Spilled liquid fabric softener prompts hazmat situation on California highway

“The truck was deemed safe, extra soft, wrinkle free,” California Highway Patrol posted after responding to a hazmat situation of spilled liquid fabric softener

Barron County pursuit: Cow blockade ends in arrest of driver

When the Barron County Sheriff's Department and Barron Police Department were involved in a pursuit, they likely did not expect to get help from some dairy cows.

No answers yet after all stingrays in ZooTampa's touch tank found dead

Once home to a dozen stingrays inside of ZooTampa, Stingray Bay sat empty Friday, closed to the public. An investigation continues into the death of all 12 stingrays that were in the touch tank, and foul play cannot yet be ruled out.

Woman in racist Central Park confrontation sues over firing

The white woman who was widely condemned and fired after a videotaped dispute with a Black man in Central Park over an unleashed dog has filed a lawsuit against her former employer.

Attracted to taxidermy, mountain lion shatters window to enter San Bruno home

Now that you've digested that headline, San Bruno police issued a press release about a mountain lion who apparently broke through a glass window to enter a home. 

Body of missing man found inside dinosaur statue

A father and son discovered the body after noticing a rank smell emanating from the dinosaur statue.

Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow: Doomsday couple charged with murder of children

The mother of two kids who were found dead last year in Idaho and her new husband have been charged with murder in a bizarre case involving doomsday religious beliefs.

9-year-old finds $5,000 under floor mat while cleaning family SUV

An Indiana family purchased their Chevy Suburban back in September, but it was only recently that 9-year-old Landon Melvin was cleaning the SUV and found an envelope containing $5,000 under a floor mat.

Man sets neighbor’s house on fire for not mowing his lawn, police say

An Iowa man has been charged with 1st-degree arson and 2nd-degree criminal mischief after he allegedly set his neighbor's house on fire when they did not follow through on a promise to mow his lawn, police say.

North Carolina coast 'mysterious mass' identified: What is the blob?

The National Park Service, which maintains Cape Lookout National Seashore where the blob was found, said it had identified the mysterious mass.

Hundreds in Alameda line up for blooming ‘corpse flower’

“I grabbed my wagon, went down to my greenhouse, put it in with the help of a friend of mine, dragged it down here to this abandoned building and people just started showing up,” said nursery owner Solomon Leyva.

Video shows impatient dog honking car horn

Hilarious footage shows one pushy pooch honking the horn to get his owner to pick up the pace.

Australian woman says she woke up with Irish accent after tonsil surgery

One medical expert says an Australian woman who woke up with an Irish accent days after surgery on her tonsils may have a rare medical condition called “foreign accent syndrome.”

Woman wakes up to blood dripping on her from apartment ceiling fan

The woman awoke after she felt something dripping on her body. She assumed it was raining outside and thought a leak had sprung from the apartment above hers. She was horrified to find that the dripping liquid was blood. (Warning, graphic photos in this story may be distressing.)