MORGAN CITY, La., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Karen atrophied into a tropical depression Saturday night off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters said.
TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. special forces Saturday captured senior al-Qaida figure Anas al-Liby in his native Libya, U.S. officials said.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Kenyan authorities identified the suspected ringleaders of last month's al-Shabaab terrorist attack at a popular shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya.
BARAWE, Somalia, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Navy SEALs struck the Somali coastal town of Barawe overnight, targeting the militant group al-Shabaab, a U.S. official said Saturday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- An 8-year-old girl was fatally injured when struck by an ice cream truck on a residential street in Kansas City, police said.
CRESSKILL, N.J., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Nicholas Oresko of Cresskill, N.J., the nation's oldest Medal of Honor recipient, has died, a family friend said. He was 96.
WYNNEWOOD, Okla., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A tiger mauled an employee at an exotic animal park in Wynnewood, Okla., Saturday when she stuck her arm into the big cat's wire cage, authorities said.
FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Hamburger patties in Fairfax, Va., schools are no longer 100 percent beef, despite an advocacy group's work to change that.
KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Police in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, said at least eight suspected professional killers were arrested Saturday in raids aimed at organized crime.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A member of Congress said Saturday the U.S. government shutdown could be resolved by passing a budget and raising the federal debt limit in one move.
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- North Korea said South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her allies are "digging their own graves" by calling on the North to give up its nuclear program.
PARIS, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Increased vandalism and theft threatens a six-year-old bike-sharing program in Paris, officials say.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Saturday that limits the ability of police in California to turn illegal immigrants over to federal agencies after arrest.
HOUSTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The FBI used a controlled explosion Saturday to get rid of a "potentially volatile substance" a day after searching three Houston-area homes, officials said.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Diana Nyad, a 64-year-old swimmer from New York, says she's "more than ready" to swim 48 hours straight next week to support Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts.
