COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge says South Carolina's Legislature violated the Constitution when it authorized religious-themed car license plates.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The United States led a high-powered diplomatic effort in Honduras Wednesday, aiming to secure a breakthrough in the talks between the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti and supporters of ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya.
BOSTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A former speaker of the Massachusetts House, Salvatore DiMasi, and a co-defendant say they are being prosecuted under an overly vague law.
JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Federal judges have ruled two men facing execution in Mississippi suffer mental disabilities that bar the death penalty in their cases.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Vehicles used to transport U.S. Vice President Joe Biden were involved in a fatal accident Wednesday, a federal official said.
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Florida prosecutors say they don't have enough evidence to prosecute a high school teacher who allegedly threatened to shoot his students and principal.
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Tens of thousands of dollars were wasted in a Canadian three-year human rights battle over a transgendered woman in a fitness club, its owner says.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The Episcopal bishop for southern Ohio has announced the diocese will begin blessing gay relationships next year.
FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The Army major and accused Fort Hood, Texas, gunman didn't formally ask to leave the military for any reason, an Army official said.
SOMERVILLE, N.J., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A wheelchair-bound, quadriplegic New Jersey man who waged a 2-1/2-year battle to buy a gun has the right to a firearm permit, a judge ruled Wednesday.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Canadian police in Nova Scotia suspect a Sydney man with days-old untreated second- and third-degree burns might be an arsonist.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Residents of many countries around the world distrust both China and the United States on global warming, a poll released Wednesday said.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A Romanian national pleaded innocent to U.S. charges he was involved in an online scam that fleeced users of Craigslist and eBay.
Obama inks military spouses residency bill
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama signed Wednesday a bill allowing spouses to retain home-state residency when moving with military service personnel.
HOHHOT, China, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Police in the Inner Mongolia region of China are investigating reports a gold mining operation damaged 328 feet of the historic Great Wall, officials said.