Thanks to budget surplus, Maine plans to send $850 checks to most residents

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed off on a $1.2 billion supplemental budget Wednesday that sends more than half of the money to residents in the form of $850 relief checks.

Florida teacher arrested, accused of playing loud music to disrupt student testing, police say

A Florida middle school teacher was arrested, accused of playing loud music with the intent to disrupt the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) testing being conducted at the school. 

Trooper reunites man with family who left him behind at New York rest stop

A family traveling in New York realized they left their elderly relative at a rest stop when a New York State Trooper contacted them three hours later, New York State Police said.

Driver ordered to remove ‘FART’ license plate from truck

Karly Sindy of Asheville, North Carolina, said the DMV has allowed her to at least keep the plate after she used the word as an acronym for her newly-launched club.

Woman fights to keep ‘FART’ license plate in North Carolina

Karly Sindy of North Carolina said she was surprised when the DMV granted her vanity plate request, but now the DMV wants an explanation for it — and she’s come up with one.

'Miracle' baby born on 2/22/22 at 2:22 a.m. in labor and delivery room No. 2

Baby Judah Grace was born to Aberli and Hank Spear at 2:22 a.m. on Tuesday, 2/22/22. But that’s not the only reason she was a "miracle."

Large opal sells for nearly $144K at Alaska auction

The opal, dubbed the “Americus Australis,” weighs more than 11,800 carats, according to the auction house Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals.

World's heaviest strawberry officially gets title from Guinness

Weighing a whopping 10.19 ounces – more than half a pound – the titanic berry this week was declared the world's largest by Guinness World Records.

Video captures flock of birds suddenly falling from the sky in Mexico

A flock of yellow-headed blackbirds suddenly dropped from the sky on a street in Mexico, but the reason behind the mysterious fall remains unclear.

‘Cosmic mystery’: Object found in space emitted radio bursts every 18 minutes

“We've discovered something completely new, and I'm thrilled that the universe can still surprise us like this,” said Dr. Natasha Hurley-Walker, the team's lead researcher.