Man wins $1M from lottery ticket he was gifted after open heart surgery

And if that wasn’t lucky, the man said he also won $1,000 several years ago on a ticket he received from the same friend as a birthday gift.

Shocking video shows semi-truck dragging car down Illinois highway

The footage, captured earlier this week, shows a car being dragged by a semi-truck on Interstate 294 in the Chicago area.

Mark Cuban buys an entire Texas town – Mustang, Texas

Dallas Mavs owner Mark Cuban is now the proud owner of a small town in North Texas. Mustang, Texas has an abandoned strip club and about two dozen residents.

Mistaken Arizona Thanksgiving invite that went viral to be turned into Netflix movie: report

It all began with an accidental text, and now, the viral story of an accidental Thanksgiving tradition involving Arizonans Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench is being turned into a movie by Netflix.

Wrong number in high school team's group chat leads to FaceTime call with Tampa Bay Bucs

When a group of Michigan high school basketball players accidentally added the wrong phone number to their group chat, it turned out to be Sean Murphy-Bunting of the Buccaneers. They FaceTimed with the cornerback and others -- including Tom Brady.

New TikTok 'door-kicking' craze had law enforcement watching

A new video craze sweeping TikTok has law enforcement watching. It's the "door kicking" challenge, in which young people kick someone's door as a popular Kesha song plays, and then run away.

Man drops engagement ring in fountain while proposing at AT&T Stadium

One person made a major fumble at AT&T Stadium — but it wasn’t a football player this time. “Are you serious? Did he really do that?”

Merriam-Webster declares 'vaccine' as 2021 word of the year

Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine. Last year, it chose “pandemic.”

Grandma, stranger she mistakenly texted set to spend 6th Thanksgiving together

A grandma and the stranger she mistakenly invited over to Thanksgiving have formed an unlikely friendship — and the two are set to celebrate their sixth holiday together.

Reese's debuts pie-size peanut butter cup for Thanksgiving 2021

Reese’s is selling a 9-inch “Thanksgiving pie,” which is the largest Reese Peanut Butter Cup ever sold — but only while supplies last.

Wyoming girl, teddy bear reunited after year-long separation during Glacier National Park trip

Six-year-old Naomi Pascal lost a teddy bear she had since leaving an Ethiopian orphanage. Thanks to a sharp-eyed, compassionate park ranger, she has been reunited with the irreplaceable stuffed animal a year later.

A cut above: Detroit teen caught giving haircuts at school, catches eye of city's top barber

"While we were walking to the office and everything, all the administrators were like, 'I respect the hustle and things like that,'" Cameron said. And they’re certainly not alone.

Arby's announces french fry flavored vodkas

Arby's is selling vodka that tastes like their curly fries and crinkle fries. They'll only be available to customers in a handful of states, and only for a limited time.

Mom says TikTok laundry hack may have set her dryer on fire: 'Lucky to be alive'

Hailee Clarke from the U.K. posted a video to TikTok this month saying a fire started inside her dryer the same night she tried a popular laundry hack.

2 runners stop to help fellow runner over NYC Marathon finish line

Runners in the 2021 New York City Marathon on November 7 helped a fellow participant who fell over just shy of the course’s end finish the run.

Truck tips over, spilling cases of wine on NC highway

The Winston-Salem Police Department in North Carolina had to shut down a stretch of highway for several hours to clean up the debris.