If you’ve ever taken the Metro-North train from New York City, you may have noticed a strange island floating in the Hudson River about 50 miles up, as you move between Cold Spring and Beacon. It’s a small knot of land, unusual in and of itsel.....»»

Police in England are praising a student driver who gave them a ride to an emergency call during a lesson. The unidentified woman was driving with her instructor in Kingston, southwest London, around 8 p.m. on Thursday when she noticed officers trying to .....»»

Maybe Ryan Lochte has spent too much time in the pool. The disgraced Olympic swimmer said he did not know what Yom Kippur was during an interview with New York Magazine posted Sunday, then appeared to confuse it with Canadian Thanksgiving. Reporter Jessic.....»»

A Florida woman accused of robbing a bank may have gotten her father involved in a crime without him knowing. Chelsea Wilson was arrested Friday morning after she allegedly robbed a TD Bank in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday afternoon. Police said Wilson&rsqu.....»»

A man in upstate New York bravely broke into his neighbor’s blazing home to save their trapped dog on Thursday afternoon. Michael Orchard fled the burning property in Halfmoon, near Albany, with the bewildered pup and tenderly cradled it in his arms.....»»

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Every trip has a silver lining. And in this case, it’s a diamond.  Visitors to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas just might strike it rich: For the price of admission, they get to dig in a field that’s the eroded sur.....»»

Some cops use drug dogs to find contraband. But in Western Australia, it seems that crows are willing to do the job instead. A surveillance camera captured a crow fishing a bag of methamphetamine out of a Perth gas station’s garbage can on Monday. .....»»

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Remember Zoltar? That primitive animatronic fortune telling machine you sometimes find at arcades? Well, a bizarre variation featuring Donald Trump is popping up around New York City. And since it features Trump, we’d have to say it’s eve.....»»

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The cash-strapped Pennsylvania city that was ridiculed and then praised in 2014 for its scrawny "Charlie Brown Christmas" tree has decided to go artificial this year, gracing its town square with a brightly lit, factory-made model tha.....»»

Now this is some serious commitment to witchcraft and wizardry. At the end of October, downtown Ithaca, New York will transform into a Harry Potter wonderland otherwise known as Wizarding Weekend. During the three-day festival, both visitors and.....»»

The most impressive cosplay costumes at any Comic-Con are usually the ones that people make themselves. It’s that intense passion and dedication that produce such spectacular creations. This guy’s Hulk outfit was a huge hit at New York Co.....»»

You’d be hard-pressed to find a Comic-Con fan who doesn’t appreciate a well-crafted costume. But, truth be told, these costumes are usually exciting hero outfits. They come with capes and boots and huge swords and sweet masks. That’.....»»

New research, reported on by The New York Times this week, argues that Adolf Hitler once wrote a book lauding himself as Germany’s future savior ― and had it published under another man’s name.  The short book, Adolf Hitler: His Li.....»»

The Farmington Police Department in Minnesota has had it with creepy clown sightings. Police were alerted this week that an individual who identified himself as Bobo the Friendly Clown would be visiting several schools at lunchtime. Investigators qui.....»»

As my husband left for work this morning, I jokingly said "clown lives matter," not realizing it was already disgracefully trending on Twitter. My husband has reigned as one of the New York City's favorite clowns for the last 20 years and yet the media ha.....»»

A man accused of shooting an AR-15 into the air near a woman walking a dog allegedly did so because he mistook her for a clown. Police in Bardstown, Kentucky, say Adam Tingle’s wife told him she saw a clown outside, and he yelled at the person .....»»

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police have arrested a man they suspect hacked into an advertising company's computer system to show a pornographic video on an electronic billboard at a busy intersection of south Jakarta last week......»»

With Odell Beckham Jr. in the house, a ball boy did an excellent impersonation of the New York Giants receiver on Monday night at U.S. Bank Stadium. In a game against the visiting Giants, Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford threw a pass out of boun.....»»