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Some gifted dogs can learn new toy names by eavesdropping on owners

NEW YORK (AP) — Dogs are great at learning action commands like “sit” and “stay.” They’re less good at remembering the names of things, …

This 2022 image provided by Shany Dror shows a dog named Mugsy in Massachusetts, who has learned the names of many of her toys. (Francine Hannan/Shany Dror via AP)

Italian basketball team left with 1 player on court and forced to forfeit European game

Detroit suburb agrees to a $3.25 million settlement in the case of woman found alive in a body bag

In this undated family photo provided by Erica Lattimore through Fieger Law shows her daughter, Timesha Beauchamp with her brother Steven Thompson in Southfield, Mich. Michigan authorities have agreed to reinstate the licenses of two suburban Detroit paramedics if they pass a national exam, after Timesha Beauchamp declared dead on their watch was discovered to be alive at a funeral home. Beauchamp was declared dead only to be found alive at a funeral home in August 2020. Beauchamp died on Oct. 18, 2020 at Children's Hospital in Detroit. (Courtesy Erica Lattimore through Fieger Law via AP)

Watch: Tablecloth-wearing man goes on crime spree

Thief returns mandolins with handwritten note: 'Sorry I been drunk'

"Sorry, I been drunk, Merry Christmas," the note read, partially in all caps. "You are good man."

Will Jesus return this year? Prediction market resets wager for 2026

For those who didn’t get in on the action in 2025, the proposition has been recycled as this question: “Will Jesus Christ return before 2027?”

Rhode Island firefighters rescue a yellow Lab from an icy pond on New Year’s Day

In this photo provided by the Misquamicut Fire Department, Phoenix, a yellow Labrador, is rescued by firefighters in Westerly, R.I., on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, after falling through thin ice on a pond. (Misquamicut Fire Department via AP)

Hidden treasures beneath Michigan's Lake Erie

One find was an old car axel and frame of a Volkswagen Beetle that went through the ice in 1969.

Oysters, crab and $400,000 worth of lobster meat stolen in New England

FILE - Lobsters are displayed on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Peruvian shamans predict Maduro’s fall, continued global conflicts in 2026

Shamans perform an annual ritual to predict political and social issues for the new year in Lima, Peru, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Man pinned by vehicle in McDonald's drive thru dies

A 69-year-old Nebraska man died after being pinned between his vehicle and a building in a McDonald's drive thru lane, Grand Island Police said in a news release.

FL man caught stealing 400 pounds of avocados: Deputies

A Florida man was caught stealing hundreds of pounds of avocados from a farm in Miami-Dade County this week, officials said.

Wanted: Laundry Basket Bandit, Police hunt for multi-state fugitive

The Shreveport Police Department is searching for a man wanted in several states for felonious crimes.

Missing aircraft found after 13 years in India

Air India admitted to finding an aircraft that disappeared from its online records in the airport parking bay at Kolkata Airport.

'Nonhuman' meat discovered in traveler's luggage

Workers at one of America’s busiest airports intercepted the cargo from a passenger coming from Africa.

'Nonhuman’ meat discovered in US-bound traveler’s luggage

According to CBP Chicago, a passenger from Congo “believed the food they were bringing was fine” to enter the United States at O’Hare International Airport.