VATICAN CITY, May 9 (UPI) -- Pope Francis told a gathering of hundreds of nun leaders from around the world the job of a nun is to be a spiritual mother, not an "old maid."
ROME, May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Israeli-Palestinian peace had an urgent, new opportunity to make headway, and he intended to take advantage of it.
CHICAGO, May 9 (UPI) -- The White House is weakening "America's moral leadership" by delayed action on Syria after the regime's evident use of chemical arms, an opposition leader said.
TUCSON, May 9 (UPI) -- A 55-year-old Tucson man found dead hanging from a cliff in the Santa Rita Mountains died from a huge bee attack, the Santa Cruz County medical examiner said.
BELAYA KALITVA, Russia, May 9 (UPI) -- A freight train with 50 tankers carrying fuel derailed Thursday in southern Russia, setting off a huge fire that left one person missing and 27 injured.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 9 (UPI) -- A clothing factory fire killed seven people in Bangladesh where rescuers are still counting the dead from the recent building collapse disaster, officials said.
TROON, Scotland, May 9 (UPI) -- A 55-year-old Scottish teacher made port Wednesday in Troon, becoming the first deaf person to sail solo around the world.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate recently passed a bill that would require Internet retailers to collect sales taxes on behalf of local governments. This bill has flaws that could be fixed in the House of Representatives and should be passed.
WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- More than one-third of working mothers in the United States say they are the only breadwinners in their households, a survey released Thursday found.
BRUSSELS, May 9 (UPI) -- A key European Parliament committee this week signed off on legislation calling for confiscation of Mafia assets and their distribution to local communities.
PHOENIX, May 8 (UPI) -- Jodi Arias, convicted Wednesday in the stabbing and shooting death of her ex-lover, told KSAZ-TV in Phoenix she prefers the death penalty over life in prison.
SAN DIEGO, May 8 (UPI) -- Peter Robbins, the voice of Charlie Brown in "A Charlie Brown Christmas," was sentenced in San Diego to a year in jail for threatening an ex-girlfriend.
NEW DELHI, May 8 (UPI) -- A crowded passenger bus skidded off a road and plunged into a river in northern India, killing more than 30 passengers and injuring several more, police said.
MILFORD, Conn., May 8 (UPI) -- A judge in Connecticut Wednesday offered the father of a child slain in the Newtown massacre a plea deal to resolve his bad-checks and motor vehicle case.
ST. LOUIS, May 8 (UPI) -- A Missouri appeals court reinstated $28 million in punitive damages to the families of a pilot and sky divers killed when a plane with a defective part crashed.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. failed to file the required disclosure form required by federal ethics laws after his resignation, records show.
PHILADELPHIA, May 8 (UPI) -- A Philadelphia man was charged with killing his 74-year-old wife after he allegedly tried to frame a young neighbor for the slaying, court records showed.
MANCHESTER, England, May 8 (UPI) -- A man who did odd jobs for a widower in northern England admitted Wednesday he ambushed Vincent Kershaw in his home and beat him to death.
RALEIGH, N.C., May 8 (UPI) -- Opponents of a North Carolina House bill that would require teens to get parental approval for birth control say it would be the most restrictive in the nation.
LONDON, May 8 (UPI) -- Boris Berezovsky, the combative Russian tycoon who died in late March in an apparent suicide, was quietly laid to rest Wednesday in a London suburb.
TORONTO, May 8 (UPI) -- A Canadian teacher who posted graphic sexual pamphlets on a school bulletin board has been removed from the classroom, Ontario education officials say.
JACKSON CENTER, Pa., May 8 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges and was put on probation for shooting a girl he mistook for a skunk, records showed.
BUENOS AIRES, May 8 (UPI) -- Argentina's latest effort to tease out billions of U.S. dollars said to be held by citizens through sweeping tax breaks and interest earnings received lukewarm response, though this may change.
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing illustrates the growing rift between Republicans and Democrats over the attack in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 others.
Jodi Arias (R) reacts as she hears the verdict of guilty of first degree murder after a four month trial in Phoenix, Arizona, May 8, 2013. Arias was convicted of murdering her lover Travis Alexander in Tempe, Arizona in June of 2008. UPI// Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic/Pool
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