Pet Blessing In Spain
Catholics are celebrating the Feast of San Anton this week. He's known as the patron saint of animals, and in Spain the fiesta ends with people bringing their pets to be blessed in church.
Strange News
Strange Weather Triggered Bacteria That Killed 200,000 Endangered Antelope
Over a three-week span in 2015, more than 200,000 saiga antelope suddenly died in Kazakhstan. The animals would be grazing normally, then dead in three hours. A new study points to heat and humidity.
Man Ruptures His Throat By Stifling A Big Sneeze, Prompting Doctors' Warning
Not long after he suppressed a powerful sneeze, the patient's neck began swelling, crackling and popping. It was a rare case — and he recovered — but doctors say there's a moral here: Just let it rip.
Veteran Sues After Scalpel Found Inside His Body 4 Years After Surgery
"It's a level of incompetence that's almost incomprehensible," the plaintiff's lawyer tells NPR. The surgical instrument had been causing him abdominal pain for four years before it was discovered.
Japan Also Sends Out, Then Retracts, A False Missile Warning
"North Korea appears to have launched a missile ... The government urges people to take shelter," Tuesday's false alert read. Hawaii sent out a similar message three days ago.
With One Billboard Inside Tuscaloosa, Ala., UCF Fans Drum Up A Little Drama
Alabama won the national title. But so did the University of Central Florida — according to UCF backers, at least. And some enterprising fans took their trolling to the heart of Crimson Tide country.
Australia's Heat Wave Fries Bats' Brains, Hundreds Found Dead
Sweltering temperatures killed bats outside Sydney over the weekend as temperatures soared up to 117 Fahrenheit, the hottest it's been since 1939.
Meanwhile In Australia, Part Of A Highway Is Literally Melting
As the Eastern U.S. and Canada brave frigid temperatures, residents across the globe are grappling with bad weather of their own: a heat wave that has rendered a stretch of busy freeway a sticky mess.
Passenger Takes Emergency Exit After Plane Is Delayed At Airport Arrival
A plane was delayed after arrival at a Spanish airport, so a frustrated passenger opened the emergency exit and went out onto the plane's wing. He came back in and was later arrested.
The NBA's Dallas Little Cows
Maverick has two definitions: an independent-minded person, but also an unbranded calf. In China, the NBA's Dallas Mavericks were known as the Little Cows, but changed it to the Lone Ranger Heroes.