LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Three women drowned overnight in a Southern California stream that was swollen by a powerful winter storm that was pushing into the Rocky Mountains and toward t
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday it will take a closer look at weather conditions at the time the twin-engine King Air carrying Sen. Paul W
CHICAGO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The world's busiest airport will meet the Dec. 31 deadline for checking all baggage for explosives, federal security officials said Tuesday, but city officials
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- More than a year after the terrorist attacks, too many Americans fail to recognize the seriousness of the conflict that we are fighting. A recent example of thi
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A new survey by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation has found most Hispanics have a positive view of their lives in the United States, but
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The Justice Department has joined whistleblower lawsuits against nearly 30 hospitals across the country for allegedly overcharging Medicare, the department said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The Justice Department is suing nearly 30 hospitals across the country for allegedly overcharging Medicare, the department said Tuesday. The government says the hospitals improperly charged for experimental cardiac devices.
BOSTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The new head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston came under fire Tuesday in the clergy sex-abuse scandal. A lawyer for alleged abuse victims says Bishop Richard G. Lennon is not as "squeaky-clean" as it might appear.
BOSTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The new head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston came under fire Tuesday in the clergy sex-abuse scandal. A lawyer for alleged abuse victims says Bishop Richard G. Lennon is not as "squeaky-clean" as it might appear.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The economic downturn and war on terror did little to stem the high rate of immigration to the United States over the past two years, according to a recent paper from the conservative Center for Immigration Studies.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Battered by the power crunch of 2000-01 and the bursting of the high-tech bubble, California is caught between flagging tax revenues and mandated spending. Now, Governor Gray Davis is treading into potentially treacherous political waters with his plan to
A tentative settlement, reached Monday between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and unionized workers, ended the threat of a transit strike in New York City. Such a strike would have affected the entire city and the transit system's 7 million dai
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- It promised to be a wet and wild Monday night in California and much of the rest of the West as a series of strong winter storms rolled ashore off the Pacific.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A tentative settlement, reached Monday between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and unionized workers, ends the threat of a transit strike in New York City. "We are grateful to all New Yorkers who remained patient during this very difficult time,
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Heavy rain late Monday made for another rough commute on California freeways as much of the West was again pounded by wild winter weather. Winds knocked out power in the Bay Area and blew drifting snows that closed streets and highways around Lake Tahoe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- It is difficult being black, conservative and Republican when nearly 75 percent of the rest of black America are liberal Democrats. Many of my friends and colleagues -- long-time black Republican activists -- expressed outrage over Republican Mississippi
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The rigorous training regimen at the Marine Corps' boot camp in San Diego was ordered scaled back Monday as base officials took steps to curb an outbreak of highly contagious strep that has hospitalized dozens of Marines and may have cost one recruit his
Fans react and hold up signs as floats carrying the New York Giants rides down the Canyon of Heroes for the Giants victory ticker tape parade 2 days after the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI in New York City on February 7, 2012 . UPI /John Angelillo
