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Watch: Connecticut men reel in estimated 700-pound thresher shark A pair of Connecticut anglers may have broken a state record when they reeled in a 16-foot thresher shark that they estimated to weigh about 700 pounds.

Ohio man on a golf trip to Michigan wins $150,000 Powerball prize An Ohio man visiting Michigan for a day out on the golf course bought a Powerball ticket with his usual numbers that turned out to be a $150,000 winner.

Look: Stuck deer rescued from wire fence in England Animal rescuers in England came to the assistance of a deer that got its head stuck in a wire fence in Nottinghamshire and was trapped for several hours.

Watch: Indiana man's sunflower surpasses record at 30 feet, 7 inches An Indiana man's towering sunflower is unofficially a Guinness World Record breaker after reaching a height of 30 feet and 7 inches tall in Fort Wayne.

Watch: Burglar bear's break-in foiled by fearless 6-pound Pomeranian A British Columbia woman's home security camera recorded the moment a bear that broke into her house was chased off the property by her 6-pound Pomeranian.

Watch: 82,000 rubber ducks race down the Chicago River More than 82,000 rubber ducks went floating down the Chicago River for the 2025 Chicago Ducky Derby, an annual fundraiser for Special Olympics Illinois.

Look: Critically endangered addax calf born at Kansas zoo A Kansas zoo announced the birth of an addax antelope calf, a milestone in conservation for one of the world's most critically endangered hoofed mammals.

Persistence pays off for S.C. woman who stuck with her lottery numbers A South Carolina woman found sticking with the same set of lottery numbers for years to be a profitable decision when she scored a $507,000 jackpot.

Watch: Experts disagree on identity of mystery animal in Kansas Wildlife experts said a mystery animal caught on camera in northeast Kansas is not a bear -- but they disagree about what the creature might actually be.

Watch: 20-foot snake found lounging atop dumpster in Los Angeles garage A Los Angeles woman pulled into the parking garage at her apartment complex and quickly noticed something unusual atop the dumpster -- a 20-foot python.