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Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.

A woman in New York is now receiving mail from the distant past — written by relatives who have since passed away.

City of Amarillo officials are trying to figure out what exactly was wandering around the zoo in the middle of the night.

Hundreds of cockroaches were released during an altercation that broke out at an arraignment in a New York courthouse Tuesday, shutting down the courthouse for the remainder of the day for fumigation.

A courthouse in upstate New York was closed for fumigation Tuesday after hundreds of cockroaches were released during an altercation that broke out at an arraignment, according to court officials.

It’s the story that made Sara Fulton a local celebrity for what she did at Temkin’s Bar in Greenpoint , where she’s known as a hero for saving all the terrified bargoers from a terrifying… opossum.

A couple’s wedding photos are raising some eyebrows and getting some laughs after the bride shared them on social media.

Beachcombers in Padre Island, Texas have been finding ‘creepy’ dolls washing up on local beaches, spanning years.

Creepy dolls are continuing to washing up on Texas beaches and no one really knows why.

Several vehicles parked inside a New Jersey municipal parking garage were found splattered with blood in a scene almost out of a slasher film, but the biggest question remains unanswered: Where did all the blood come from?

Florida authorities said they found cocaine and methamphetamine wrapped around a man’s penis during a traffic stop, but the man denied the drugs were his. Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies said they stopped a vehicle driving without its lights on at 4 a.m. last Saturday. WFLA-TV reports the driver was arrested on charges of DUI and marijuana possession. Authorities said...

An unsigned letter, a phony return address — and a cardboard box full of cash. That’s what one professor found as he was going through old mail in his office at City College of New York.

Emergency crews in Santa Barbara launched a rescue attempt with four-wheelers, a drone, engines and a truck for what turned out to be a mannequin with long-flowing hair clinging to the side of a cliff.

A man in Queens is crying fowl after an animal attack on his way to work left him bloodied and concerned for his neighbors’ safety — but it wasn’t a dog, cat or even a New York City rat that went after him. His aggressor was a rooster.

A sumo wrestler that may have spooked the horses has been knocked out of the Olympic equestrian ring.

One widely circulated video posted to Facebook shows the animal charging through a woman’s front yard as a swarm of cops give chase.

A Long Island woman got the shock of her life after she stepped outside her home and saw what she thought was a garden hose in her driveway — but turned out to be an eight-foot Burmese python, several inches thick.

The video has gone viral, with more than two million people having watched a mouse takes bites out of a pricey slab of veal in the butcher’s case at the Whole Foods in Columbus Circle

Just about anything can be purchased online in today’s world, but what one woman put up for sale has a lot of people taking notice: She posted her entire Brooklyn wedding up for sale on TikTok — and for a great price