Odd & Interesting

A hot air balloon made an emergency landing on a highway median in Vermont after becoming stalled in flight.

Hundreds of riders in various states of dress -- or undress – are riding through some of Philadelphia’s main streets for the 14th Philly Naked Bike Ride.

A track for live horse racing in suburban Seattle turned prehistoric over the weekend as more than 200 people ran down the track cloaked in inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur costumes.

Police who found a kitten in a stolen car say they have located the animal’s owner: A juvenile suspect who fled and was arrested after the car crashed.

The Miami Marlins put together a whopper of a promotion to welcome trade deadline acquisition Jake Burger.

A walrus calf found alone and miles from the ocean on Alaska’s North Slope last week and who received cuddles as part of his care after being rescued has died.

Iraq’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into how a bear escaped from its crate in the cargo hold of an Iraqi aircraft as it was due to depart from Dubai airport, leaving passengers disgruntled over the delay and causing a stir on social media.

Elon Musk says he may need to get surgery before a proposed “cage match” with Mark Zuckerberg.

With the summer heat wave in full swing in Southern California, a backyard pool is a tempting place to take a dip.

Late one evening, Dawn Berry took a call from her grandmother’s nursing home. Her grandmother had been found unresponsive in bed. What should they do?

An enormous Lebanon bologna sandwich billed as one of the world's largest has been unveiled at a central Pennsylvania fair.

Chase Elliott had just landed from the plane ride back from Pocono when texts started coming in from friends congratulating him on his latest NASCAR victory. Hold up.

First there was Gone Girl. Now there is Gone Goat.

A giant panda has given birth to squirming, squealing healthy twin girls at a South Korean theme park.

A Florida neighborhood is having to deal with a growing group of domestic rabbits on its streets after a breeder illegally let hers loose.

Wildlife officials are trying to capture a wayward sea otter that has been wresting surfboards away from surfers and aggressively approaching kayakers off the coast of Santa Cruz, California.

A revoked Nevada license plate that was meant to “drive away” Californians is getting one last chance to go back on the streets.

Hundreds of divers and snorkelers listened to an underwater concert that advocated coral reef protection Saturday in the Florida Keys.

On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked out James Clerk Maxwell’s “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity” from the New Bedford Free Public Library.

A Maine woman was bitten by a bear in her backyard while defending her pet dog, necessitating a trip to the hospital for stitches, officials said Friday.

A California man is going to prison for running a cow dung-to-green energy scheme that authorities say was a load of manure.

Police have hunted down a velociraptor that was stolen from outside a South Dakota arts and science center.

A new study has found that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk with their kids.

There has been much dreamy and not always credible talk of skies filled with flying and nonpolluting electric taxis.

A drug syndicate that tried to smuggle tons of methamphetamine from Canada to Australia and New Zealand by hiding it in shipments of maple syrup and canola oil has had its ruse busted, authorities say.