Coin shortage prompts bank to pay you for spare change: ‘It has never happened before’

Do you have a jar of coins in your house? Maybe you have been saving for a special occasion? Well, a local bank says they will pay you for what’s inside that jar — plus interest!

Cuomo's latest quirky poster chronicles New York's COVID-19 crisis

The governor likes making odd posters. He unveiled his latest one, which chronicles the state's fight against the coronavirus.

UK pub installs electric fence to enforce social distancing

As businesses reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, one U.K. pub has devised a unique way of ensuring its guests comply with social distancing orders — the bar’s owners installed an electric fence to separate the bar staff from their patrons.  

Woman who refused to wear mask in Starbucks wants half of $100K raised for barista who wouldn’t serve her

Last month Amber Gilles posted a scathing review to her Facebook page after an incident in which San Diego Starbucks employee Lenin Gutierrez refused to serve her for not wearing a mask, resulting in the creation of a GoFundMe page for Gutierrez, which raised more than $100,000 in tips for him.

Bank robbery suspect blames COVID-19: 'I didn't get a stimulus or that 10k loan'

Houston police say a bank robbery suspect handed the teller a note that said, "I didn't get a stimulus or that 10k loan. I lost my business to Covid so please make this easy and comply..."

Woman finds dozens of snakes in apartment after building renovations

The snakes started appearing in early June when crews removed balconies at the complex and left a hole leading into her residence.

'Epic fail': Two teens take joyride through restricted area, drive over side of the Brea Dam

Fullerton Police are calling it an "epic fail" after two teens took a joy ride through the Brea Dam area Friday and ended up driving over the side of a dam. Thankfully, the two teens received only minor injuries, authorities said.

Man wanted to poison his wife's drink to continue an alleged long-term affair, police say

A 42-year-old man was reportedly conspiring to give his wife a lethal dose of fentanyl so he could continue having a long-term affair, police say. He told a woman, who tipped off police of the planned crime, that he wanted to collect his wife's life insurance money.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper nearly hit by lightning during stop

An Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer had a close call with mother nature along a highway while he helped a crew with some equipment that had fallen off a trailer July 2.

Groom dies of coronavirus, 100 others infected after wedding

More than 100 people who attended a wedding in India tested positive for coronavirus and the groom reportedly died two days after he was married.

Prosecutors: Woman burned down home in attempt to destroy records

A woman burned down her $1.6 million suburban Fort Worth mansion while trying to destroy documents from her husband's health care clinic as authorities were investigating the couple for fraud, prosecutors allege.