By GABRIELLE LEVY, UPI.com | Blog
OREBRO, Sweden, June 19 (UPI) -- A patient in a Swedish hospital who had no relatives died in the intensive care unit and the body was then left in a visitation room for days, officials said.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 19 (UPI) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, endorsed same-sex marriage, becoming the third Republican senator to do so.
BERLIN, June 19 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, during an exchange of toasts Wednesday in Berlin, said U.S. President Barack Obama embodies "the image of the United States."
MESA, Ariz., June 19 (UPI) -- A construction worker was killed early Wednesday when a bridge collapsed outside Phoenix, officials said.
By KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com | Blog
State Department downgrades China and Russia, leaves Thailand alone in annual Trafficking in Persons Report.
LONDON, June 19 (UPI) -- Photographs show Iceland has broken a two-year ban on whale hunting, the environmental group Greenpeace charged Wednesday.
BIELLA, Italy, June 19 (UPI) -- A tornado hit the small northern Italian city of Biella, uprooting trees and causing some damage Wednesday morning.
BEIJING, June 19 (UPI) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping says the Communist Party of China needs to clean up its act to keep public support.
TOKYO, June 19 (UPI) -- The Japanese government Wednesday announced new safety guidelines that could allow idled nuclear reactors to come back online next year.
WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- A majority of Americans favor National Security Agency intelligence gathering, but most want congressional hearings on the secret programs, a poll indicates.
ALBANY, N.Y., June 19 (UPI) -- A plot by an individual to build and sell a deadly mobile radiation device was uncovered in Albany, N.Y., a federal complaint unsealed Wednesday revealed.
ROME, June 19 (UPI) -- Italy became the fifth country Wednesday to ratify the Istanbul Convention, which aims to curb violence against women.
WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Republicans are criticizing the Internal Revenue Service for plans to pay $70 million in bonuses officials say may be contractually required.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, June 19 (UPI) -- Rebels in northern Mali signed a peace agreement with the Malian government, resolving a stumbling block to the West African country's reconstruction.
By GABRIELLE LEVY, UPI.com | Blog
North Korea denied a defector's claim Kim Jong Un handed out copies of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to his officials on his birthday.
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