NEW CASTLE, Pa., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania judge postponed a hearing on whether a 12-year-old boy accused of slaying his father's pregnant fiancee will be tried as a juvenile or an adult.

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party residing in Iraqi refugee camps will not return to Turkey until conditions are satisfactory, representatives said.

OZARK, Ark., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- An Arkansas police officer, who used a Taser on a 10-year-old girl after she kicked him in the groin, has been fired, officials said.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- An engineer for Metrolink, the commuter rail system in Southern California, allegedly failed to stop at a red signal as another train neared, a report says.

KALMAR, Sweden, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A Swedish man wrongly accused of killing his wife, who was actually the victim of an attack by an elk, wants payment for the false charge.

TRENTON, N.J., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- More than 200 prominent New Jersey Democrats asked the state Legislature Tuesday to legalize gay marriage during the lame-duck session.

WEST MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Suspended West Miami, Fla., Mayor Cesar Carasa has been charged with placing $70,756 worth of personal calls on his city cellphone, officials said.

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WEST POINT, N.Y., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A senior administration official said Tuesday President Barack Obama will announce a "surge" of 30,000 U.S. troops for Afghanistan by next summer.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Kai Eide, the U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan, may be on his way out as the new Western strategy for the war evolves, diplomats said.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A judge Tuesday described an 18-year-old New York man as the "epitome of evil" and sentenced him to 115 years to life in prison for four murders.

SANAA, Yemen, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia's escalating war against rebels in neighboring Yemen elevates what had been a local insurrection against Sanaa into a conflict with regional dimensions that could ignite bigger fires in a part of the world that is already staring into the abyss.

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The son of a powerful local politician has been charged with 25 counts of murder in last week's hillside massacre of more than 50 people.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland man suspected of killing 11 women, was indicted Tuesday on charges that could carry a death sentence.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S.-based Armenian advocacy group has ramped up efforts to encourage Washington to recognize the Armenian genocide ahead of a visit by the Turkish premier.