TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Juveniles should be handcuffed or shackled during court appearances only if judges have a good reason for the restraints, the Florida Supreme Court said.
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LAAYOUNE, Morocco, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A Western Sahara independence activist has been allowed to return to Morocco after a 32-day hunger strike at an airport in the Canary Islands.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ended hours of negotiations Friday still one short of 60 votes on healthcare reform, saying he is confident of passage.
GREENWICH, Conn., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Former Ambassador Thomas Foley said Friday he will use at least $2 million of his own money in his campaign for Connecticut governor.
COLDWATER, Mich., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A Michigan man was sentenced to life with no parole Friday for killing his wife in their rural farmhouse after sending his son and a friend outside to play.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- An 18-year-old Minnesota man admitted in a Facebook message that he had accidentally shot someone while playing with a gun, police said.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Snow began falling in Washington late Friday, kicking off what was expected to be the worst December storm in years in the capital.
MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Angry journalists confronted a Philippine politician charged in the Maguindanao massacre when he appeared in court Friday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Three West African men who allegedly said they had ties with al-Qaida were charged Friday in New York under a law targeting narcoterrorism.
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A bomb threat note that turned out to be baseless kept an American Airlines jetliner grounded for hours Friday in Austin, Texas, an airport official said.
BARTOW, Fla., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A Florida man was charged Friday with killing his former boss, a pilot who vanished more than a year ago.
CHARLESTON, W.Va., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A jury convicted a West Virginia woman of first-degree murder Friday for walking into an intensive care unit and shooting her estranged husband in the head.
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- An Irish bishop has resigned after being criticized in a report saying the Irish Catholic Church covered up priests' sexual abuse of Dublin children.
MILW, Wis., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Milwaukee School Board voted unanimously to allow condoms to be distributed at many city high schools.
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