A Rhode Island woman woke up to an atypical intruder in her home one evening. It wasn't a burglar, but a pet snake that a previous resident had lost months earlier. "It's something you just don't wake ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield woman is facing charges after she allegedly illegally entered the same residence two days in a row, claimed she lived there and threw a pet snake into the yard during ...

Four children, a dog and a snake were removed from a Warren home last week after police found them in “extremely unsanitary and hazardous conditions.” ...

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