SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- There's some monkey business afoot at a Massachusetts zoo.........»»

Ernie Button appreciates every last drop of his single malt Scotch. But he doesn't drink the dregs. Instead, he photographs them. The 48-year-old photographer from Phoenix, Arizona, has documented the residue that's left over in whisky glasses for more th.....»»

An adorable stray kitten has landed on her feet in a loving home after a heartwarming chance encounter in an Arizona parking lot. The fluffy feline was stretching her tiny paws out on a truck’s tire when the vehicle’s owner says he caught sigh.....»»

GILA BEND, Ariz. (AP) -- A Honduran woman arrested in a drug smuggling bust in southern Arizona also is facing an animal cruelty charge for allegedly punching a border agent's horse.........»»

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Officials say Scottsdale will bar the Satanic Temple from leading a scheduled prayer at a City Council meeting in July.........»»

Jonathan Lowe's Monday can only be described as crappy. Lowe, a newsman for KPHO in Phoenix, was arrested on charges of public defecation while on the job. Police arrested Lowe in Goodyear, Arizona after he allegedly pooped on the lawn belonging to a cri.....»»

After learning that the Yellowstone baby bison tourists recently took for a car ride was euthanized, we’re relieved to hear some good bison news this week. Bullet, a 1,000-pound “housebroken” bison previously up for sale on Craigsli.....»»

A 1,000-pound "domesticated" bison that was allowed to roam in her owner's Dallas-area home has moved on to pastures new. A 1,000-pound "domesticated" bison that was allowed to roam in her owner's Dallas-area home has moved on to pastures new......»»

ARGYLE, Texas (AP) -- A 1,000-pound "domesticated" bison that was allowed to roam in her owner's Dallas-area home has moved on to pastures new.........»»

To all those who Instagram with reckless abandon, take note.  This past Valentine's Day, Vanessa Hudgens and her actor boyfriend, Austin Butler, visited a protected rock formation in Sedona, Arizona. To express their young love, the two&nbs.....»»

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A few hours of freedom ended for two Bengal tigers that escaped from a big cat shelter in the Dutch countryside on Saturday, when police managed to sedate them and get them back in their enclosure......»»

ARGYLE, Texas (AP) -- An 8-year-old bison named Bullet has outgrown its Texas home and the owner wants to find a new place for the 1,000-pound pet to roam.........»»

If you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. But if you teach a man to fish, you'd better tell him what to do if he reels in a world record. Robert Ross was fishing in remote waters near Loreto, Mexico, when he landed a record-breaking 430-pound yellowf.....»»

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) -- A woman who had her heart set on taking home the same stray dog that Republican Gov. Paul LePage adopted is angry that the animal shelter broke its own rules by making the canine available to him a day before it was availabl.....»»

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) -- Cruise ship passengers have been hanging out at an Alaska homeless shelter to get free coffee and a bite to eat, but few have bothered making a donation, said one of the nonprofit's board members.........»»

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona student who showed his penis in his football team's photograph was arrested briefly after his high school unwittingly sent the image to hundreds of his Phoenix-area classmates as part of its yearbook, officials said on Monda.....»»

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) -- It literally was a whale of a job.........»»

A 40-foot whale carcass floated for days at California's popular Lower Trestles surf spot before eventually washing up on San Onofre State Beach Sunday. The 60,000-pound adult gray whale was decaying under the hot sun this past we.....»»

In a counter-intuitive approach, a homeless shelter is giving free wine to its alcoholic residents. The Oaks homeless shelter in Ottawa, Canada, provides support to chronic alcoholics by giving them a free glass of wine every hour every day, the Guar.....»»

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- Police say a man wearing only a T-shirt during a snowstorm would have frozen to death at the base of an Arizona mountain had it not been for an alert 2-year-old black Labrador mix.........»»