Buddhist monks resume 2,300-mile walk for peace after accident near Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — A group of Buddhist monks in the middle of a 2,300-mile (3,700-kilometer) walk across the U.S. to promote peace planned to...
Owl partially covered in concrete is cleaned up and recovering after rescue in Utah
An owl found partially encased in concrete after it got inside a cement mixer in southwestern Utah is expected to fly free again after...
Flush with cash? A solid gold toilet is up for auction
NEW YORK (AP) — Art collectors have a chance Tuesday to buy one of the world's most lucrative latrines: a solid gold, fully functional...
Prisoner sues for right to eat Vegemite in prison
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on prisoners eating Vegemite, claiming in a court suit that withholding the...
Make way for the flock! Hundreds of sheep head through German city to their...
BERLIN (AP) — Pedestrians in the German city of Nuremberg made way for hundreds of bleating sheep on Sunday as a flock of the...
Reaching 67 points is creating a ‘6-7’ frenzy at college basketball games across the...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Jennie Baranczyk hears the popular catchphrase “6-7” all the time at home, possibly more often than please and...
Baby sea otter is reunited with mother in central California after dramatic rescue
It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a call on their public hotline: there...
Arachnid super-web reveals the surprising ‘constant party’ life of cohabiting spiders
What is thought to be the world’s largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the...
Heady odors and sensory overload as 5,200 cheeses compete for the World Cheese Awards
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — The first thing that hits you at the World Cheese Awards is the smell.As the 37th edition -- part competition,...
A flooded restaurant in Thailand brings delight with swimming fish among diners
NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (AP) — A restaurant in central Thailand was bursting with a stream of customers coming for a unique dining experience: Enjoying...
