A runaway kangaroo named Sheila shut down a stretch of highway in the US state of Alabama before troopers, and the animal's owner wrangled the wayward marsupial.

Australian country singer Keith Urban has performed a free concert in the parking lot of a large convenience store and petrol station in north Alabama.

At least four people have been killed, including a high school football player, in a shooting that erupted during a birthday party in an Alabama town. 

Several grocery stores in the United States now have vending machines stocked with gun ammunition.

No one has ever met a jet ski owner with a healthy sense of entitlement, and a man in the US has reiterated this point pretty clearly.

A 20-year-old U.S. college student has become the first golf amateur to win on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickleson in 1991.

An unusually strong solar storm hitting earth has produced stunning displays of colour in the skies across the world, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications.

An environmentalist has broken the world record for tree-hugging after he hugged 1,123 trees in 60 minutes.

Swiss chocolatier Lindt has unsuccessfully tried to end a class action lawsuit in the United States by arguing that the use of “excellence” and “expertly crafted” in their marketing is just an exaggeration.

A woman who gave birth to her son in a Krispy Kreme parking lot in Alabama during a winter storm has been promised free doughnuts for a year.