Firefighters in Turlock, California, rescued four kittens while battling a fire early Monday morning and the adorable rescue was all caught on camera. The fire ignited a pile of wood rounds next to a home, and it’s believed that the mother cat had given birth to litter of kittens underneath the wood pile, where they had been living.

A plane crash near an airport north of Anchorage that killed all all four people on board occurred after the small craft struck a bald eagle, investigators have revealed. The aircraft burst into flames as it went down just north of Anchorage on 20 April claiming the lives of the pilot, co-pilot and two passengers. It is the first US …

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will peak on May 6, but sky-watchers will likely be able to spot meteors on the day before and after. Even though the meteors will be visible anytime during the night, but best time to look is before sunrise and generally towards the east. To improve your chances of seeing the shooting stars, try to …

Visitors to the Knudson Cove Marina in Alaska were treated to an up-close-and-personal encounter with a massive humpback whale on Monday. Candace Barnes was visiting from out-of-town and happened to walk down to the Knudson Cove Marina when a humpback whale surfaced out of the water near the docks. According to other passersby, the whales have been making appearances in …

A husband and wife were attacked and injured, the husband seriously, by their pig at their farm in Townsend Tuesday evening. Police were called to the farm in Townsend, Massachusetts, on Tuesday after reports a boar had attacked and wounded a woman. A 38-year-old woman was found with lacerations on her body from an apparent pig attack and was taken …

The FBI arrested a suspect Tuesday in the abduction of an 11-year-old Navajo girl Ashlynne Mike who was found dead in Shiprock, New Mexico. Ashlynne Mike was kidnapped along with her 9-year-old brother from a Navajo reservation after school Monday by a man who has been described as a stranger in a van. An FBI spokesman said Tom Begaye, 27, …

Former child star Joey Cramer, best known for his leading role in Disney’s Flight of the Navigator, has been arrested in connection with a bank robbery in Canada. Cramer was wearing a disguise, but was easily recognized by police officers when they watched the bank’s surveillance video as they have had previous encounters with Cramer. The 42-year-old allegedly wore a …

A dinosaur fish has washed up on shore in North Carolina, another startling reminder that the ocean is full of evil and out to kill us all. An article written by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission explains the Atlantic Sturgeon is a primitive fish dating back to the dinosaur age. The Atlantic sturgeon has a brown, tan or bluish-black …

The FBI has arrested a Michigan man for allegedly spraying a poisonous mixture of chemicals on food at three grocery stores in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The FBI says the man admitted to intentionally spraying a liquid mixture of mice poison, hand cleaner and water on produce sections of at least three stores in the Ann Arbor area. CBS News reports …

Spiders have a reputation for engaging in extreme sex acts. Females are known to cannibalize their male partners. Males of some species castrate themselves during mating. There have also been reports of spider bondage. Scientists were recently surprised to find that Darwin’s bark spiders, a species found in Madagascar, engage in yet another sexual behavior: oral sex. Matjaz Gregoric, a …

European Union countries that refuse to accept refugees under new asylum plans face $285,000 fines in “solidarity contributions” for each asylum-seeker rejected, under new rules announced by the European Commission. The EU on Wednesday published legislative proposals to reform the so-called Dublin system of asylum rules, including a “fairness mechanism” which would see the introduction of a quota system, with …