Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Reserve kicks off annual 'Fat Bear Week'

Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Reserve has announced the bracket for its fifth annual “Fattest Bear” of Brooks River competition, which will honor one of the park’s largest bears with the hefty title.

Beaumont Royal Oak scrambles when woman in zombie makeup shows up

A woman with Glam Gore makeup sent Beaumont Royal Oak into a bit of a scramble, she says, when they didn't realize she was wearing makeup.

Fan pays $724 for 2 beers at NFL stadium, police say, vendor arrested

A vendor at the Miami Dolphins' stadium was arrested Sunday after charging an unsuspecting fan $724 for two beers, police said.

Planet-hunting NASA satellite captures a star being ripped apart by a black hole

For the first time, NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was able to watch the “cataclysmic phenomenon” of a star being torn apart by a black hole from beginning to end. Using follow-up observations from telescopes, astronomers were able to capture unprecedented data about the star-destroying events known as tidal disruptions.

9-year-old Minnesota boy takes wrong turn on 5K race, wins 10K race instead

A 9-year-old boy from St. Cloud, Minnesota was born to run. In fact, after making a wrong turn during a 5K run, he accidentally won a 10K in Sartell a week and a half ago.

Canadian man reunited with his dog 4 years after he went missing

A man got a call from an animal shelter over 400 miles away saying they had found his dog who went missing four years ago.

Pornography plays on I-75 electronic billboard in Auburn Hills

Someone decided that playing pornography on a double-sided billboard on I-75 in Auburn Hills would be entertaining. It lasted about 15 or 20 minutes.

Middle school teacher investigated for quiz question referring to Trump as ‘idiot’

A Florida middle school teacher is under investigation after giving students a multiple-choice question about President Donald Trump that referred to him as an “idiot,” according to reports.

Mom orders Instant Pot-themed birthday cake for 2-year-old 'obsessed' with the appliance

Kristyn Miller’s son Jaxon was turning 2, and instead of a more traditional birthday cake, Kristyn decided to get something that really spoke to her son’s unique interests: an Instant Pot.

Fancy microplastic with your tea? Study finds that tea bags release billions of particles per cup

Researchers found that a single plastic tea bag steeped at 95 degrees Celsius, or 203 degrees Fahrenheit, releases approximately 11.6 billion microplastics and 3.1 billion nanoplastics during a typical steeping process.