WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- President Obama said Tuesday his administration must "exponentially step up our game" to root out perpetrators of sexual assault in the U.S. military.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- President Obama said Tuesday the United States has both a national security interest and a moral obligation to see the bloodshed end in Syria.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- President Obama and South Korea's new leader stood side by side at the White House Tuesday and vowed to stay united against North Korea's provocations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SCRIPPS RANCH, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- Some of the 31 California high schoolers suspended for a lewd dance video made with school equipment may have their punishments reduced, school officials said.
GRAND HAVEN, Mich., May 7 (UPI) -- The search for a woman believed kidnapped turned to Harbor Island, north of Grand Haven, Mich., after an anonymous tip was received, authorities said.
PHILADELPHIA, May 7 (UPI) -- A Philadelphia couple charged with probation violation after a second son died without medical care were allowed to remain free after a status hearing.
Beyonce arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
