BOSTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- An Islamic convert who allegedly tried to set off shoe bombs aboard a trans-Atlantic American Airlines flight on Saturday remained under a suicide watch Wednesday in Massachusetts. Authorities, meanwhile, investigated Richard Reid?s possible links to terr
CHICAGO, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Police and FBI on Wednesday mounted a nationwide search for a 16-month-old baby kidnapped Christmas Eve from the South Loop Greyhound bus terminal.
BOSTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- An Islamic convert who allegedly tried to set off shoe bombs aboard a trans-Atlantic American Airlines flight on Saturday remained under a suicide watch Wednesd
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- I have bad news to deliver to American conservatives. Social Security reform is dead for at least one year. The cause of death? The poor performance of the stoc
BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Western New Yorkers dreaming of a White Christmas got their wish as more than 25 inches of snow have fallen at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, the Nation
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- For most of the last 25 years, the central debate in American politics has been over the size and scope of the federal government.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Capital Comment -- News notes, political rumors, and important events that shape politics and public policy in Washington and the world from United Press Intern
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- As we count our blessings let us remember the brave men and women who selflessly serve to protect us, and our way of life. These professionals include police, f
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- As President George W. Bush announced a new assault on the finances of terrorists organizations, the administration has yet to close a tax code loophole that im
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Some folks appear to be taking President Bush's admonition that we should go back to business as usual with more enthusiasm than others. According to a recent a
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Fire routed nearly 60 people from their rooms in a downtown San Francisco residential hotel early Monday, leaving more than a dozen of them homeless but physica
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A recent crackdown on falsified immigration documents used by employees at Salt Lake City International Airport has led to the possibility that airport workers
WALDPORT, Ore., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A memorial service was scheduled for Wednesday in a small coastal Oregon town that has become the center of a horrific Christmas season murder mystery.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The UPI Think Tank Wrap-Up is a daily digest covering brief opinion pieces, reactions to recent news events, and position statements released by various think t
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A suspect wanted in a series of knifepoint robberies that had terrorized San Francisco taxi drivers over the holiday shopping season was in custody in time for
Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler
