Mom: Video of son getting dunked in toilet was joke; no charges to be filed

Cell phone video of a Florida mother dunking her son’s head in the toilet, while flushing it, has sparked outrage.  However, Kaitlyn Wolf, who’s in the video, wants people to know one thing.

Largo mother accused of killing son ordered held without bond

A mother who claimed her son was abducted admitted to beating the 2-year-old and leaving him in the woods, according to a police report released Wednesday morning.

Student stabbed with metal hair pick on first day of school

A student at Automotive High School in Brooklyn was stabbed by another student with a metal hair comb pick on the first day of classes, according to a source with a teacher's union.

Deer spotted hugging firefighter on Canada ferry

(FOX NEWS) -- A friendly yet "lonely" deer wandering around a lake in Canada became a viral star after a photo online showed the animal snuggling up to a firefighter.

Wisconsin co-workers learn they're father and son, say it's 'kind of a shock'

(FOX NEWS) -- A friendship between two co-workers in Wisconsin turned into an unexpected family reunion after a man discovered his friend on the job was actually his biological father.

Game of chase: Oregon seal meets butterfly in zoo

A seal at the Oregon Zoo became transfixed when a butterfly showed up at its exhibit.

Watch: Bear takes nap in hammock

A bear made itself home in a North Carolina family’s backyard.

Rare translucent lobster caught off Maine coast, thrown back

A Maine fisherman says he caught a rare, nearly see-through "ghost lobster," then threw the crustacean back into the ocean because it was too small to keep.

Shopper finds snake hanging onto supermarket cart

A woman from western New York shopping for groceries was startled to see that the supermarket cart she grabbed was already being used—by a snake.

Lab: 13 pounds of white powder seized is sugar, not fentanyl

A North Carolina sheriff’s office thought it made a huge drug bust, seizing 13 pounds of fentanyl worth $2 million on the street, but what they actually seized was sugar.

Bees swarm Times Square

Maybe bees like Broadway shows, too? Hundreds of them created quite the buzz in Times Square on Tuesday afternoon.

Profanity could cost you $500 at Myrtle Beach

A dirty mind may be a terrible thing to waste, but a dirty mouth could cost if you're visiting Myrtle Beach.

Teen stabs brother in neck during video game: Cops

Police say a 19-year-old Long Island man has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of his younger brother. Suffolk County police responded to a 911 call at around 7 p.m. Friday in Bay Shore.

Watch: Ducks swim through green sludge on Caloosahatchee River

A Fort Myers resident recorded video of ducks swimming through water appearing to be covered in blue-green algae on the Caloosahatchee River.

Marylanders crabby over PETA's vegan billboard in Baltimore

It's a place nearly synonymous with its beloved regional delicacy: soft-shell blue crabs. For residents of Maryland, tucking into a crab cake or cracking into a bushel of steamed crustaceans along with a cold beer is practically a cultural institution.