Offbeat News

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — These days, being a public official means not only informing people about what’s going on — but also telling people what isn’t happening. The mayor of Tupelo, Mississippi pulled such double duty last week, when he announced that masks would be required in

GUILFORD, Connecticut – A Connecticut man escaped with minor injuries after falling 30 feet through the floor of a home into an abandoned well.   The Guilford Fire Department on Monday said the man was helping a friend move into the home that was built in 1843, plummeted into standing

Marshmiller Lake Wisconsin on Saturday was the scene of a dramatic sunset rescue of a small bear with a plastic jug over it’s head.  Tricia Hurt shared this video of their attempts to remove the jug on Facebook  

NEW YORK (AP) — Fireworks: they aren’t just for the Fourth of July anymore. As many people have probably noticed — there is a lot of booming going on. People from coast to coast have noted the nightly round of “bombs bursting in air” — and that it has been going on well

LEWES, Del. (AP) — Usually when a human comes in contact with a shark’s mouth in the waters off a beach, it’s no laughing matter. But a swimmer who had such an encounter over the weekend has managed to come out OK. The swimmer was in the waters off Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes