Weird News

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- New Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky has finished her 100-mile (161-kilometer) ultramarathon after being sworn in mid-run.

NEW YORK (AP) -- More than three years after the highly publicized Fyre Festival famously fizzled out in the Bahamas, merchandise and other "minor assets" are up for sale -- courtesy of the U.S. Marshals Service.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island mistakenly sent more than 175 tax refund checks signed by Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, rather than the state treasurer and controller.

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) -- An 11-year-old Rhode Island boy clamming with his grandfather found a giant quahog that is thought to be one of the largest ever harvested in state waters.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Money laundering is not a good idea, as a South Korean found out when he or she put banknotes in a washing machine to remove possible traces of the coronavirus.

WEST ADDISON, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont skydiver who lost his prosthetic leg during a jump has it back, thanks to a farmer who kept an eye out for it and spotted it in a soybean field.

WEST ADDISON, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont skydiver who lost his prosthetic leg during a jump has it back, thanks to a farmer who kept an eye out for it and spotted it in a soybean field.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- An Australian Outback pub has banned emus for "bad behavior," and erected barriers to prevent the large, flightless birds from creating havoc inside.

LONDON (AP) -- Don’t worry: Daisy -- the St. Bernard who reversed mountain rescue conventions -- is fine.

MIAMI (AP) -- A pet dog that jumped out of a car window on a South Carolina highway has been found two weeks later, nearly 600 miles (966 kilometers) away in Miami, according to a relative of the owner.

LONDON (AP) -- St. Bernards are known for helping to rescue distressed travelers in the mountains, but the tables were turned Sunday in northern England.

The Cincinnati-area airport took a child’s beloved stuffed animal for an impromptu tour, reaching many on social media, before uniting the toy Dalmatian with its family in Florida.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- A rare frog has been found beyond its known range in the Southwest.

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) -- A western Wisconsin man will share his millions in lottery winnings with a longtime friend because of a promise they made to each other nearly three decades ago.

LACONIA, N.H. (AP) -- A "fugitive of the week" sought by the U.S. Marshals Service was found sleeping on a porch in New Hampshire, authorities said Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A Long Island criminal defendant tried faking his death to avoid a jail sentence, but the phony death certificate his lawyer submitted had a glaring spelling error that made it a dead giveaway for a fraud, prosecutors said Tuesday.

There were plenty of acorns this spring, and now the chipmunks are driving people nuts.

LAWSON, Mo. (AP) -- A dog named Cleo who disappeared from her home in Kansas earlier this month turned up a few days later at her old home in Missouri, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) away.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Police officers captured an unlikely suspect bouncing through a Florida neighborhood Thursday morning.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A Russian prankster posing as the U.N. secretary-general managed to reach Poland’s president on the telephone and rendered him speechless with questions about Ukraine, Russia and his reelection on Sunday.