CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Oprah Winfrey, whose eponymous talk show has been a mainstay of afternoon U.S. television for more than two decades, says she's ending the program.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate scheduled a late Saturday vote that could send a $848 billion healthcare-reform bill to floor debate.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- EU leaders selected relatively unknown people to take over two newly created positions that represent the public face of the 27-country bloc.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Medical guidelines suggest women can wait until age 21 before having a first Pap test and then have them less often than previously suggested.
LIMA, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Four people were arrested in Peru in an investigation into the killing of people for their body fat, which was perhaps sent to Europe to be used in cosmetics.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Hamid Karzai was sworn in Thursday to begin a second term as president of Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder defended the Obama administration's decision to try terror suspects in federal court in New York.
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is wrapping up his Asian trip with a stop in Seoul where he addressed concerns about nuclear programs in North Korea and Iran.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The majority leader in the U.S. Senate unveiled a healthcare reform bill that will cost $849 billion and extend insurance coverage to 30 million Americans.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The International Olympic Committee has withdrawn the gold medal won by a Bahraini runner and a silver medal won by an Italian cyclist in the 2008 Olympics.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A U.S.-flagged ship was attacked by pirates Wednesday, seven months after the same vessel was boarded by hijackers off the coast of Somalia.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The Obama administration said the federal government made $98 billion in "improper spending" during the last fiscal year.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Israeli leaders approved a 900-unit expansion of settlements in East Jerusalem, drawing a sharp rebuke from their U.S. counterparts.
BERLIN, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- New Zealand has been determined as the least corrupt country in the world while Somalia is at the other end of the annual Corruption Perceptions Index.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. task force emended recommendations regarding the frequency of mammograms, saying such screenings should start later and perhaps not as often as thought.