AURORA, Colo., May 7 (UPI) -- Attorneys for James Holmes, the former graduate student accused of the Aurora, Colo., theater massacre, notified a court Tuesday he intends an insanity plea.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, May 7 (UPI) -- U.S. businessman and philanthropist Ronald Lauder has been elected to another term as president of the World Jewish Congress.
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas, May 7 (UPI) -- A man who allegedly lured a Pennsylvania teen to Ohio for sex has been charged in Texas with taking another young girl to Mexico, investigators say.
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Physicians told a key House subcommittee Tuesday that Medicare’s existing payment model should be replaced by one that judges quality of care.
WORCESTER, Mass., May 7 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts resident who has admitted trying to arrange the kidnapping of a child had a soundproof child's dungeon in his home, investigators say.
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Army Chief of Staff Gen.Raymond T. Odierno told reporters Tuesday that readiness becomes complicated the longer it takes to make a decision.
PITTSBURGH, May 7 (UPI) -- A western Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to killing his parents.
BIG BEAR, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- Three hikers, missing since Saturday in California's San Bernardino Mountains, were found safe Tuesday near Big Bear, Calif., police said.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 7 (UPI) -- A New Zealand man was sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for multiple acts of pedophilia prosecutors said were some of the worst they'd ever seen.
PERM, Russia, May 7 (UPI) -- The owners of a Russian night club where 165 people died in a fire were sentenced to prison while others associated with the case were also convicted.
SAN ANTONIO, May 7 (UPI) -- Testimony began Tuesday in the San Antonio murder trial of a man who allegedly shot and killed one person, then posed with the weapon in a MySpace photo.
DENVER, May 7 (UPI) -- Nathan Dunlap's attorneys say they have formally asked Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to spare his life, requesting his death sentence be commuted.
NEW YORK, May 7 (UPI) -- Jewish groups are criticizing conservative commentator Glenn Beck for likening New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to a Nazi during a speech to the NRA.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama drew a red line Tuesday, vowing to veto the House's Full Faith and Credit Act if it reaches his desk.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., May 7 (UPI) -- A former student at a prestigious upstate New York school for the deaf wants an inquiry into a former employee fired for molesting girls in the 1960s and '70s.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 7 (UPI) -- A series of bombings in Mogadishu shows that the al-Shabaab movement, allied to al-Qaida, remains a lethal force despite the loss of key strongholds.
SAN ANDRES, Colombia, May 7 (UPI) -- Three women, dressed in nuns' habits, were arrested on the Colombian island of San Andres as they attempted to smuggle cocaine under the clothing, police said.
PHILADELPHIA, May 7 (UPI) -- A proposed Philadelphia City Council ordinance would block the public library system from eliminating fines for overdue books checked out by children.
FARGO, N.D., May 7 (UPI) -- Two huskies got into a North Dakota State University research barn overnight and killed or mauled a dozen sheep, campus police said Tuesday.
PHOENIX, May 7 (UPI) -- An Arizona woman on death row is a step closer to freedom after an appeals court denied prosecutors' requests to review a decision to toss her guilty verdict.
SUFFOLK, Va., May 7 (UPI) -- A Suffolk, Va., second-grader was suspended for pointing a pencil at a fellow student and making gun-like noises, a school spokeswoman said.
HANGU, Pakistan, May 7 (UPI) -- At least 12 people died in a bomb blast at a market in Hangu, Pakistan, Tuesday just before a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam candidate's political event, police said.
DENVER, May 7 (UPI) -- The leader of Colorado's state Senate snuffed his own bill that marijuana advocates feared would have halted the state's plans for legal marijuana shops.
MURDOCK, Minn., May 7 (UPI) -- A train transporting crude oil collided with a tanker truck carrying anhydrous ammonia in Minnesota, prompting a school evacuation, authorities said Tuesday.
SACRAMENTO, May 7 (UPI) -- Health officials in California said some 2,000 people and their parents may have been exposed to identity theft because their birth records weren't secured.
Kentucky Derby winning jockey Joel Rosario, and his mount Orb, both enjoy a quick bath after winning the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, May 4, 2013. UPI/Mark Abraham
