A New Mexico football coach has been fired and faces criminal charges after authorities said a student used a cellphone video to capture the coach on video taking money from a player’s wallet. State Police arrested Miyamura High School coach John D. Roanhaus on Saturday following a review of the… Read More

A group of scuba divers submerged 30 feet beneath the surface to sculpt jack-o-lanterns during the annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest in the Florida Keys. Detroit’s Josephine Walker and Stephanie McClary crafted moray eels embracing a heart to win the competition this weekend at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary…. Read More

A South Carolina man says a house fire would have ended his life if it weren’t for his four-legged friend. News outlets report that Curly the dog saved Brian Rand on Monday morning by waking him during a house fire. Sponsored: QUIZ: What’s your real age? Rand says Curly nudged… Read More

Zombie deer may sound like something in a bad B-movie, but wildlife regulators say they’re real and officials are working to keep them out of Nevada. The term relates to animals that have contracted chronic wasting disease, a highly contagious and terminal disorder that causes symptoms such as lack of… Read More

An Ohio homeowner never envisioned becoming semi-famous because of a goat butting its way into her home and taking a nap in her bathroom. “This is the most random story in the world,” Jennifer Keathley said Tuesday, breaking out into laughter. The break-in happened Friday when an escaped male goat… Read More

Owner Dan Snyder and President Bruce Allen summoned coach Jay Gruden to the Washington Redskins’ facility before dawn Monday to tell him he was being fired. “It was a brief conversation,” Allen said. Now comes a longer conversation about the status of the floundering franchise that has won just two… Read More

Two weeks into the season, two different winners have been crowned in a tight battle for prime-time supremacy among the television networks. Fox took first place last week in the Nielsen company’s rankings, buoyed by its Thursday night NFL game between the L.A. Rams and Seattle. Late-running Sunday afternoon football… Read More

The founder of a food and beverage packaging company and his wife, a former journalist, are returning to court to be sentenced in a scandal involving dozens of wealthy and sometimes famous parents paying bribes to get their children into top colleges. Gregory and Marcia Abbott, of New York and… Read More