Odd News Stories

Food of the future? EU nations put mealworms on the menu

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BRUSSELS — Dried yellow mealworms could soon be hitting supermarket shelves and restaurants across Europe. ...

Wine that went to space for sale with $1 million price tag

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LONDON — The wine is out of this world. The price is appropriately stratospheric. ...

Florida Teen charged as adult in rigged homecoming election

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PENSACOLA, Fla. — A Florida teen accused of rigging a homecoming queen election with her mother is being charged as an adult, prosecutors said. ...

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NAPLES, Fla. — A man moving from Alabama to southwest Florida traveled hundreds of miles with an owl stuck in his truck's grill. The...

Tennessee toddler freed from antique wooden barrel

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PORTLAND, Tenn. — Fire rescuers and medical staff used a power saw and screwdrivers to extract a toddler from an antique wooden barrel in...

Nurses, doctor help ‘lucky’ mom who gave birth on flight

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HONOLULU — A doctor and a team of neonatal medical professionals were in the right place at the right time — helping a Utah...

US Air Force flight in Mideast uses call sign ‘Pickle Rick’

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Someone in the U.S. Air Force apparently watches the cartoon “Rick and Morty.” ...

Boy unhurt after taking ride on airport conveyor belt system

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MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities say a 9-year-old boy who found his way onto the conveyor belt baggage handling system at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was...

Need a bigger net: Fish, age 100 or more, caught in Detroit

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DETROIT — Now that's a whopper — a very old whopper! ...

Bones dating back to ice age found in Las Vegas backyard

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LAS VEGAS — A couple in Las Vegas said they will have to wait to continue building their pool after construction crews unearthed a...