In what sounds like a terrifying cookbook, How to Eat Your Christmas Tree, artisan baker Julia Georgallis offers recipes such as Christmas Tree pickles, Christmas-cured fish and Blue Spruce ice cream.
Someone swiped the sword from a statue of a Revolutionary War general in Westfield, Mass. The thief says he was in college when he went drinking with friends, and woke up with the sword.
A woman in South Windsor had been dating her boyfriend for a few months — he'd won over her family. Just after Christmas, her dad says the guy swiped her keys, drove off and didn't come back.
Researchers discovered that an octopus might punch a fish when both are hunting. Although some of the thrown punches can be explained, others remain a mystery.
The incident captured the attention of many as authorities sought to save the boy, thought to be stuck in an airborne weather balloon. Later, authorities called the situation a hoax.
Emma Ginder was teaching on Zoom when her class heard what sounded like her passing gas. She admitted playing a fart sound to lighten the mood, apologizing for having the maturity of a young boy.
A man near Sacramento, Calif., put on a Santa suit and took off in a motorized parachute. The fire department said he was trying to deliver candy canes to children. His aircraft, however, lost power.
In a virtual town hall for kids on CNN, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he made a trip to the North Pole to get Santa vaccinated for COVID-19. "He is good to go."
The official moniker, announced by Vice President Pence at a White House ceremony, comes one year after the creation of the newest military branch. The name drew raised eyebrows online.
The Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, N.J., is scheduled for implosion next month, but the right to press the button is still up for grabs. The city is auctioning off the opportunity for charity.
Winds brought so many tumbleweeds to a Melbourne suburb that people reported being trapped in their homes. The influx of tumbleweeds, known as a hairy panic in Australia, were 14 feet high in spots.
The grandson of Forrest Fenn, who hid the trove that set off a hunt for buried treasure, confirmed that it was found by a man named Jack Stuef. Stuef says a lawsuit forced him to come forward.
In the futuristic, dystopian film Reign of Fire, dragons that sleep below the surface of the Earth are awakened, and they fly up and destroy major cities. The movie is set in the far-off year of 2020.
Luckily, the man in the cockpit of the single-engine plane Wednesday night happened to be an experienced aerobatic pilot, whose maneuvers impressed even the state's Department of Transportation.
For the third time in three weeks, a metal monolith has appeared without explanation, this time in Central California. Yet answers are just as scarce as when authorities found the first one in Utah.
Some people are keeping up the 12-ft feet tall skeletons. The news website Insider posts photos of skeletons with Christmas lights, presents, ornaments, and Santa hats.
Not long after a metal object appeared without explanation in the Utah desert, it disappeared. Now, locals in Piatra Neamt say they have found a similar monolith, and answers remain just as scarce.
Less than 10 days after being discovered in drone pictures, the 11-foot metal structure was removed by an unknown party. Before it vanished, some hikers were able to post selfies with it online.
After its discovery in a remote location in Red Rock Country more than a week ago, the metallic prism has inspired theories to its origin. Officials say it was removed by an "unknown party" on Friday.
This Austrian town starts with the letter F and rhymes with "ducking." Tired of the ridicule that comes with its name, the town has decided to change it.
Officials in Red Rock Country were counting when they saw a metal monolith. A shiny slab, about 12 feet tall rising up from the ground. It looked like a structure in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
