A long-hidden Picasso portrait of muse Dora Maar has sold for 32 million euros at an auction in Paris.

Spanish police have arrested seven people suspected of stealing over 1,100 chairs from outdoor seating areas at restaurants and bars.

During an annual fall event where giant elephants smash massive pumpkins, a baby elephant was too small to crush the largest gourds, which weigh around 1,000 pounds.

Giant, floating pumpkin races have drawn large crowds to the Oregon city of Tualatin.

Dogs dressed up as everything from Elvis Presley to Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine went trick-or-treating in Michigan.

The Big 12 fined Kansas $25,000 for coach Lance Leipold’s statement that a pocketknife was thrown at his staff during the Jayhawks’ game at Texas Tech last weekend.

Protesters are pedaling through Portland's streets wearing nothing or close to it to rally against the Trump administration.

A family cleaning their backyard in New Orleans discovered an unusual marble tablet with some characters in Latin.

In the contest for best scrapple sculpture in Philadelphia on Friday it was the “Mush Push” fashioned from the regionally popular pork breakfast meat that got Patrick Moser’s entry over the goal line.

Century-old wreaths made from human hair fill the walls of Leila’s Hair Museum, and glass cases overflow with necklaces and watch bands made from the locks of the dead.

A dog named Eeyore became a hero by leading a Florida sheriff's deputy to a missing 86-year-old woman who had fallen while walking him.

Francine the cat is back home at a Lowe’s store in Virginia after going missing for a few weeks.

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The humble water buffalo has become a prized show animal in Thailand.

Vince Whaley had a nervous moment at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

At the Central Military Hospital in Bogota, a unique team of emotional support dogs is helping wounded soldiers.

Domestic goats are reaching new heights on Vermont's ski slopes.

Police in Northern California pulled over a self-driving Waymo taxi after it made an illegal U-turn.

New Zealand’s annual bird election has crowned the kārearea, or New Zealand falcon, as Bird of the Year.

A veterinarian in Michigan has been convicted of theft for refusing to return a dog to a homeless man.

The skateboard Tony Hawk used to make history in 1999 has sold for a record-breaking $1.15 million.

Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room.

A bull moose that fell into an abandoned well in Maine was pulled to safety during an elaborate five hour rescue.

A few dozen enthusiasts of ancient hunting tools participated in the Northeast Open Atlatl Championship in Addison, Vermont.

Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes have introduced a new live mascot.

Unknown musings of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the founding father of independent Czechoslovakia, are believed to have been unearthed.

A new world record has been set for the largest serving of Nigeria-style jollof rice.

Ghana's fantasy coffins are unique creations that embody the essence of a person's life.

John Daly is in the PGA Tour Champions record book for the highest score on a hole.

Workers at a Montana animal shelter were evacuated and sent to the hospital after smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine incinerated by FBI agents started to fill the building.

When Alex Babich looks up at the 35-foot sunflower towering over his Fort Wayne, Indiana, backyard, he sees more than just a plant.

A dying octopus in a Southern California aquarium is receiving an outflowing of love and well wishes as she spends her final days pouring her last energy into caring for her eggs.

Humpty Dumpty took a big fall, and now police are hoping to crack the case.

Scientists have discovered that octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they more often use their front arms for tasks.

Hikers who climbed one of Colorado's tallest mountains got more than a sweeping view at the top.

If you have trouble finding dates, spare a thought for Ned, a perfectly nice snail with dire romantic prospects.

Thousands of redheads from all over the world are gathering in the southern Dutch city of Tilburg for a once-a-year festival to celebrate their flaming locks.

Finland's air force is moving to remove swastikas from its flags, partly due to the awkwardness it creates with Western allies.

Thousands of people from around the world seeking a uniquely messy thrill have spent a wild hour flinging bushels of overripe tomatoes at each other.

A pair of ospreys have disrupted the fall sports season at a Minnesota high school by nesting on a light pole on the football field.

A deer hunter has discovered a rare subtropical wood stork in the wilds of Wisconsin.

A senior lawyer in Australia has apologized to a judge for using AI-generated fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments in a murder case.

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach.

Some cottontail rabbits in Fort Collins, Colorado, have been drawing attention because they have wart-like growths on their faces that look like horns.

Reports of a large great white shark near popular beaches in Maine have prompted a warning to beachgoers.

A 54-pound meteorite from Mars has sold for over $5 million at a New York auction, setting a world record.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating an incident in which thieves stole about $7,000 worth of Labubu dolls, the agency said.

A scientist says fragments of a meteorite that punched through a Georgia homeowner's roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself.

The Milwaukee Brewers are bringing manager Pat Murphy’s strange eating habits to fans.

A writer from Maine, Sharon Kitchens has turned her passion for Stephen King's books into a published work.

The WNBA is still struggling with a string of sex-toy disturbances.

Nélida Pérez feeds street cats in Old Havana, but Cuba's worsening economic crisis is making it increasingly difficult.

Four Barbary lion cubs have been born in a Czech zoo.

A Seattle Kraken ice hockey player and the team's mascot had a close call with a brown bear during a video shoot in Alaska.

Israeli authorities have euthanized a group of crocodiles in a West Bank settlement.

About 15 to 20 canine wave riders are set to vie for top dog in the World Dog Surfing Championships outside San Francisco this weekend.

A truckload of hot dogs has spilled across a Pennsylvania highway after a crash, clogging the road toward the end of the morning rush hour.

Dedicated model builders at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg have been working for almost 25 years to create tiny visions of the trains, cars and cities of the real world.

José Caballero turned an inning-ending double play for the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth inning, then batted in the sixth.

Utility workers in Peru's capital have discovered two pre-Incan tombs while expanding underground gas networks.

Workers at a South Carolina site that once made nuclear bomb parts have found a radioactive wasp nest.

Dozens of dairy cattle are on the move at Michigan State University.

Indian soccer officials say that a job application to coach their national team it apparently received from former Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández was fake.

Dutch rider Thymen Arensman has launched a daring solo attack on a long final climb before holding on grimly to win the 19th stage of the Tour de France.

A 12-year-old Little Leaguer who faced suspension from his team’s first state tournament game for flipping his bat after hitting a home run was allowed to play Thursday night.

New York wildlife officials have closed a trail in the Adirondack Mountains this summer due to a bull moose lingering around the area.

Zookeepers in Prague have become puppeteers to save newly born birds rejected by their parents.

A laundry-stealing cat with expensive taste has puzzled and delighted a neighborhood in Auckland, New Zealand, by committing an unstoppable wave of burglaries from clotheslines and even bedrooms.

A federal appeals court has ruled that MyPillow founder Mike Lindell doesn't have to pay a $5 million award to a software engineer.

Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a fake embassy from a rented building near New Delhi.

Danish artist Thomas Dambo creates giant wooden trolls from recycled materials to promote environmental awareness.

A man was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large chain necklace.

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy.

Ground squirrels have proliferated in Minot, North Dakota's fourth-largest city.

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth has sold for just over $5 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York.

Police in India’s southern Karnataka state say they have found a Russian woman and her two young daughters living in isolation in a remote forest cave.

Residents in a Miami suburb used an ax, fire extinguisher and garden hose to rescue four people from a small plane that crashed into a tree.

A medieval abbey in Hungary is battling a beetle infestation threatening its ancient book collection.

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

A dinosaur fossil has been found in an unlikely place, a hole drilled under the parking lot of a Colorado museum where dinosaur skeletons are on display.

Thousands of fans have flocked to a Thailand zoo to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that's become a social media sensation.

A highway in Fujairah, UAE, now plays Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as cars drive over special rumble strips.

An Australian domestic airline flight has been delayed for two hours after a stowaway snake was found in the plane’s cargo hold.

More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern states have reported witnessing a mysterious object streak across the sky.

Minnesota is honoring the golden retriever named Gilbert belonging to a prominent state lawmaker and her husband who were shot to death in their home.

An Alaska brown bear at the Lake Superior Zoo in northeastern Minnesota has a gleaming new silver-colored canine tooth after a first-of-its-kind procedure.

Music lovers will flock to southwestern England this week for the Glastonbury music festival.

Firefighters rescued a man who got stuck in the chimney of a Connecticut parks building while trying to retrieve his dog.

The Stanley Cup is a little banged up, thanks to the Florida Panthers’ celebration of back-to-back titles.

A Michigan bear is feeling much, much better.

Police in Rome say an 80-year-old man drove a compact luxury Mercedes A Class sedan part way down the city's landmark Spanish Steps before getting stuck.

The dog days of summer arrived at Nationals Park.

Two men who were struck by lightning on a Colorado peak were flown to safety in what is believed to be the highest helicopter rescues on record in the mountainous state.

Thousands and thousands of Pitbull fans dressed up for his London shows this week wearing bald caps, a white shirt, black tie and drawn-on facial hair, before swarming to the city’s O2 Arena.

Pitbull's getting used to looking out at a crowd and seeing thousands of look-alikes staring back at him.

In the heart of Spain’s capital, the famous Sobrino de Botín restaurant proudly holds the title of being the world’s oldest restaurant.

The leaders of a sex-focused women’s wellness company that promoted “orgasmic meditation” have been convicted of federal forced labor charges.

A runaway pet zebra has been captured in Tennessee.

Throngs of people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.

The Washington Department of Natural Resources has been using one of its firefighting helicopters to haul abandoned boats off an uninhabited island in the southernmost reaches of Puget Sound this week.