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Watch the amazing video the Oklahoma Highway Patrol shared on Twitter.  

By PETER ORSI Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Among the many casualties of social-distancing directives is the child’s birthday party. So when coronavirus lockdowns came to Truckee in the California mountains, Craig Fierro wanted to do

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  David Ayer says Shia LaBeouf got a real, massive chest tattoo for The Tax Collector while praising the actor’s commitment.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Officials in an Alabama city say several college students organized “COVID-19” parties as a contest to see who would get the virus first. Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry says students hosted the parties

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has ended Prohibition. And no, this isn’t an old story. A law officially ending Prohibition was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Tate Reeves, nearly 90 years after booze was legalized in

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Talk about “up, up and away.” A company is looking to take customers higher than they ever thought they could get. Florida-based Space Perspective is planning to use an advanced balloon to fly

MARGATE, Fla. (AP) — Knock, knock? Who’s there? Baby. Baby who? The baby delivered at the front door of a birthing center — as a doorbell video captured the scene. The Natural Birthworks center in Margate, Florida

BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) — If you have ever seen the huge indoor aquarium at a Bass Pro Shop store, you may have had a fleeting thought about hopping in. But police in Bossier City, Louisiana say

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — These days, being a public official means not only informing people about what’s going on — but also telling people what isn’t happening. The mayor of Tupelo, Mississippi pulled such double duty last

GUILFORD, Connecticut – A Connecticut man escaped with minor injuries after falling 30 feet through the floor of a home into an abandoned well.   The Guilford Fire Department on Monday said the man was helping a

Marshmiller Lake Wisconsin on Saturday was the scene of a dramatic sunset rescue of a small bear with a plastic jug over it’s head.  Tricia Hurt shared this video of their attempts to remove the jug on

NEW YORK (AP) — Fireworks: they aren’t just for the Fourth of July anymore. As many people have probably noticed — there is a lot of booming going on. People from coast to coast have noted the

LEWES, Del. (AP) — Usually when a human comes in contact with a shark’s mouth in the waters off a beach, it’s no laughing matter. But a swimmer who had such an encounter over the weekend has