(UPI) A hungry hawk swooped toward a Connecticut homeowner's chicken coop and became stuck in the surrounding netting.

The New Canaan Police Department said Animal Control Officer Sean Godejohn responded to a home where a hawk had gotten stuck in the netting around a chicken coop.

"It is common for animals to get tangled in netting," Godejohn ...Read more

(UPI) Animal rescuers in Washington brought a cat back down to earth after the feline spent five days stranded in a tree.

Adams County Pet Rescue said on social media that the short-haired cat had been stranded for five days at the top of a tree in Othello's Lions Park, braving frigid temperatures, rain and snow.

"The trees divide Lions Park ...Read more

(UPI) A Maryland woman won $100,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket just one month after winning $50,000 from another game.

The Baltimore woman told Maryland Lottery officials she bought five $10 scratch-offs from the Harford Citgo in Baltimore and scored a top prize from a $100,000 Crossword ticket.

The woman had won a $50,000 prize from a ...Read more

(UPI) A Wisconsin sheriff's deputy came to the "rescue" of a 10-year-old who called 911 to ask for help with math homework.

The Shawano County Sheriff's Office said on social media that a dispatcher answered a 911 call "from a 10-year-old who called to say that he needed help with his math homework."

"He stated his family 'wasn't very good at ...Read more

(UPI) Police and members of the public came together in Utah to rescue an escaped horse that went running on a busy highway.

The Springville Police Department said the filly was first spotted near the Walmart store in Springville before making her way down Spanish Fork Main Street.

"She then 'stirruped' some trouble and wanted a butter burger ...Read more

(UPI) A Maryland woman celebrated her birthday with a Keno ticket from the Maryland Lottery and earned a $100,008 gift.

The New Carrollton woman told Maryland Lottery officials she was celebrating her birthday Nov. 14 when she bought her $10 Keno ticket from Zach's Liquor in Hyattsville.

"I've been playing the Maryland Lottery since 1985," the...Read more

(UPI) An overturned truck on an Arizona highway committed a massive party foul when it overturned and spilled thousands of White Claw cans onto the road.

Rural Metro Fire West County said the 16-wheel dumpster-style truck overturned on the Loop 303 freeway, at the Northern Avenue interchange, about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.

The truck rolled over ...Read more

(UPI) A Washington woman who felt especially confident about her lottery numbers bought 18 identical tickets for a single Match 4 drawing and scored a total $180,000.

The Yakima woman told Washington's Lottery officials she stopped at Wray's Marketfresh Meadowbrook and bought 18 March 4 tickets bearing a combination of numbers that represented ...Read more

(UPI) A former patron of a Pennsylvania library returned a book recently that had been due back 51 years earlier.

The book, Lombardi: Winning is the Only Thing, edited by Jerry Kramer, was due back July 26, 1973, and was returned to the Benson Memorial Library in Titusville 51 years later.

"While we went overdue fine-free in 2021, this kind ...Read more

(UPI) A deer crashed through the window of a Tennessee gym and ended up spending about two hours in a locker room -- leaving a smelly surprise behind.

Security camera footage from Competitive Edge and Fitness on Lebanon Pike in Hermitage shows the buck running across a treadmill after crashing into the gym through a window.

Mark Johnson, the ...Read more

(UPI) The DC Lottery said 438 winning tickets were sold for a DC 4 drawing where the numbers came up 4-4-4-4 for the second time this year.

DC Lottery officials said the 1:50 p.m. drawing Sunday marked the second time the number combination has been drawn in DC 4 this year, after the 1:50 p.m. drawing on Feb. 4 resulted in 416 tickets scoring ...Read more

(UPI) A Maine sheriff's deputy responded to an "animal complaint" and ended up collecting an 8-foot boa constrictor on the loose.

The York County Sheriff's Office said Deputy Jonathan Marshall responded to Shapleigh Corner Road following a report of a loose animal, and he arrived to find the creature in question was a massive snake.

"Marshall ...Read more