A New Hampshire police officer who responded to a shoplifting incident didn’t make an arrest but instead paid the thief’s tab after learning the woman stole the items to bake her child’s birthday cake. Officer Michael Kotsonis, a 19-year member of the Portsmouth force, responded to a call last week… Read More

A man jumped inside a polar bear pit Wednesday at the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark, forcing zookeepers to fire rubber bullets at the 621-kilogram (1,369-pound) bear so they could rescue him. The man leaped into the enclosure shortly after noon as guests, including children, were watching the 10-year-old bear. Zoo… Read More

Two Army pilots were killed when their helicopter crashed near Fort Campbell in rural Tennessee, the military said. The two crewmembers were flying a two-seat AH-64D Apache during a routine training mission when the helicopter went down around 7 p.m. Wednesday, a news release from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division… Read More

A South African appeals court today convicted Oscar Pistorius of murder, overturning a lower court’s conviction of the double-amputee Olympian on the lesser charge of manslaughter for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to death in 2013. Justice Lorimer Eric Leach of the Supreme Court of Appeal delivered the ruling by the five-judge… Read More

The Rockettes are supposed to look alike. But siblings? Three of the long-legged, high-kicking performers are athletic sisters… and two are identical twins. Meet Kristin, Lisa and Alison Jantzie, celebrating their fourth year as Rockettes together. The brown-haired, blue-eyed sisters are from the rural community of Lacombe, in Canada’s western… Read More

If they’re guilty, lock them up and throw away the key! Two men a sheriff labelled “cowards” stole a cellphone from a suburban Detroit man with cerebral palsy, beat him, recorded the assault on his cellphone and posted it to his Facebook page, authorities said. Now they’re in handcuffs. Nikey… Read More

His fame in adult films led to mainstream success and a lucrative sex column. But now, porn star James Deen – famous for his so-called “boy next door” look – is being called the ‘Bill Cosby of Porn‘ after being accused of raping co-workers – and some of them say… Read More

The married couple dubbed the “San Francisco witch killers” seemed locked away for good when each was sentenced to 75 years to life for three Northern California murders three decades ago. But because of a recent federal court ruling, prison officials had to consider them for parole. On Wednesday, a… Read More

A suburban Oklahoma City police officer picked up an unusual subject found wandering along a rural road. Norman police Officer Kyle Canaan says it took a little pushing, pulling and some animal feed, but he got the miniature donkey nicknamed “Squishy” into the back of his patrol car and out… Read More

The southwestern South Dakota ghost town of Swett is once again for sale, and this time the asking price is a lot cheaper. Swett is home to about 6 acres of land, an empty house reputed to be haunted and a closed bar. It first went on the market in… Read More