Category: News

A Massachusetts man captured an alligator in the Westfield River after months of sightings. Jeremy White, of Agawam, said he saw a TV news report Tuesday morning featuring footage of the alligator the day before near the Eastern States Exposition fairgrounds by a West Springfield resident. So, he decided to head out in his kayak […]

A Maryland woman shopping for lottery tickets on her sister’s birthday selected a scratch-off from the bin bearing the same number as the special date and won a $50,000 prize. The Jarrettsville woman told Maryland Lottery officials she was at the Forest Hill Exxon station in Forest Hill on Nov. 26, her sister’s birthday, when […]

A man using his metal detector in the woods around Prague reunited a Colorado man with a silver bracelet and other items stolen while he was serving in World War II. Petr Svihove, a Czech journalist and history enthusiast, was using his metal detector in the Prague-area woods when he found a stash of items […]

A South African gymnast added another Guinness World Records title to his name by performing 31 one-handed back handsprings in a row while alternating hands. Zama Mofokeng previously earned a Guinness title when he performed 36 consecutive one-handed back handsprings using the same hand each time. Guinness shared video of Mofokeng’s acrobatic accomplishment on Instagram. […]

The owner of a Pennsylvania reptile sanctuary rescued a 3-foot alligator spotted by fishermen in the frigid waters of a river. Christina Obrecht, owner of Christina’s Reptile and Animal Sanctuary in Palmerton, responded with volunteer Dana Ortiz when fisherman Logan Bauer and his father spotted the 3-foot gator in the water while they were fishing […]

A municipality in France said a climber who found $168,000 worth of precious gems on a mountain will be allowed to keep half of the find after the original owners couldn’t be located. The Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Council said the climber found the cache of emeralds and sapphires on Mont Blanc in 2013, and a years-long search […]

A Milwaukee brewery is celebrating the holiday season with an extra-festive beer made using spruce from the city’s official Christmas tree. Black Husky Brewery, which opened in 2016, announced that its latest brew, Tree Sproose, features spruce from the Milwaukee’s Christmas tree. “I looked at the tree and I said ‘I think that’s a spruce […]