Category Archives: Offbeat News

Celebrity chef Valentino Luchin, 62, was arrested Wednesday after allegedly robbing three banks in one day across San Francisco. The Italian-born former head chef of Walnut Creek's Ottavio restaurant ...

Several competitors were disqualified from Scotland's World Stone Skimming Championships after using artificially modified stones. The annual competition on Easdale island requires participants to use...

A Shanghai court has ordered two 17-year-olds to pay 2.2 million yuan ($309,000) to catering companies after they urinated in soup at a Haidilao hotpot restaurant in February. The teenagers posted a v...

An unidentified man wearing scuba gear robbed the Paddlefish restaurant at Disney Springs early Monday morning, stealing up to $20,000 in cash before escaping underwater. Orange County Sheriff's Offic...

Land O' Lakes resident Danie Wright rescued her 4-month-old shih tzu Dax by punching a 5-foot alligator that grabbed the dog during a walk near a creek behind her home. "I turned and looked, and an al...

The Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association announced Monday that researcher Brandon Baillod's team found the wreck of the FJ King off Bailey's Harbor. The 144-foo...

The California Department of Motor Vehicles told Isis Wharton on Friday she must surrender her personalized license plate reading "IAMISIS" because it could be interpreted as supporting the Islamic St...

Former Baltimore Orioles player Brian Roberts issued a public apology Sunday after questioning Canadian fans' baseball understanding during Friday's live MASN broadcast. Roberts said "I got to be real...

Ryan Meetup held its second annual "Rytoberfest" Saturday at Torch and Crown in Union Square, drawing hundreds of people named Ryan who attempted to break the Guinness World Record for largest same-na...

Fourteen workers at Montana's Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter were hospitalized Wednesday after FBI agents burned two pounds of seized methamphetamine using the facility's incinerator in Billings. S...