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NATIONAL | Free-Cash ATM, a Bear in a Subaru and a Frozen-Food Crime Spree: This Week’s Odd News

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Not every headline this week was about elections and interest rates. Here are some of the stranger stories making the rounds across the country.

A mystery ATM in Los Angeles is handing out free cash

A bright green-and-pink cash machine has been popping up around Los Angeles as a promotional stunt for the comedy heist film “How to Rob a Bank,” according to the New York Post and other outlets. People who sign up online get a PIN and clues to the machine’s location. The ATM holds ten $100 prizes plus movie tickets and concession vouchers, first come, first served, with one prize per person. The hunt began Wednesday and runs through Sunday. The film opens in theaters Nov. 13.

TSA finds “mutant blades” at Sea-Tac

TSA officers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport stopped a carry-on item that the agency said “resembled a mix between Wolverine-style claws and Freddy Krueger blades.” Officer Douglas Linn spotted three blades with claw-like features on the X-ray. “I have never seen anything like this during my two years at TSA,” Linn said in the TSA’s account of the catch. Supervisory Officer Ann Rhoades called it one of the most unusual items she has encountered in seven years. The passenger voluntarily abandoned the item at the checkpoint, and KING 5 reported the passenger faced no legal consequences.

Philadelphia’s frozen-food heists

For the second time this week, thieves raided a parked tractor-trailer in Philadelphia while the driver slept, police said. Around 4 a.m. Thursday on the 5200 block of Devereaux Avenue, thieves cut the trailer’s rear padlock and took five pallets of beef valued at about $10,000. The driver recorded the suspects’ vehicles on his phone. On Tuesday, six men took about 3,000 pounds of frozen snow crab from a trailer on Island Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia. No arrests have been reported, and investigators said they don’t yet know whether the thefts are connected.

A bear trashes a Subaru in Juneau

A black bear climbed into a Juneau, Alaska, family’s unlocked Subaru around 12:30 a.m. Monday, got trapped when the door shut and tore apart the interior before Juneau police used a rope to pull a door open and let it out, Alaska’s News Source reported. The bear ran off unhurt. The family said the bear got into three cars that night and only got stuck in theirs. Without comprehensive insurance, they said, the damage isn’t covered. Owner Michael Wilson’s advice: lock your doors and leave no food or candy in the car.

A woman reaches to pet a great white

During a shark-tagging trip off Tybee Island, Georgia, a woman reached off a boat to touch a great white shark, and the shark whipped around and lunged toward her, according to WJCL. Jimmy Lee Armel of the Knot Lucky White Shark Tagging Program said she was never in immediate danger because the crew had control of the shark. The shark was released without a tag because the crew never had a safe chance to apply one.

South Park airs real GTA 6 gameplay

The Oct. 28 episode of “South Park” included a short, previously unseen clip of “Grand Theft Auto VI” gameplay in which the main character picks up dog waste on a beach and uses it against another character, according to Polygon and Vice. Rockstar Games was credited in the episode.

And one political head-turner

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered the state Department of Public Safety to investigate a report that people tied to Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign helped recruit a retired teacher who shares the name of incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan to run in the race, the Associated Press reported. Peltola’s campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee deny involvement. No one has been charged.

Sources:
TSA: https://www.tsa.gov/about/employee-stories/claw-some-catch-seattle
New York Post: https://nypost.com/2026/10/29/us-news/atm-pop-up-in-la-promising-free-cash-for-those-who-can-guess-the-pin/
KING 5: https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/wolverine-style-claws-found-carry-on-seattle-tacoma-international-airport/281-561c2c03-4cdd-4f99-bd81-d4649b6cf9ce
CBS Philadelphia: https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/five-pallets-beef-stolen-northeast-philadelphia-driver-sleeping/
Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/frozen-snow-crab-stolen-trailer-southwest-philadelphia-20261027.html
Alaska’s News Source: https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/10/27/bear-locks-itself-subaru-destroys-interior-before-police-free-it/
WJCL: https://www.wjcl.com/article/tybee-island-great-white-shark-lunges-at-woman/74251773
Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/gta-6-dog-poop-gameplay-south-park/
Associated Press: https://apnews.com/article/alaska-peltola-senate-dan-sullivan-democrats-dunleavy-c391cc7b546384c7adde9aebc9973620

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ALASKA | Governor Orders State Probe of Peltola Campaign Over Second “Dan Sullivan” Senate Candidate

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JUNEAU, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ordered the state Department of Public Safety to investigate allegations that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign helped recruit a second candidate named Dan Sullivan to run against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.

In a post on X late Wednesday, the Republican governor said he was directing the department “to investigate whether this scheme violated Alaska’s laws and whether criminal charges or civil action are warranted,” adding that “the evidence will determine what happens next.” He did not say which state laws might apply, the BBC reported. No one has been charged.

What the allegations are

Dunleavy said he was acting on a New York Times report published Wednesday. According to that report, people connected to Peltola’s campaign and aides at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee worked with operatives trying to recruit “spoiler” candidates, including Dan J. Sullivan, a retired Petersburg schoolteacher, to draw votes from the incumbent. The Times said it reviewed text messages and interviewed 12 people involved in or told about the effort. The BBC said it has not independently verified the Times’ reporting, and the Times noted that the practice, often called ballot stacking, is common and generally legal, the Juneau Independent reported.

Peltola’s campaign denies the allegations. “The Alaskans for Mary campaign has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign,” it said in a statement. A DSCC spokesperson also said the committee is not involved with Dan J. Sullivan, who has himself denied any ties to the Peltola campaign.

Federal investigation widens

Separately, the U.S. Justice Department has issued a new round of grand jury subpoenas and records-preservation demands in its criminal investigation of the second Sullivan’s candidacy, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. CNN reported that more than 40 subpoenas and preservation notices went out Wednesday, with more expected Thursday.

Background

The state Division of Elections removed Dan J. Sullivan from the ballot earlier this year, calling his candidacy a sham, but the Alaska Supreme Court reversed that decision, ruling the state’s review is limited to requirements such as age and residency. Election law experts quoted by the BBC said recruiting someone to run is not by itself a crime. The ballot will list the incumbent as Dan S. Sullivan and the challenger as Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.

The race is considered one of the closest in the country ahead of Tuesday’s Nov. 3 midterm election.

Sources

BBC News: Alaska governor orders probe into Democratic campaign’s alleged links to same-name candidate – https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8vgx0zrpk6no
The Associated Press: Justice Department issues new subpoenas over Alaska spoiler candidate controversy, AP source says – https://apnews.com/article/alaska-peltola-senate-dan-sullivan-democrats-dunleavy-c391cc7b546384c7adde9aebc9973620
Juneau Independent: Dunleavy orders state criminal investigation into Peltola campaign ballot-stacking allegations – https://www.juneauindependent.com/post/dunleavy-orders-state-criminal-investigation-into-peltola-campaign-ballot-stacking-allegations
CNN via KESQ: Justice Department’s Dan Sullivan criminal probe accelerates after Alaska campaign revelations – https://kesq.com/news/national-politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/10/29/justice-departments-dan-sullivan-criminal-probe-accelerates-after-alaska-campaign-revelations/
NBC News: Mike Dunleavy orders investigation of Mary Peltola camp – https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/mike-dunleavy-orders-investigation-mary-peltola-campaign-dan-sullivan-rcna606316

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