(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...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 ...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 "...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 ...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 ...Read More

(UPI) A porcine perpetrator dubbed "Notorious P.I.G." led animal control officers on a chase through a Tacoma, Wash., neighborhood.

The Tacoma Police Department said its Animal Control Unit responded to the east side of ...Read More