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Punxsutawney Phil, the spring-predicting groundhog, and wife Phyllis are parents of 2 babies

Now we know what Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who predicts whether an early spring will arrive eac...

Norwegians facing a shortage as Easter nears are hoarding eggs from neighboring Sweden

HELSINKI (AP) — A shortage of eggs in shops during Holy Week has led Norwegians to flock to supermarkets...

No joke: UK comedian told to remove hot dog from subway poster over junk food ban

LONDON (AP) — On the London Underground, hot dogs are no joking matter. Comedian Ed Gamble has been...

This stinks. A noxious weed forces Arizona national monument's picnic area to close until May

COOLIDGE, Ariz. (AP) — It literally stinks that visitors to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in south-centra...

South Carolina has $1.8 billion but doesn't know where the money came from or where it should go

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has collected about $1.8 billion in a bank account over the past...

Lego head mugshots add to California's debate on policing and privacy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California police department has been handcuffed by Lego after the toy...

Travelers through Maine’s biggest airport can now fly to the moon. Or at least a chunk of it

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fly me to the moon. Or, at least, to Maine. Maine's largest airport is now hom...

Malaysian convenience store owners charged over 'Allah' socks that angered Muslims

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The owners of a Malaysian convenience store chain and one of its suppliers...

Firefighters in New Jersey come to the rescue of a yellow Labrador stuck in a spare tire

FRANKLINVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters in southern New Jersey came to the rescue of a dog who got stuc...

Swedish appeals court rules space rock should stay with the owner of the property where it landed

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish land owner won a legal battle Thursday to keep a 14-kilogram (31-pound) meteorit...

A Tennessee fisherman reeled in a big one. It turned out to be an alligator

MAYNARDVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — A fisherman at a lake in northeast Tennessee caught a surprise at the...

Cambodia's prime minister sounds a sour note on trucks' musical horns

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has ordered a ban on musical horns, afte...

Authorities seize ailing alligator kept illegally in New York home's swimming pool

HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) — An ailing alligator was seized from an upstate New York home where it was being...

Hundreds of people in Mexico City stretch out for a 'mass nap' to commemorate World Sleep Day

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City on Friday were...

English women's league showdown delayed by teams wearing matching socks

LONDON (AP) — A top-of-the table English Women's Soccer League game with a crowd of nearly 33,000 suffered...

A Greek police officer with 225 pounds of marijuana in his patrol car is arrested after a chase

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A police officer on patrol duty in northwestern Greece was arrested on drugs charge...

Serbian prosecutors charge 10 for stealing 43,000 state decorations of honor

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ten people are facing charges in Serbia for stealing as many as 43,000 state...

Bees cause a buzz and lengthy disruption at Indian Wells tennis during Alcaraz vs Zverev match

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — A swarm of bees forced a nearly two-hour disruption to the quarterfinal...

Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads stolen en route to Pittsburgh. Giveaway postponed

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jaromir Jagr is missing. Well, the bobbleheads of the former NHL star are anyway....

A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The inhabitants of Copenhagen's freewheeling Christiania neighborhood plan...

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