(UPI) A group of Georgia men are more than three days into their attempt at breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous softball game.

The nonprofit group Men Opposing Sex Trafficking, or MOST, organized the MOST Softball Experience at Dellinger Park in Cartersville to break a world record and raise awareness of sex ...Read more

(UPI) Boston Animal Care and Control officials are trying to find the owner of a yellow python found slithering on the loose in a commercial area.

BACC said on social media that the young snake was found near a group of businesses on Washington Street in Brighton.

"Please contact us if this is your pet or you believe you know where this pet ...Read more

(UPI) A pair of pigs on the loose for two days in a British Columbia city were wrangled after a prolonged chase before an audience of cheering elementary school students.

The pigs, which had been wandering the neighborhoods of West Kelowna for at least two days, were spotted Wednesday near Mar Jok Elementary School, leading police, animal ...Read more

(UPI) A Michigan woman decided to mix up her lottery playing routine "on a whim" and won a $1 million Powerball prize.

Kristina Love, 74, of Traverse City, told Michigan Lottery officials she made an unusual choice when she visited the Family Fare store on East 8th Street in Traverse City.

"I usually only play Fantasy 5, but when I was at the ...Read more

(UPI) A train to Britain's Gatwick Airport was canceled when a pair of mischievous squirrels boarded without tickets and proceeded to cause chaos for paying passengers.

The Great Western Railway said the train from Reading, England, to Gatwick Airport in London was diverted Saturday due to the squirrels on board.

Officials said human ...Read more

(UPI) A cat who went missing during a camping trip in Yellowstone National Park turned up 60 days later on the streets of a California town more than 800 miles away.

Benny and Susanne Anguiano of Salinas, Calif., said they often take their cats with them on camping trips, but during a June trip to Yellowstone National Park one of their pets, ...Read more

(UPI) A New York man bought a lottery ticket while visiting a friend in Massachusetts and won a $1 million top prize.

The Massachusetts State Lottery said Corona resident Jose Carrasco was visiting a friend in Massachusetts when he stopped at the American Food Markets store in Mattapan.

Carrasco bought a $100X Cash scratch-off ticket and ended...Read more

(UPI) Animal rescuers in England came to the assistance of a hungry fox that went searching for food and ended up with its head stuck in a plastic container.

Secret World Wildlife Rescue said on social media that its response team was called out to help a fox that "had managed to get its head stuck in a container whilst curiously looking for ...Read more

(UPI) Animal rescuers in Arizona are encouraging responsible sporting behavior after a badger was rescued from a soccer net that had been left out overnight.

The Tucson Wildlife Center said rescuers were called out recently to help a badger that had become entangled in a soccer goal net.

"Badgers are nocturnal, that means they come out at ...Read more

(UPI) David Rush appeared on TV series Live with Kelly and Mark and broke his own Guinness World Record by punching 600 balloons in one minute.

Rush, who recently set the record at 327 balloons, set up 630 balloons on the set of the ABC talk show and managed to burst 600 of them with his boxing gloves in the allotted time.

A Guinness World ...Read more

(UPI) An Ohio man had plenty of reasons to celebrate when he won a $500,000 lottery prize while celebrating his 40th birthday.

The Ohio Lottery said the Findlay man bought a $10 Mega Multiplier scratch-off ticket from the Speedway on Tiffin Avenue in Findlay while celebrating his 40th birthday.

The ticket turned out to be a $500,000 winner.

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(UPI) An African snake is being cared for by authorities in Connecticut after apparently being abandoned in a reservoir area.

Burlington & Canton Animal Control said on social media that a Metropolitan District of Connecticut Police officer found the snake at the Nepaug Reservoir, off Route 202 in Canton.

The snake is believed to have been...Read more

(UPI) Officials in an Ohio city said they do not believe there is an alligator on the loose at a local park after a reported sighting set off two days of searching.

The City of Beavercreek said local police received a report Sunday about a "potential alligator sighting" at Dominick Lofino Park.

The teenage witness snapped photos of the ...Read more