Today's Top Odd News Story
A massive 11,000-carat ruby has been unearthed in Myanmar’s war-scarred gemstone heartland
Miners in Myanmar have discovered a massive ruby, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the country More »
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South Florida officers sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, claiming details in 'The Rip' are too real
Two South Florida police officers claim Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s recent action thriller “The Rip” used too many real-life details in its fictionalized narrative, causing harm to the officers’ personal and professional reputations More »
A faint meow in the rubble of a Mississippi tornado leads to a stunning rescue
Storm chaser Ashton Lemley was helping search through a Mississippi trailer park destroyed by tornadoes when he heard a kitten meowing from the rubble More »
Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space
Mexico City is sinking nearly 10 inches every year, making it one of the world’s fastest-sinking metropolitan areas More »
A real WKRP radio comes to Cincinnati, decades after the sitcom about a fictional station
The radio station WKRP isn't dead, and it's now live on air in Cincinnati More »
Chonkers the sea lion draws crowds to San Francisco's Pier 39
A massive sea lion nicknamed Chonkers is charming tourists and locals at San Francisco's Pier 39 More »
Nipper, stay! The future of a beloved dog statue on a New York warehouse is up in the air
Albany residents love Nipper, a giant dog statue perched atop a warehouse for nearly seven decades More »
Wreckage of a US Coast Guard ship lost during WWI has been found off the coast of England
The wreckage of a U.S. Coast Guard ship lost in a deadly attack more than a century ago, during World War I, was been discovered off the coast of England More »
Mexican man pleads guilty to impersonating Border Patrol agent to 'disrupt deportation missions'
A Mexican man in the United States has pleaded guilty to impersonating a Border Patrol agent and following federal immigration officers to divert them while they were out on immigration enforcement missions in Southern California More »
French teen charged in Singapore over a vending machine straw-licking video
A French teen faces charges in Singapore after posting a video of himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back More »
