Offbeat News

By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A drone has been converted into a flying flamethrower in central China in a fiery campaign to eradicate more than 100 wasp nests. Villagers in Zhong county have teamed up with Blue Sky Rescue, a volunteer group that conducts search and rescue and

The undercover police officer and detective were outside a busy shopping center on Thursday as part of a holiday enforcement program when they saw three men in the process of stealing a Honda CR-V in the parking lot

Ex-con Shane Carton was selling ice cream at one of Northern Ireland’s most popular beaches despite his criminal past.

LONDON (AP) — Banksy’s latest mural is delaying a homeowner’s plans to sell in Bristol, England after it recently appeared on the house’s exterior wall. The British street artist’s piece, titled “Aachoo!!”, depicts an elderly woman sneezing, sending her

  BERLIN (AP) — A surrealist painting worth more than a quarter million euros (dollars) that was forgotten by a businessman at Duesseldorf’s airport has been recovered from a nearby dumpster. The businessman, whose identity was not given, accidentally left behind the painting by

With cameras rolling, one of the Tyler Republican’s front teeth fell out as he spoke to the press. Rather than pause to spit the runaway tooth into a hankie, video shows Gohmert carrying on with the presser

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — More than 60 years after Mal Osborn earned a varsity letter jacket from the University of Maine as a track runner, he still wore it. That is, until the 92-year-old lost it in October. The Bangor Daily News reported on Monday that Osborn’s daughter Beverly Amick

BOSTON (AP) — Fifty people won the Massachusetts lottery game Mass Cash on Sunday, a record according to the state lottery agency. For a dollar, players of the game choose five numbers between 1 and 35 and mark the choice on a slip. WCVB reported on Monday that 50 people chose the winning

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida descended on what they thought was an armed break-in at a men’s clothing store Tuesday morning after people were spotted storming in with rifles — but arrived to find a music video filming. A Pembroke Pines Police spokeswoman says the

LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana man whose cash-filled wallet was accidentally discarded got it back last week after a crew waded through tons of trash and found it near the bottom. Logansport resident Robert Nolte’s wallet ended up in the trash Thursday after he asked a friend