DAVIS — Leaders of the city of Davis are working to relocate turkeys that have been harassing people on the streets of the college town.
MIAMI — For a quarter century, Shawnee Chasser has lived in a treehouse not far from downtown Miami. The 65-year-old grandmother who once protested the Vietnam War and nuclear weapons says she hates the oppressive feeling of walls and air conditioning, loves the open breeze and relishes the …
Mark Essig was settling into his puddle-jumper flight from Charlotte to Asheville, N.C., on Monday when he noticed an unusual passenger boarding the plane.
PHOENIX — State troopers say an emu crossed a Phoenix road, got to the other side and narrowly avoided getting hurt.
SACRAMENTO — It sounds like a Halloween prank but Sacramento police say it was all too real.
LUDINGTON, Mich. — Guinness World Records says a roughly half-mile-long ice cream sundae that was gobbled up in Michigan this June was the longest ever.
MADISON, Wis. — Two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill their classmate as a sacrifice to horror character Slender Man want separate trials.
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh pedestrians are being urged to "Look Alive" and not at their cellphones by folks dressed as though they're dead.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — It turns out a 93-year-old bridge deemed structurally deficient wasn't so weak after all.
CHERRYVALE, Kan. — Police in the tiny town of Cherryvale, Kansas, looking to track down the owner of an abandoned gram of crystal meth have taken their case to social media.
In the struggling Gaza Strip, Omar Ramlawi's plastic factory is one of the few businesses that has managed to stay afloat, overcoming dire shortages of raw materials by resorting to an unusual source: recycling.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — It's a twisted crime: Someone stole the Pretzel Chef trailer, a food truck that operates in Fairbanks, Alaska.
LANDAFF, N.H. — A New Hampshire wedding got a dose of unexpected drama when the groom's mother went missing for several hours.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Sure, lots of people in St. Augustine are picking up branches and leaves after Hurricane Matthew blew through town. But only a few are doing it surrounded by alligators.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Fitting tribute to Iowa football or Hawk-eyesore? That's what a judge must decide.
YELLVILLE, Ark. — Six live turkeys were dropped from a small plane as part of a northwestern Arkansas community's annual tradition, with one of the six apparently dying when it hit the ground.
ESCALON — Police say a 16-year-old Northern California boy has been arrested in connection with a school threat linked to the national creepy clown trend.
FREMONT — Police say A 77-year-old San Francisco Bay Area woman was arrested after she punched an officer at a red-tagged home where more than 50 feral cats were found earlier this week.
ASHLAND, N.H. — A New Hampshire farm stand is letting customers put their votes for president where he thinks they belong: right in the toilet.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Hundreds of Penn State students marched around searching for a clown that campus police say existed only in their minds.
BOSTON — Josh Freeman is searching for his slice of the Massachusetts electorate.
HOBBS, N.M. — Authorities say a fugitive's sweet tooth helped police capture a wanted New Mexico man after he tried to take a doughnut without paying for it.
HOLLAND, Mich. — A frozen yogurt business is trying out the idea of making deliveries using a drone in Michigan.
NEW YORK (AP) — Ever hear about the gargantuan octopus that dragged a New York City ferry and its 400 passengers to the river bottom nearly 53 years ago?
BEACH HAVEN, N.J. — Police say a 59-year-old man who wore a bikini fashioned out of see-through plastic wrap on a New Jersey beach is facing a criminal charge.
BOSTON (AP) — Canada geese are loud, aggressive and annoying, but worst of all they poop everywhere — a messy problem vexing cities across the country trying to keep their parks clean and safe.
SCRANTON, Pa. — Police say a Pennsylvania drug dealing suspect was found hiding 110 small bags of heroin in his buttocks.
PRAGUE — A rare museum in the Czech capital is moving to Prague's Old Town in a move to become better accessible to tourists.
WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.H. — Guests at a hotel in New Hampshire can be forgiven for thinking a raccoon is lounging out front.
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A Florida's woman's lawsuit says a deputy shot her with a stun gun, then apologized with a cake that said, "Sorry I Tased You" in blue frosting.
WACO, Texas — A two-headed rat snake found this month in a Central Texas yard has a new home at a zoo.
