Maryland lottery player's impatience leads to $100,000 win
A Maryland man said his impatience in collecting a small lottery prize led to his winning a $100,000 jackpot from a scratch-off ticket.
A Maryland man said his impatience in collecting a small lottery prize led to his winning a $100,000 jackpot from a scratch-off ticket.
Wildlife officials in Pennsylvania said an escaped African tortoise went for a walk down the middle of a road, prompting 911 calls from concerned residents who feared the animal could be a snapping turtle.
The Attorney General sues the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over the insurrection on January 6; Vice President Kamala Harris meets with CEOs and President Joe Biden meets with cabinet members to sign an executive order and discuss the tornado that hit southeastern states among the highlights of the week from Washington, D.C., for December 13, 2021.
A stretch of interstate in Indiana experienced hours of delays Tuesday when a semi crash resulted in a large amount of honey being spilled across the roadway.
An owl that escaped from a zoo in Wales in the United Kingdom was safely returned to the facility after being rescued from a TV antenna on top of a house.
Kentucky authorities plan to investigate the Mayfield candle factory where eight people died during last week's tornado outbreak over questions about safety, Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday.
Overdose deaths linked to illegally manufactured fentanyl increased across the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, but particularly in Western states, in which they nearly doubled, according to new CDC data.
Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced Tuesday his office is suing two far-right groups over their involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
A ransomware attack has hit human resources company Kronos, impacting processing of employee payroll for companies using it.
Netflix explores the life and career of soccer star Neymar Jr. in the new teaser trailer for upcoming documentary series, The Perfect Chaos.
K-pop group NCT released the album "Universe" and an uplifting music video for the single "Beautiful."
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2021 Arctic report card shows a region transformed by human-caused climate change, a thawing of a once reliably frozen region.
"Star Wars: Return of the Jedi," "Selena," "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "Wall-E" and more were selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry Tuesday by The Library of Congress.
A British strongman with multiple Guinness World Records for balancing heavy objects on his head got into the Christmas spirit by balancing a chimney pot -- complete with smoke.
The Air Force said on Monday it removed 27 people for not obeying orders to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking the first dismissals by the U.S. military for refusing to get inoculated.
The House will vote Tuesday on whether to hold former President Donald Trump's White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress.
An international team of researchers has discovered the oldest documented burial of an infant girl in the European archaeological record, they said Tuesday. The 10,000-year-old burial site is in a cave in Liguria, Italy.
Tua Tagovailoa, Rashaad Penny and DeVante Parker are among UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler's top fantasy football players to add off your Week 15 waiver wire.
Children ages 5 to 11 will need to show proof of vaccination to dine out, see movies and enter fitness facilities in New York City starting Tuesday.
Attorneys are seeking a broader jury pool for the hate crimes trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020, due to pretrial publicity.
"Raising Dion," a superhero series starring Alisha Wainwright, Ja'Siah Young and Michael B. Jordan, will return for a second season in February 2022.
A former NFL player who police say shot and killed six people in South Carolina before killing himself last spring had a chronic brain injury often found in former players, according to an autopsy released Tuesday.
"After Life," a black comedy-drama starring Ricky Gervais, will return for a third and final season on Netflix.
U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Sandra Thompson to become director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency on Tuesday.
Six activists considered political prisoners by rights groups were convicted and sentenced Tuesday to as long as 18 years in prison in a Belarus court.