launching their partnership on Thursday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- When the pallbearers brought Phil McLean's coffin into the chapel, there were gasps before a wave of laughter rippled through the hundreds of mourners.

PLYMOUTH, Conn. (AP) -- After more than 250 days on the run, an 800- to 900-pound (360- to 410-kilogram) beefalo that has been roaming the woods in western Connecticut since it escaped on its way to a slaughterhouse has been captured, police said.

DENVER (AP) -- Cannabis-themed license plates in Colorado are being auctioned off to the highest bidder in a fundraiser for the Colorado Disability Funding Committee.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A man fleeing the California Highway Patrol totaled his girlfriend's Maserati SUV after he careened up an embankment and slammed into the underside of an overpass, wedging the vehicle under a freeway in Oakland, authorities said Tuesday.

LONDON (AP) -- Police say one of the world's biggest bunnies has been stolen from its home in central England.

BOSTON (AP) -- Camille Coelho just wanted to take a stroll on the beach and look for some sea glass. Instead, the Massachusetts nurse ended up feeling the way so many have felt during the pandemic: she was stuck in the mud.

LA RUSSELL, Mo. (AP) -- Local elections in April generally attract few voters but a small southwest Missouri town hit a new low this week when not one of its 70 residents cast a ballot.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Police in Sri Lanka on Thursday arrested the reigning Mrs. World for pulling the crown off the head of the winner of a Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant and allegedly causing injuries. She was later released on bail.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- By Day 3 of being confined to his Australian hotel room for quarantine, David Marriott was getting bored. He'd watched a few seasons of "The Sopranos" and his eyes were getting tired from reading.

MIAMI (AP) -- A male giraffe has been doing his part to promote Zoo Miami's breeding program, with two of his long-legged babies born in the last few days.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- A 1928 church has been renovated into a four bedroom home, complete with a large stained glass window of Jesus.

GILMANTON, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire teen has been credited with saving a boy more than 800 miles (1,290 kilometers) away -- thanks to TikTok.