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.
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.
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.
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.
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has passed 15 million, church President Thomas S. Monson announced Saturday in Salt Lake City.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles city official has called for a perjury investigation after a judge ruled the Memorial Coliseum Commission head testified falsely to investigators.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Defense said Saturday it is recalling nearly half of the 800,000 federal workers on furlough due to the government shutdown.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A New York police officer was riding undercover with a group of bikers when they allegedly dragged a man out of his vehicle and beat him, officials say.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The man who lit himself on fire on the National Mall in Washington has died of his injuries, police said.
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's approval rating has fallen 3 points since the federal government shutdown, to one of the lowest levels in two years, a poll found.
