SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An intrepid sea lion nicknamed Chonkers is waddling his way into the hearts of tourists and locals…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Albany loves its giant dog statue. Nipper, a 28-foot (9-meter) tall white dog with black ears has s…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A French teen is facing mischief and public nuisance charges in Singapore after posting a…

A new (and very specific) speed limit has been posting in Wisconsin at the Outagamie County Recycling and Solid Waste f…

It might be a divided lobster, but it has united New Englanders in fascination. A Cape Cod seafood company has donated …

UNDERHILL, Vt. (AP) — Anne O'Connor just kept counting sheep, and it made her anything but sleepy. A sheep owned by…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A zoo in Florida has two reasons to celebrate — the first birth of a koala and a newly ren…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Zambian government says it has taken custody of former President Edgar Lungu's body from hi…

Chicago does rank among the nation's rattiest cities.

TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) — A balloon landed in a Southern California backyard — a balloon with 13 people. The enormous hot…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three people in California have been sentenced for insurance fraud in a bizarre scam that involved s…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer on horseback nabbed a suspected purse snatcher after chasing her through…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Two men were disqualified from one of South Africa's flagship marathon races after they finishe…

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog. Mor…

BERLIN (AP) — Rescuers in Germany began an elaborate operation Thursday to save a sick humpback whale that has been rep…

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (AP) — One person entered the lush, green Victorian-era greenhouse and smelled rotting eggs. Anothe…

WACONIA, Minn. (AP) — In these polarizing times, Minnesotans have found something they can agree on — the thrill of a m…

PARIS (AP) — In a few hours, one lucky winner will find themselves the owner of a Pablo Picasso painting for less than …

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An annoyed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. did a few rounds of jumping jack exerci…

HAVANA (AP) — On a recent sweltering afternoon in the Cuban capital, dozens of commuters on bicycles, scooters and elec…

SEATTLE (AP) — Oh, snap. The unveiling of Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki's statue had an unforced error on Friday — a …

An upstate New York man who had his alligator seized after sharing a home for more than three decades has given up his …

As Harmon Maher walked along the Keystone Trail in central Omaha one morning in February, he spotted something odd: The…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Toronto's Double-A team in the Eastern League scored eight runs in the second inning before …

A bakery’s April Fool’s joke backfired after customers began requesting the hideous (and fictional) cake.

SQUAMISH, British Columbia (AP) — Authorities in British Columbia urged people to stay away from a rock face above a hi…

Investigators have confirmed that a small human skull was found partially buried during a family’s Easter egg hunt at a…

Kenneth Newton was pleading guilty to two fourth-degree felony counts of assault and a single count of aggravated menac…