Python slithers up toilet, latches onto man's penis

A Thai man is recovering from a bloody encounter with a 10-foot python that slithered through the plumbing of his home and latched its jaws onto his penis as he was using a squat toilet.

School system proposes ban on skinny jeans, leggings

A North Carolina school system's proposal to ban skinny jeans and other tight pants has drawn a flood of opposition from students and parents.

Missing hiker found dead last year kept journal of ordeal

An Appalachian Trail hiker whose remains were discovered last year survived at least 26 days after getting lost, kept a journal of her ordeal and ultimately resigned herself to the idea she was going to die and it could be years before her remains were located, according to investigatory documents.

Kansas hospital pays ransomware demand, doesn't get files back

Negotiating with criminals doesn't always work out, as Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita learned last week. The hospital paid to get files back after falling victim to ransomware, but only got "partial access" and a demand for more money, Techspot is reporting.

Group saves burned tortoise with new 3D printed shell

A severely burned tortoise now has a new lease on life after she was outfitted with a 3D shell to replace the one damaged in a fire.

CBP: Woman attempted to smuggle meth disguised as a bag of burritos

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say officers arrested two women after they attempted to smuggle drugs across the Mexico-Arizona border.

Puppy addicted to heroin, meth found in motel room

California police officers in March arrested two subjects out of a motel who were in possession of a large quantity of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia.

Alaska inmate escapes, then comes back to try to free others

A minimum-security prisoner who escaped from a halfway house in Alaska came back three hours later, but it wasn't to turn himself in.

Kittens found in Merritt Island office ceiling

Dr. Cathy De Bengson was working in the office when a patient let out a scream. "I came out here and she's jumping up and down. And I said, 'What happened?' She says, 'A cat dropped on my back.'"

'Burglar' at door turns out to be alligator

What one family thought was a burglar turned out to be a 5-foot alligator knocking on their door at 4 a.m.

"Text and drive"... to a funeral home

A billboard in Toronto is making drivers do a serious double take. It reads "Text and Drive"- and appears to be sponsored by a Funeral Home. People are outraged by how morbid it is- and that's the point. We hear "don't text and drive" so often that we're deaf to it- but the percentage of people using their phones on the road has actually increased. Seventy-seven percent of young adults said...

Transgender woman: Guard kicked me out of women's restroom

Police have charged a security guard with assault after a transgender woman says the guard kicked her out of a women's restroom in a Washington, D.C., supermarket.

Tip from Waffle House waitress leads to child porn arrest

A Waffle House waitress trying to return a lost cellphone to its rightful owner helped deputies in Alabama arrest a man accused of possessing child pornography.

Shark attached to woman's arm on way to hospital

News reports say a 23-year-old woman was bitten by a small nurse shark in Boca Raton.