One Colorado lodge had to bear with one particularly rowdy guest with a strong craving for sweets. That’s meant in the most literal sense, as the unexpected visitor was an actual bear, and police say it helped itself to some M&Ms before leaving. The encounter happened at Grand Timber Lodge in Breckenridge, Colorado, early Tuesday, …
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A neighborhood in Glendale is reeling after the local SWAT team was called in to deal with a barricaded man. After a three-hour standoff, the man was left dead, and his daughter was left with the aftermath, which included her demolished home. But it looks like she may be on the hook for repairs, according …
They may call the hottest part of the year—which typically runs from July 3 through Aug. 11 each year—the “dog days of summer,” but at one Texas zoo, it’s more than pups feeling the heat. And at the Amarillo Zoo and Sanctuary, zookeepers have to get creative when the mercury starts to rise. That’s why …
A situation at a Florida apartment complex escalated from household items being thrown off a balcony to a SWAT standoff after deputies say a 40-year-old man barricaded himself inside his home and threatened to kill law enforcement officers. According to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the Perla Apartments at approximately 11:30 a.m. …
Construction workers digging a new sewer system in Belgium expected to find dirt, old building materials, and probably some worms. Instead, they uncovered a hidden stash of gold estimated to be worth more than $10 million. The Guardian reports that workers discovered the gold on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at a construction site in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, Belgium, …
A routine flight turned into a medical scare. Four Frontier Airlines flight attendants experienced headaches and nausea during a flight to Florida, prompting the pilots to request medical help before the plane reached its destination. According to PEOPLE, Frontier Flight 1046 departed Cleveland Hopkins International Airport shortly before 8 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, bound …
Could trimming the trees on your property trigger a constitutional crisis? That’s what one homeowner is suggesting is happening in his Austin neighborhood, after he received a hefty bill for trimming back some of the trees on his property. But it wasn’t just any bill; it was a nearly $9,000 bill. Now the homeowner has …
Disney World’s new trashcan design has divided the Internet. A change in receptacles meant to streamline waste disposal has some parkgoers dismayed and missing key features of the old bins. Will the transformation be worth it? On July 30, the Walt Disney World Cast and Community Facebook page posted an announcement debuting a new “smart” …
An Amazon delivery driver is going viral for all the right reasons. Typically, when you see that a delivery driver is trending online, it’s for something bad. From poorly handled packages to bad attitudes, people love sharing footage that they capture when their drivers are behaving badly. But a woman is going viral for doing …
An 8-year-old boy went fishing in a Pennsylvania lake expecting to reel in a typical haul of local aquatic life. Instead, what emerged from the water had a mouth full of teeth and belonged thousands of miles from the quaint watering hole. Seamus Coffey was fishing with his father, Michael Coffey, at Ridley Park Lake …