WEIRD NEWS

Authorities in Nebraska are trying to determine who released 16 million gallons of water by opening a dam on an irrigation channel one night this month — and why.

A blind Michigan judge went for a drive and a sheriff rode shotgun.

The city of Chongqing is known for both soaring temperatures and spicy cuisine, notably its hotpot: a peppery bubbling tabletop broth into which diners dunk bite-size pieces of food to cook and eat.

A California man who smuggled more than 1,700 wild animals into the United States, including 60 reptiles hidden in his clothing, has pleaded guilty to federal charges.

See you later alligator. Louisiana deputies had to wrestle an alligator in a couple’s backyard on Tuesday.

A Massachusetts woman’s diamond wedding ring is back on her finger after a man with a metal detector responded to her social media plea for help and found it at the bottom of the ocean.

An authenticated Apple-1 Computer prototype from the mid-1970s has sold at auction for nearly $700,000.

Officials in Poland have arrested an 81-year-old Danish woman traveling from Africa to Canada on suspicion of illegal possession of heroin worth over $515,000.

New research suggests that a giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could devour a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites.

Nepal’s most sacred river is also its most polluted.

Officers with the Boston Police Department’s harbor patrol unit are used to helping boaters in distress, but last weekend Officer Joe Matthews came to the rescue of a groom in danger of missing his own wedding.

Jeff Bohnert had all but given up on seeing his poodle-hound mix again after she went missing in early June.

A rural South Korean town is getting roasted over its video ad on garlic that some farmers say stinks of obscenity and has even sexually objectified the agricultural product.

A Utah man has been arrested on accusations he started a wildfire while trying to burn a spider with his lighter.

If what doesn’t kill you truly makes you stronger, then Titan is the strongest turtle in the ocean.

It made Route 66 and Interstate 40 drivers in New Mexico do double takes.

A big pink diamond of 170 carats has been discovered in Angola and is claimed to be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years.

People in a southwestern Japanese city have come under attack from monkeys that are trying to snatch babies, biting and clawing at flesh, and sneaking into nursery schools.

There’s still time to catch Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and bathes the urban canyons in a rosy glow.

Hundreds of couples whose weddings were derailed or scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic got a do-over thanks to a New York City landmark.

Hoping to expand their appeal beyond the slot machine and buffet crowd, some casinos are turning to fine art galleries to bring in new business from customers who might not otherwise visit a gambling hall.

An endangered corpse flower is set to bloom at the San Antonio Zoo for the first time ever.

The oldest Magellanic penguin at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens has died at the age of 40.

A rural Georgia monument that some people have dubbed “America's Stonehenge” has been demolished after a bomb destroyed one of its four granite panels.