Oddities

MATTHEWS, N.C. (AP) — A food company is recalling frozen hash browns from stores in nine states because the potatoes may have pieces of golf…

SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington woman who was convicted last year of animal cruelty for collecting over 100 cats in a recreational trailer has been…

BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of Charlie Chaplin fans dressed as his “Tramp” character have gathered at the silent film star’s former home in Switzerland, marking…

With assist from its mahouts, elephants blow water from its trunk to tourists on motor-tricycle or Tuk Tuk, ahead of the Buddhist New Year, known…

In this Thursday, April 13, 2017 photo, a demonstrator wearing a makeshift gas mask fashioned with the head of a teddy bear, takes part in…

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A craving for a McDonald’s cheeseburger apparently prompted an 8-year-old Ohio boy to take his 4-year-old sister for a ride…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A man who was fined for allowing his pet snake to slither freely in a South Dakota park said an…

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man whose hand was cut off by a machete during a fight has had it reattached, and authorities say…

In this April 1, 2017 picture (above), a man wears the traditional ‘Tora’ outfit used during the carnival while posing for a picture during a…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A chain of Dutch stores has apologized after inadvertently selling children’s coloring books featuring an image of Adolf Hitler. The…

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Indian police are reviewing reports of missing children to try to identify a girl who was found living in a forest…