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.
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.
CLINTON, N.Y., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the world is watching the U.S. government shutdown closely, as Americans view it with "bewilderment and disgust."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Investigators looking into the shooting death of a young mother by Capitol Police say they won't be able to determine whether fatal force was necessary.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Storms with damaging winds and flooding rains are expected across the middle of the United States Saturday, weather forecasters say.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Firefighters said they were on high alert in Southern California Saturday in anticipation of a hot and windy Santa Ana day.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Republicans are eager to end the government shutdown, but Democrats are refusing to negotiate on the federal healthcare law, a Republican senator said Saturday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday called the federal shutdown a "farce," urging Congress to pass a budget, "pay our bills" and avoid "an economic shutdown."
CHICAGO, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The Chicago "ghost train" that ran through several stations with no one on board had been left in a yard powered up, federal investigators said Friday.
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A Southern California man charged with killing, dismembering and killing his wife died of cancer last week in jail, officials said Friday.
MIAMI, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Karen was weakening in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, but the White House said federal resources are preparing to deal with the storm if necessary.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush (C) points to the crowd as he stands on the first tee box at the 2013 Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on October 3, 2013. UPI/Brian Kersey
