A dog traveling from a South Carolina shelter to a planned new home in Maine escaped during a bathroom break along the New Jersey Turnpike.

A Detroit suburb has agreed to a $3.25 million settlement with the family of a young woman who had been declared dead at her home but was alive when her body bag was opened at a funeral home.

Firefighters in Rhode Island rescued a yellow Labrador named Phoenix on New Year's Day after he fell through an ice-covered pond.

Betty Boop and “Blondie” are among the highlights of titles entering the public domain with the arrival of 2026.

Forty-thousand oysters, lobster worth $400,000 and a cache of crabmeat all were stolen in separate recent incidents in New England.

A group of Peruvian shamans gathered in front of the sea in the Miraflores district of Peru’s capital city to carry out an annual ritual in which they make predictions for the upcoming year.

Nick Kyrgios has won the latest version of the “Battle of the Sexes” in tennis.

Doctors say just 1 in 30,000 pregnancies occur in the abdomen instead of the uterus.

In a year of pop culture moments, some things were old and some things were very new.

For the 70th year in a row, people of all ages will be able to get updates on Santa's journey around the world from the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado.

A British baker's critique of Mexican bread has sparked outrage on social media, leading to a public apology.

The past year wasn't all doom and gloom; there was plenty to smile about, too.

Retired French tennis player Caroline Garcia has turned down a $270,000 sponsorship deal for her podcast from a betting company.

A pup that was swept out to sea by a rip current must be feeling doggone lucky after her unlikely rescue off the San Diego coast.

Police have recovered a James Bond-inspired Fabergé pendant after six days of waiting for it to exit a suspect's gastrointestinal tract.

A baby seal has caused chaos by wandering into a bar in Richmond, New Zealand.

Talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives.

Police in New Zealand are monitoring a man accused of swallowing a $19,000 pendant with the intention of smuggling it out of a jewelry store.

Pope Leo XIV has revealed a closely held secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day.

An owl found partially encased in concrete after it got inside a cement mixer in southwestern Utah is expected to fly free again after it was painstakingly cleaned by animal sanctuary workers who described the bird as a “fighter.”.

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting has sold for a record $236 million at an auction where a solid gold toilet also sold for $12.1 million.

A prisoner in Australia is challenging a state's ban on Vegemite in prisons, claiming that denying him the polarizing yeast spread violates his human rights.

Oklahoma coach Jennie Baranczyk hears the popular catchphrase “6-7” all the time at home, possibly more often than please and thank you.

The Marine Mammal Center has rescued a sea otter pup in Morro Bay, California, after it was separated from its mother.