A Missouri state lawmaker said he misspoke on the House floor Friday when he referred to “consensual rapes” during a highly charged debate on a bill to ban abortions at eight weeks , including in cases of rape and incest Republican Rep. Barry Hovis said in the chamber Friday that most of the sexual… Read More

Authorities say somebody stole a tripod from a California Department of Transportation crew and then dropped it from an overpass onto a Sacramento freeway, impaling the lung of a passenger in a van. The driver of the van, Tim Page, tells KCRA-TV that he was on Interstate 5 Thursday morning… Read More

Wildlife officials have finally captured a large invasive Asian water monitor that had been running loose in the Florida Keys for more than a year. Florida Fish and Wildlife officials posted pictures on Facebook with this caption: “Elusive lizard captured!” The lizard was more than 5 feet (1.52 meters) long… Read More

A Florida Goodwill store got a donation it didn’t need or expect — a grenade. The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office said workers found the grenade in a donation bin Wednesday afternoon and called 911. TCPalm reports that the bomb squad arrived and the Port St. Lucie store was evacuated. The grenade… Read More

Police in Las Vegas have released security video they say shows a woman shoving a 74-year-old man off a public bus after witnesses say he asked her to be nice to other passengers. The video shows Serge Fournier landing face-first on a sidewalk east of downtown on March 21. He… Read More

A kitten that was found encased in hardened spray foam is expected to make a full recovery after being rescued from a garbage can by an Oregon sanitation worker, authorities said Thursday. The sanitation worker was using a hydraulic arm to empty a trash can near Hillsboro, Oregon, but the… Read More

The New York Police Department used a photo of Woody Harrelson in its facial recognition program in an attempt to identify a beer thief who looked like the actor, according to a report published Thursday. Georgetown University’s Center on Privacy and Technology highlighted the April 2017 episode in “Garbage In,… Read More

Bruce Willis was moonlighting for the Philadelphia Phillies. Willis, star of “The Sixth Sense” and “The Fifth Element” threw the first pitch in his No. 19 Phillies jersey before Philadelphia played the Milwaukee Brewers. Willis wasn’t within striking distance of the plate — he one-hopped the pitch to Phillies ace Aaron Nola…. Read More

Archie Bunker is coming back to prime-time network TV and he might look a little different to viewers — even if what he says is exactly the same. Woody Harrelson is stepping into the iconic role as part of a 90-minute ABC special celebrating writer, director and producer Norman Lear…. Read More

Former President Jimmy Carter plans to teach Sunday school this weekend just days after undergoing surgery for a broken hip, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Carter, 94, was released Thursday morning from a Georgia hospital after getting a hip replacement. He plans to continue recuperating at his home in rural Plains,… Read More