Strange News

Robot Security Guards Coming To Shopping Malls

5:03am April 26, 2017

A Silicon Valley company is putting security robots inside shopping malls in New York and Massachusetts. If they can prove the robots reduce crime, they'll start selling to police departments.

The Eugene J. Candy Co., which opened a year ago in Brooklyn, stocks offbeat novelties like wax fangs as well as its own experimental confections.

Arts

Willy Wonka-Inspired 'Candy Alchemist' Spins Sugar Into Pure Imagination

8:07am April 23, 2017

by Allyson McCabe

A tiny, hard-to-find storefront in Brooklyn is home to the darkly whimsical world of a most unusual candy maker. Eugene J. studied chemical engineering before opening an experimental candy shop.

National

Buy A 3-Pack Of Wedding Rings, In Case You Lose One

8:14am April 22, 2017

Brighton Jones co-founded Enso rings — they're squishy, stretchy and colorful. His is one of many companies now making alternatives to metal wedding bands.

World News

Nuclear Researchers Spot North Korean Volleyball Games

5:08am April 21, 2017

Satellite imagery analyst Joseph Bermudez of 38North.org reports strange goings on at a suspected nuclear test site in North Korea: volleyball.

National

It's National Garlic Day. Who Is Making Up These Weird Holidays?

8:24am April 19, 2017

by Kenny Malone

Why is it National Deep-Dish Pizza Day or National Splurge Day, or maybe National Watermelon Day? Our Planet Money podcast tries to find out who or what is behind all the new strange holidays.

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Police Chief Writes Himself A Speeding Ticket

6:07am April 19, 2017

The police chief in Sperry, Okla. wrote himself a speeding ticket after a traffic camera caught him speeding. He says he's going to pay the more than $300 ticket he wrote himself.

A mountain lion — not this one — is suspected of making off with a 15-pound Portuguese Podengo in the middle of the night in Pescadero, Calif.

National

'Shadow Of An Animal' Sneaks Into Woman's Bedroom And Snatches Dog

3:04pm April 18, 2017

by Amy Held

A California woman was woken up at 3 a.m. to see an animal that authorities suspect was a mountain lion making off with her Portuguese Podengo through her bedroom's open French doors.

National

The Internet Is Gratified: 'April The Giraffe' Gives Birth On Popular Livestream

11:55am April 15, 2017

by Jason Slotkin

The calf was born Saturday as an estimated million viewers watched Animal Adventure Park's live Youtube feed.

Don't Curse Around College Students

5:02am April 13, 2017

A new library is going up at Temple University in Philadelphia. A construction company working on it put up a sign for its workers saying, "No foul language."

An 8-Year-Old Drives Himself To McDonald's

5:02am April 13, 2017

An 8-year-old in Ohio drove himself and his sister to McDonald's after their parents went to sleep. He said he learned to drive by watching YouTube.