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June 9, 2019

Hot chicken wings blamed for Canada teen's 105 mph speeding ticket

A teen driver in Canada who was busted for was speeding said was driving so fact because he had eaten hot chicken wings and really needed to use the bathroom.

June 8, 2019

Marine or mermaid? Service member's photo shoot a joke for buddies deployed overseas, he says

A U.S. Marine stationed in Florida got a little risqué recently, posing as a mermaid in a professional photo shoot – all to raise the spirits of his buddies deployed overseas, according to reports.

June 6, 2019

Los Angeles-area firefighters rescue teen girl stuck in chimney

Los Angeles-area firefighters rescued a teenager Wednesday who became trapped feet-first in the chimney of a two-story apartment complex. 

June 6, 2019

Florida man steals car, kills dog, chases man with ax, found naked in chicken coop: police

A man who allegedly stole a car, killed a dog and possibly chickens, chased a man with an ax and was also found naked in a chicken coop, has been charged, according to police.

June 6, 2019

Dracula's cannonballs from 15th-century battle found in Bulgaria

Researchers have found medieval cannonballs from culverins that were most likely used by Wallacian Voivode Vlad III Dracula, more commonly known as Vlad the Impaler, during his bloody battle in 1461 with the Ottoman Turks.

June 6, 2019

Indiana man allegedly orders ride-share as getaway car after shooting: police

An Indiana man who allegedly fired shots into a mobile home called a ride-share vehicle to use as his getaway car, according to police.

June 6, 2019

'Gingerbread Gangsta' sought in Ohio for petty theft, drug possession

A suspect in Ohio, wanted for a string of alleged offenses, has been dubbed the "Gingerbread Gangsta" by the Stark County Sheriff's Office

June 6, 2019

'Bigfoot' hair samples turned out to be from deer, newly released FBI documents reveal

The FBI released documents from its vault Wednesday on the bureau's short-lived investigation into Bigfoot in 1977.

June 5, 2019

What looks like a massive storm system on National Weather Service radar is actually a lot of ladybugs

What looked like a massive storm system on the National Weather Service’s radar in San Diego County turned out to be just a whole lot of ladybugs.

June 5, 2019

Near-naked Australian man stops intruder by wielding didgeridoo

An Australian man woken up by an intruder in his home chased the suspect off his property only in his underpants and held him at bay until police arrived armed only with a didgeridoo.