Orlando man who lost 25 percent of skin to flesh-eating bacteria has died

A man in Florida who had undergone four operations which removed over 25 percent of his skin after he contracted flesh-eating bacteria, died last week.

Pope gets stuck in Vatican elevator, freed by firefighters

Pope Francis spent 25 minutes in a stuck Vatican elevator Sunday until firefighters were able to free him.

Man carrying honey, not smuggling methamphetamine, jailed for months

ANNE ARUNDEL, Md. (AP) -- A Maryland man visiting Jamaica decided to bring back some honey from his favorite roadside stand and was jailed for months on the false assumption he was smuggling methamphetamine.

2 men must hand write names of over 6K Americans killed in war for lying about being in military

A judge in Montana ordered two men who lied about being in the military to fulfill a unique set of requirements before they could be eligible for parole, including writing the names of more than 6,000 Americans killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Mother, daughter arrested for allegedly stuffing $200 worth of crab legs in purse

A mother and daughter duo were arrested on Aug. 18, for allegedly stealing hundreds of dollars worth of crab legs from a local grocery store in Memphis.

Dairy Queen burgers not made of human meat, store confirms after feds swarm restaurant

Dairy Queen has had to oddly clarify that the store's food does not contain "human meat" after one of its South Carolina restaurants was swarmed by federal agents last week.

Sisters sell lemonade to pay school lunch debts

Two sisters are taking on their district's school lunch debt, one cup of lemonade at a time. 

Grandparents build 'world's best' Harry Potter playhouse for family

Meet the little girl with possibly the best playhouse in the world – a massive 350 square foot "Harry Potter" themed fortress.

$1 million worth of cocaine found in banana box shipments at Safeway stores, police say

Officials in Washington state have opened an investigation after employees at three Safeway stores reported finding over $1 million worth of cocaine that was hidden in boxes of bananas.

Woman thought she had water in her ear, doctors find brown recluse spider

A Kansas woman went to see a doctor because she thought she had water in her ear. Imagine her shock when doctors pulled out a brown recluse spider!

‘The heart was eaten’: Man accused of killing and eating girlfriend faces life in prison

As the murder trial for Joseph Oberhansley, 38, began on Wednesday, prosecutors went into grisly details recounting the stalking, rape and murder of Oberhansley’s girlfriend just before Oberhansley allegedly cut open her chest and ate her heart and brain.