Watch: Storms, lightning spice up Florida sunset

It’s a very Florida scene: A beautiful beach sunset, interrupted briefly by that one storm, drifting just offshore. That’s the view that Brandon Thrift captured in a time-lapse video from Bowditch Point Park in Fort Myers Beach on Tuesday.  

Southgate Shopping Center transforms into set for Disney movie

Shoppers at Southgate Shopping Center might notice things are a little different this week. Signs are missing, green screens are going up, and park benches are being replaced with ones straight out of the '90s.

Pets can beat the summer heat with easy safety tips

The summer heat in the Bay Area could be unbearable for humans after a period of time, and the same could be said for pets.

First US Postal Service scratch-and-sniff stamps making their debut

Soon, you can not only read your mail, you can smell it too, with the U.S. Postal Service launching its first scratch-and-sniff stamps on Wednesday.

Video games: Some see addiction, others see career

The World Health Organization announced Monday that some obsessive video gamers may have an actual addiction that could be classified as a mental health disorder. However, some gamers in the Bay Area have turned that "addiction" into a full-time job. 

Underwater video shows whale shark near St. Pete Beach

Whale sharks have been spotted off of the Gulf Coast within the month of June, with the most recent sighting just 20 miles from St. Pete Beach. 

Alligator swims at the beach near Bonita Springs

An alligator was spotted getting in a swim out at the beach near Bonita Springs in Lee County.

Rapper XXXTentacion shot dead in Florida

Rapper XXXTentacion has been shot dead in Miami on Monday, according to officials.

Wendy's employee video shows live mouse in bag of buns, fast food chain launches investigation

Employee’s at an Oklahoma Wendy’s made a startling discovery Thursday and one felt she needed to share it. There was a live mouse and feces inside a sealed bag of hamburger buns.

Kansas mom says city wants $132K after son broke sculpture (VIDEO)

 A Kansas mother says an insurance company wants her family to pay $132,000 after her 5-year-old son accidentally knocked over a sculpture at a city community center.

One of the best whiskeys in the world? A $17 bottle from Aldi

The supermarket chain Aldi has recently won the Spirits Business Scotch Whiskey Masters, for best whiskey in the world.

Lakeland man helps rescue alligator from python's grip

A man from Lakeland was able to help save an alligator while also conquering his childhood fear of snakes. 

23-foot-long python swallows woman whole

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A 7-meter-long (23-foot-long) python has swallowed a woman in central Indonesia, a village official said Saturday. The victim, 54-year-old Wa Tiba, went missing while checking her vegetable garden near her village on Muna island in Southeast Sulawesi province on Thursday evening, according to the village chief, Faris.

Deputy: Florida man chugged can of beer during DUI stop

Authorities say a 48-year-old Florida man raised a can of beer and chugged it after a sheriff's deputy stopped him on suspicion of drunk driving.