Category Archives: Offbeat News

A 57-year-old unemployed former nurse in northern Italy was arrested for allegedly dressing as his deceased mother to renew her identity card and continue collecting her pension. The man's mother, Gra...

Chinese technology company AgiBot has earned a Guinness World Record after its humanoid robot A2 completed a 66-mile continuous walk. The robot traveled from Jinji Lake in Jiangsu Province to Shanghai...

Raymond Hager of Wichita Falls, Texas, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest active bus driver. The 95-year-old was verified at 94 years and 176 days old on May 13 while ...

Federal prosecutors have indicted two North Texas men for plotting an armed takeover of Haiti's Gonave Island. Gavin Weisenburg, 21, of Allen and Tanner Thomas, 20, of Argyle allegedly planned to murd...

Vince Shlomi, the infomercial spokesman famous for selling ShamWow towels, has filed to run for Congress in Texas. He's challenging 84-year-old Republican Rep. John Carter, who has served over 20 year...

A 65-year-old woman was found alive inside her coffin at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham Buddhist temple in Thailand. Her brother had driven her body 300 miles from Phitsanulok for cremation after she appeared ...

A 33-year-old Wayne County man won $1 million after purchasing a scratch-off ticket that another customer had rejected. The winner discovered the Blazing Suits ticket sitting on the counter at Fawaz P...

Clearwater police arrested Olivia Merriex on animal cruelty and drug charges after finding a large tortoise living in squalid conditions during a narcotics raid Tuesday. Officers discovered the reptil...

Danan Ary faces two indecent exposure charges after police say he exposed himself to passing vehicles on separate occasions last month near Iowa City. Officers report Ary, 30, stood behind his 2012 Ch...

Anthony Day was arrested in Polk County after deputies found him walking completely naked on Broken Arrow Trail in 36-degree weather. A commuter spotted Day and called authorities, with Tesla cameras ...