MIAMI (AP) โ The National Weather Service routinely warns people about falling rain, snow and hail, but temperatures are dropping so low in South Florida the forecasters warned residents Tuesday about falling iguanas.
MIAMI (AP) โ The National Weather Service routinely warns people about falling rain, snow and hail, but temperatures are dropping so low in South Florida the forecasters warned residents Tuesday about falling iguanas.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) โ A judge refused to overturn part of Utahโs lewdness law Tuesday in a blow to a woman who's fighting criminal charges after her stepchildren saw her topless in her own home.
JACKSON, N.J. (AP) โ An ad in the Waze navigation app is misdirecting motorists headed to Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa into the wilderness of New Jersey's Pine Barrens, police said.
What goes around comes around.
BEIJING (AP) โ A Chinese woman sparked social media outrage in her country by posting photos of herself and a friend with a Mercedes-Benz on the grounds of Beijing's Forbidden City. The reaction prompted an apology from the management of China's 600-year-old former imperial palace.
OWOSSO, Mich. (AP) โ The footstool didn't feel right. That's what happens when someone stashes $43,170 inside and apparently forgets about it.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) โ An Alaska man carrying garbage to his shed had to take cover inside when a curious bull moose decided to join him.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) โ A passenger waiting for a flight at an Oregon airport needed a bit more screen space for his video game so he plugged his Playstation 4 into a computer screen that had been displaying a map of the airport.
RENO, Nev. (AP) โ A pigeon wearing a tiny sombrero in Reno, Nevada, was discovered following sightings of its cowboy hat-wearing cousins in Las Vegas, a city manager said.
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