WEST JORDAN, Utah, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A Utah man shot his estranged wife and two young sons in her new apartment and then took his own life after sending text messages, police said Friday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. markets traded only narrowly higher overall Friday, despite strong gains among blue chip financial stocks.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A draft climate change deal was struck in Denmark after U.S. and Chinese leaders agreed on monitoring developing nations' emission limit pledges, aides said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. company working on pro-democracy issues in Cuba under a government contract has confirmed a subcontractor is being held there.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. law enforcement officials say they are worried Mexican drug traffickers have stepped up their efforts to corrupt border police.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- More than 35 percent of Egyptians and Saudis interviewed in a recent survey considered it their duty to back regional mujahedin financially, a scholar notes.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Vicks Dayquil Cold & Flu Liquicaps for packaging failures.
FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Two friends who discovered a newborn girl in front of a Virginia townhouse when they were teenagers said the girl contacted them 20 years later.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Muslim leaders in the United States say relations between the religious community and the FBI have worsened in recent months, a newspaper reported Friday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Home Depot dehumidifiers due to a fire hazard.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of Dorel infant car seats are being recalled because faulty restraints could allow children to fall out, a U.S. watchdog agency says.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A doctor with the U.S. Defense Department has acknowledged burning trash in pits could cause long-term health problems for some soldiers.
LONDON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Police in London released images of 10 alleged "hugger muggers" targeting Christmas shoppers and party-goers in the Westminster area.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The time for talk is over in Afghanistan and now's the time to show some results, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.
NEW MADRID, Mo., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A 3.1-magnitude earthquake centered near New Madrid, Mo., Friday shook parts of the Midwest, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
TONAWANDA, N.Y., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. attorney said Friday samples and records were taken during a raid on the Tonawanda Coke Corp. in Tonawanda, N.Y.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The woman alleged to have shot and killed former NFL quarterback Steve McNair had encounters with some of his former Tennessee Titans teammates, police said.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- University of Alberta psychologists say emotionally mature college students may get more positive benefits from sex than their less-mature counterparts.
LANSING, Mich., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the bill she signed into law Friday will protect people from second-hand smoke by banning smoking in most workplaces.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. political activist Ralph Nader gave President Obama an "F" for his first year in office, saying he thought the president's performance was desultory.