(UPI) A dump truck with its trailer upright was caught on camera colliding with a Virginia highway overpass.

Amir Jaffery's Tesla dashboard camera recorded video when he was behind the truck on Interstate 66 as it approached the Route 286/Fairfax County Parkway overpass.

The video shows the truck's raised trailer collide with the overpass ...Read more

(UPI) Animal control officers and public works employees in New Jersey came to the rescue of a kitten found trapped in a storm drain.

The Somerset Regional Animal Shelter said in a Facebook post that Animal Control Officer Jess Ostrowski rushed into action Sunday night when a kitten was reported trapped in a storm drain on Sunny Slope Road in ...Read more

(UPI) A West Virginia police officer pulled double-duty as a snake charmer when a "grumpy" serpent was spotted wandering into morning rush traffic.

The Charleston Police Department said in a Facebook post that Patrolman D. Johnson, "one of the biggest animal lovers around," rushed into action when a snake of some sort (we're not snake ...Read more

(UPI) An Idaho man added an unusual Guinness World Records title to his tally by catching and donning five T-shirts launched from a T-shirt cannon in 46.09 seconds.

David Rush, who has broken more than 250 Guinness World Records, said he had nearly attempted the title on a couple of occasions in the past, but never made an official try due to ...Read more

(UPI) A Washington, D.C., man stopped to buy a lottery ticket on his way to work and won $50,000 -- his second major prize.

The professional driver, identified only as H.B., told Maryland Lottery officials he was on his way to pick up a passenger in Baltimore when he stopped at the 7-Eleven store on North Point Boulevard and bought a Money Drop...Read more

(UPI) An unusual transaction was caught on camera at a Florida credit union when an alligator wandered into the drive-through lanes.

Addition Financial in Lake Mary shared a photo to social media showing the gator parked by the teller window at the credit union.

"Just a normal day in Florida," the post said. Can we even blame this little ...Read more

(UPI) An icy California road ended up with a taste of the Rockies when an overturned truck spilled its load of Coors beer into the roadway.

The California Highway Patrol station in Gold Run said the big rig overturned on an icy patch of Interstate 80 westbound in Placer County.

The roadway was closed to traffic between Rainbow and Cisco while ...Read more

(UPI) A southern California resident shared video of the moment a family of bears visited their back yard so the mother could take a dip in the pool.

Video posted to Instagram by @RICKYMARTINEZ87 shows the mother bear and two cubs approaching the pool in the Monrovia resident's back yard.

The footage shows the mother climb into the pool for a ...Read more

(UPI) A grocery store in Texas broke a Guinness World Record by gathering more than 311,000 avocados into a single display.

The El Rio Grande Latin Market in Dallas celebrated the Cinco de Mayo by amassing 86,764 pounds of avocados into the world's largest fruit display.

The display was examined by a Guinness World Records adjudicator and ...Read more

(UPI) Dozens of live chickens escaped onto the streets of Brooklyn on Monday when the doors of a cargo truck came open during transit.

The New York Police Department said the rear doors of the truck came open and started spilling caged chickens into the roadway on Old Fulton Street, near Front Street, and chickens continued to fall from the ...Read more

(UPI) The North Carolina Education Lottery said there were 5,662 top prize winning tickets Monday when a Pick 3 drawing resulted in the winning numbers 6-6-6.

The three-digit combination was drawn in the Monday afternoon Pick 3 drawing, leading to $2.1 million in prizes being owed.

A 50-cent Pick 3 ticket carries a top prize of $250, while a $...Read more

(UPI) Residents on the Texas coast are being asked to keep a lookout for mysterious orange-painted blocks after wildlife researchers revealed their purpose -- researching turtles.

Beach-goers in Galveston and Freeport recently reported coming across the unusual objects -- small rectangular blocks attached to larger rectangular blocks -- in the ...Read more

(UPI) A rad badger paid a visit to a skate park in Cornwall, England, but ended up needing some help escaping from a steep-edged bowl.

The Cornwall Badger Group said volunteer Dave Hudson was summoned to the Newquay Skate Park on Sunday when a curious badger wandered into the facility and became trapped in a bowl -- a skating surface akin to an...Read more

(UPI) A team of 18 bakers came together in France to cook a baguette measuring a record-breaking 461 feet long.

The bakers, members of the French Confederation of Bakers and Pastry Chefs, gathered at the Suresnes Baguette Show in Suresnes, west of Paris, to bake the bread loaf, which measured about 235 times longer than the average French ...Read more

(UPI) The zebra who spent several days on the loose in western Washington was successfully recaptured and returned to her owner.

The zebra, named Shug, was one of four to escape a trailer on Interstate 90 on April 28, and was the only one to remain on the loose after a few hours of rescue efforts.

North Bend Mayor Mary Miller said Shug was ...Read more

(UPI) A Virginia woman bought a lottery ticket for the first time in her life and ended up winning a $50,000 prize.

Katelynne Berland of Yorktown told Virginia Lottery officials her mother asked her to pick up some lottery tickets from the 7-Eleven on Ottis Street in Yorktown.

She said the errand inspired her to buy her own first-ever lottery ...Read more

(UPI) Officials warned of traffic delays on a Wisconsin highway when an overturned truck spilled beer into the roadway.

Menomonee Falls police shared photos on social media showing the semi truck on its side in the northbound lanes of Interstate 41 on Thursday with cases of Miller High Life beer spilling out from its rear.

Two lanes of traffic...Read more

(UPI) Residents of an Iowa town were treated to an unusual and whimsical sight when a dog and a deer went for a walk around town together.

The Tipton Police Department posted photos to Facebook showing the dog and deer strolling together in locations including a block of businesses and the city courthouse.

"Sometimes a dog just wants to take ...Read more

(UPI) Officials in a Washington county are asking members of the public to steer clear of the area where a zebra remains on the loose.

The zebra was one of four to escape from a trailer Sunday on Interstate 90, near North Bend in King County.

Three of the African equines were corralled and returned to their owner, but one remains on the loose....Read more

(UPI) A 9-foot alligator wandered up to a Florida elementary school and managed to buck a trapper off its back before being safely corralled.

Witnesses Carolynn Jones and Mark Detrio captured video when the gator wandered onto the grounds of an elementary school in Wesley Chapel, prompting a response from a trapper contracted by the Florida ...Read more