'Calling 911 on stars': California sheriff asks residents to stop reporting planets in sky

Two shiny dots in the sky Wednesday night apparently startled some residents in California's Central Valley. The Stanislaus County sheriff took to Facebook Thursday to tell people they shouldn't call 911 as NASA confirmed the stars were in fact Jupiter and Venus.

Watch: Los Angeles sees light snow as winter storm pushes through region

The winter storm is the second of three pushing through Southern California this week, bringing more rain and snow to an already soaked region.

Long-lost Ironton ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story

The Ironton was a 191-foot cargo vessel that collided with another ship in rough seas in 1894. Its whereabouts had long eluded shipwreck hunters, until now.

Mexican president posts photo of what he claims is a mythical Mayan elf

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote the photo “was taken three days ago by an engineer, it appears to be an aluxe," adding “everything is mystical.”

Swing and a miss: NYC replaces 'Jakie' Robinson road sign

The sign spotted Sunday in Queens featured a picture of Robinson, Major League Baseball's first African American player in the modern era, over the words “Jakie Robinson Parkway.”

An alligator in Brooklyn, M&M casket, airbag jeans: Top heartwarming, odd headlines

From a boy's lifesaving gift to his teenage brother to a teacher's unique choice of casket, there was no shortage of unusual, heartwarming stories this week. Here are our top picks for the past week!

Late Arizona teacher had an M&M style casket for her funeral

A late Arizona woman is being remembered, after a viral TikTok video that shows a rather unconventional casket choice for her funeral.

Arizona couple makes historical find following Goodwill purchase

It began as a Gilbert couple's project to refurbish a desk, and it led them to a hundred years of another family's history that was hidden for all these years.