Fringe

An earthquake alert preparing people to “drop, cover, hold on” buzzed on phones in the US on Thursday – but turned out to be completely false. The US Geological Survey…

Southern screamers are one of the largest birds in South America. Almost 1m (3 feet) tall, they have a massive wingspan of 1.5m (4.5 feet). They resemble prehistoric creatures with…

A Maryland Lottery player’s strategy of only buying the most recently-released scratch-off tickets earned her a $100,000 prize. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Dec. 11 (UPI) —…

Dec. 11 (UPI) — Police in Michigan are trying to find the owner of a small and friendly pig found wandering loose in Saginaw Township. The Saginaw Township Police Department…

Dec. 11 (UPI) — A Swedish musician spent six months working to accomplish the “worst” and “coolest” thing he has ever done: teaching an octopus to play piano. Mattias Krantz,…

Dec. 11 (UPI) — A pair of Port Authority officers rushed into action when an escaped horse paid a visit to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Port Authority…

Dec. 11 (UPI) — Autonomous taxi company Waymo confirmed a woman riding to the hospital in a driverless taxi ended up giving birth inside the vehicle. The company said the…

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has issued a stark warning to Western allies, urging them to wake up to what he believes is an escalating and unavoidable security threat from Russia.…

A senior U.S. cybersecurity official has issued a stark warning that China is actively developing and positioning cyber capabilities designed to cause widespread disruption across civilian infrastructure in the United…

A sharp escalation in tensions between the United States and Venezuela has unfolded after U.S. forces intercepted and seized a large Venezuelan oil tanker in international waters near the Venezuelan…