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John Fletcher of Michigan celebrated Independence Day by setting off 10,500 firecrackers attached to his body. He's done this for years. Sometimes he gets injured.

The Washington Post reported the mistake. But officials contend it was really a brilliant ruse to get attention and fight voter apathy.

Electrician Victor Shevchenko, who ran under the name Darth Vader, was barred from voting in Ukraine's election Sunday when he refused to remove his mask at the polls.

Taming Ebola virus is now a challenge for the American health care system. We track the U.S. experience with Ebola from the discovery of a strain in laboratory monkeys in 1989 to the current outbreak.

The cat, named Camo, was hiding in the box spring. Social media helped to track the cat down near Portland's airport. He was a little roughed up but he's home now.

In new video shot on the International Space Station, NASA posed the question: How far can you throw a football in a zero-G environment? Astronaut Tim Kopra threw for 564,664 yards.

The rural school in Nova Scotia only has one student in the graduating class, Jordan Macgillivary. Despite the class size, the school will still hold a graduation ceremony.

Monopoly, the board game, is getting a revamp. Makers of the game are holding a contest and letting voters choose the next generation of game pieces. And voters have rejected the thimble.

A cafe in Vancouver posted a picture of a poorly poured glass of Guinness on their Facebook page for St. Patrick's Day. An Irish newspaper wrote that Irish people "grimace in disgust" at the picture.

Fans of English soccer team Crystal Palace spray-painted a bus they thought belonged to a rival team. But it turns out they spray-painted their own team's bus, causing 40,000 pounds-worth of damage.