(UPI) A Maryland man said some wisdom imparted to him by his grandmother led to his winning a $50,000 lottery prize.

The Baltimore man told Maryland Lottery officials that his scratch-off ticket strategy is based on the ...Read More

(UPI) A town on New York's Long Island is aiming to clean up its chronic littering problem with an aggressive anti-littering campaign and steep fines.

The Town of Babylon's "Operation Clean" campaign was launched with an ...Read More

(UPI) The Tennessee Aquarium announced the hatching of an "impossibly cute" macaroni penguin chick at the Penguins' Rock gallery.

The aquarium said the chick's parents, Bacon and Merlin, tended to the egg laid in April ...Read More

(UPI) An object in the early morning sky over North and South Carolina was initially suspected to be a meteor, but was later identified as something more terrestrial in origin.

The object, which many witnesses compared to...Read More

(UPI) An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper had an otherworldly encounter when he pulled over an unusual UFO-shaped vehicle on the highway.

The OHP said on social media that Trooper Ryan Vanvleck stopped the driving saucer ...Read More

(UPI) An Italian retirement home chain's annual gathering of centenarians broke a Guinness World Record when 70 people who were at least 100 years old attended this year's event.

The Fondazione Opera Immacolata, which ...Read More