A North Carolina man who always uses his son's birthday to play the Cash 5 lottery drawing ended up scoring a $341,844 jackpot.

Animal services officers in Texas teamed up with public works personnel to rescue a kitten heard crying from inside a storm drain.

Sheriff's deputies in Florida helped wrangle a 7-foot alligator found jaywalking across a busy highway in Hillsborough County.

Officials at a zoo in Armenia said reports of an escaped zebra were the result of a donkey that had been painted black and white as a prank.

A 2-week-old baby bald eagle is back in a Pennsylvania nest with its family after undergoing surgery to remove a fish hook from its stomach.