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‘There’s a lemur!’: 5-year-old boy helps crack San Francisco Zoo theft case
Zoo director Tanya Peterson said Maki was “an aging wild animal who needed special care” for ailments including arthritis. Read more
Zoo director Tanya Peterson said Maki was “an aging wild animal who needed special care” for ailments including arthritis. Read more
An Austrian man beat his own record for the longest full body contact with ice cubes today. Read more
An attorney for the family of a young woman found breathing at a Detroit funeral home after being declared dead said Tuesday the 20-year-old was in a body bag for some two hours before it was opened and she was discovered to be alive, with her eyes open. Read more
There goes Rhode Island again — always finding a way to get its tiny tentacles onto the national stage. Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has slammed the brakes on this year’s Philly Naked Bike Ride. Read more
Jade Dodd renewed her license online and received it last week, but to her surprise, the photo wasn’t a picture of her. It only showed an empty chair. Read more
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has never been afraid to turn right when his colleagues turn left, or in any direction really as long as there’s a place to plug in his 40-foot refitted tour bus at the end of the day. Read more
More than three years after the highly publicized Fyre Festival famously fizzled out in the Bahamas, merchandise and other “minor assets” are available for purchase, courtesy the U.S. Marshals Service. Read more
Rhode Island mistakenly sent more than 175 tax refund checks signed by Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, rather than the state treasurer and controller. Read more
Despite Pentagon statements that it disbanded a once-covert program to investigate unidentified flying objects, the effort remains underway. Read more
Kathy Jacobs says it’s important not to discount people because of their age or height. She should know — the petite 56-year-old is a brand new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model. Read more
There were plenty of acorns this spring, and now the chipmunks are driving people nuts. Read more
A man in suburban Detroit was given the wrong lottery ticket. But there was no mistake about the result: a $2 million winner. Read more
Pandemic stay-at-home orders provided a unique opportunity to confirm the relationship between traffic and wildlife; in Idaho, roadkill incidents dropped by 38 percent. Read more
Participants won a lucky draw held online, with each allowed to bring a guest, putting the total number who boarded at 66. Read more
South Korean Twitter has been rejoicing by uploading photos of their Chex. Read more
A swimmer in Delaware was caught on camera prying a shark’s mouth open with his hands this weekend in an effort to free it from a fishing hook. Read more
This year, fireworks aren’t being saved for special events. They’ve become a nightly nuisance from Connecticut to California, angering sleep-deprived citizens and alarming local officials. Read more
File it under pizza toppings only offered in Florida. State inspectors found an 80-pound iguana stashed in the freezer at a local pizza joint. Read more
The Godfather of Soul’s dying wish to help educate needy children is a big step closer to being fulfilled, now that South Carolina’s Supreme Court — wading into a 14-year-old legal saga yet again — has ruled that James Brown’s last partner was not legally married to him. Read more
A 65-pound alligator snapping turtle with a face only its mother could love has found a new home at a Virginia zoo after freaking out residents in a northern Virginia suburb. Read more
