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Something lurking in seashells may give Outer Banks beachgoers a scare, park warns
Everything from World War II explosives to dead whales wash up on the Outer Banks, but the National Park Service warns seemingly safe seashells can pose a risk, too. Collectors...
Terrifying sounds in the dark are just extremely goofy coyotes, video reveals
Coyotes are often credited with those eerie screams heard at night in the wilderness, but it's a mystery why the shrieking will sometimes build to deafening levels, then abruptly stop. A video...
Search underway for key WWII battlefield hidden on Pacific floor off Guam, NOAA says
A World War II battlefield frozen in time is hidden off the island of Guam, and a team of researchers has set out to find it and document what remains after 79...
Man rescued after night spent adrift as boat began sinking off North Carolina coast
A 73-year-old man found himself in a dire predicament Sunday, Jan. 22, when his sailboat began sinking in the dark 155 miles off North Carolina. He was rescued Monday, after spending a...
Doomed alien world is caught in ‘a death spiral.’ It could happen to Earth, NASA says
One of the first worlds discovered outside our solar system is caught in "a death spiral" that will surely end with it crashing into its sun, NASA says. The doomed...
Not aliens: NASA has explanation for ‘bright, fast-moving star’ that will appear along East Coast
NASA is alerting people from Maine to northern Georgia that something extraordinary will appear in the dark along the East Coast on Thursday, Dec. 15. It will be an Electron...
Bumbling mastiff Billy Bob arrives at N.C. shelter, becomes Facebook favorite: ‘I’m in love with a boy I’ve never met.’
A 110-pound dog with countless bad habits is winning hearts on social media, after a North Carolina shelter hilariously begged: "Someone adopt this hot mess" in a Facebook post. The...
Paranormal activity cited as reason man was driving without 2 tires, cops say
An SUV missing two tires was stopped along Florida's Interstate 75, and the driver says paranormal activity was behind the disappearance, the Marion County Sheriff's Office reports. It happened, he...
Woman with no pants uses feminine deodorant as weapon against clerk, Virginia cops say
A suspected shoplifter has been dubbed the "Aerosol Attacker" after she used sprays of feminine deodorant against a Virginia store clerk, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. The suspect...
Toxic invasive tree frog hitched ride in car traveling from Florida to North Carolina
An exotic frog believed to be both toxic and invasive was found inside someone's car in North Carolina, according to BeWild Reptile Rescue in Durham. The agency reported the unusual discovery in an Oct....