Weird News

SEATTLE (AP) -- A man suspected of breaking into a Seattle home has refused to come clean about his intentions, even though police found him fully clothed in a bathtub filled with water.

PERTH, Australia (AP) -- Authorities in Western Australia were searching for a tiny but potentially deadly radioactive capsule that got lost while being transported on a truck from a mine to a depot in the city of Perth, officials said Saturday.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A 29-year-old woman used false documents to enroll as a New Jersey high school student and attended some classes over a four-day period before her scheme was discovered last week, authorities said.

LONDON (AP) -- A pop-up urinal crushed a man to death in London's theater district Friday, police said.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- A University of Michigan student is one of the world's foremost "speedcubers," a person capable of quickly solving a Rubik's Cube. He also is an accomplished violinist.

BOSTON (AP) -- When U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss decided to deliver a speech on a bill that would create a U.S.-Israel artificial intelligence center, he opted to let the AI do the talking.

CLEVELAND (AP) -- The case of the stolen scooter has been solved.

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (AP) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health says it was not able "to definitively confirm or refute the presence of Santa" in a young girl's home after she requested to have a partially eaten cookie and a couple of gnawed-on carrot sticks tested for DNA to see if Santa Claus is real.

WILBRAHAM, Mass. (AP) -- It's hoped that the lights at a Massachusetts high school will be able to be turned off by the end of next month, about a year-and-a-half after a computer glitch kept the lights on night and day, officials say.

HONG KONG (AP) -- Rabbits scamper around a play area in a climate-controlled building in suburban Hong Kong, some climbing a castle made of wood while others explore a cotton tunnel.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Investigators in Minnesota are looking into allegations two men have been running a TikTok gambling scheme in the state's casinos.

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (AP) -- A young Rhode Island girl has finally figured out how to determine if Santa Claus is real -- DNA.

BERLIN (AP) -- Authorities in southern Germany say efforts to put out a fire on a train turned into a spectacular chase early Friday after the driverless diesel engine began taking off toward Austria of its own accord.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The owner of a West Virginia restaurant that was heavily damaged by fire has his coveted hot dog statue back.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ask people what you might find buried in the muck at the bottom of New York City's East River and they'd likely say "mob boss" before thinking of mammoth bones.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A 38-year-old retired NASA satellite is about to fall from the sky.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A man passed out in the bushes outside the Milwaukee Brewers' stadium after a game and, upon awakening, entered the team's clubhouse and stole electronics, a credit card, team memorabilia and other items, according to a criminal complaint.

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams vowed Wednesday to fight his own City Hall -- again -- after he was ticketed for rats at his Brooklyn townhouse.

POINCIANA, Fla. (AP) -- Two people in Florida were arrested after one of them made a 911 call to get help with moving their belongings from a home they were burglarizing, authorities said.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Buccaneers backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert became an unexpected hero Thursday when a helicopter crashed into Hillsborough Bay in Tampa.