HAMDEN, Conn., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A majority of U.S. Catholics say they agree with Pope Francis' view that the church is too focused on flashpoint social issues, a Quinnipiac poll said.
WASHINGTON -- Senior military officials gave emotional accounts of the negative effect of the government shutdown-induced furloughs on their workforce, many of who are still reeling from the effect of furloughs due to sequestration.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Hispanics' perception of the impact of unauthorized immigration on the United States Hispanic community has improved since 2010, a Pew poll indicates.
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. residents are closely divided on their views of how the U.S. Supreme Court is performing, a Gallup poll released Friday indicates.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Belgium has extradited to the United States a Tunisian to face federal charges of working with al-Qaida in a bomb plot in Europe in 2001, U.S. officials said.
MIAMI, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A Miami police officer, Malinsky Bazile, was convicted of stealing the identities of 1,000 people to claim fraudulent income-tax returns, court officials said.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A former California student was convicted of the attempted rape and kidnapping of a teacher -- an incident he described as a "senior prank," prosecutors said.
NAPA, Calif., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A wildfire in Napa County, Calif., has burned through 500 acres, but firefighters said they have stopped the spread of the blaze.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, who staged a 13-hour filibuster against anti-abortion legislation in June, said she has announced her bid for the governorship.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Police said they were looking for a man they had identified as one of the motorcyclists who had a role in the beating of a New York SUV driver.
MISSOULA, Mont., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A woman who said her new husband fell from a cliff in Glacier National Park in Montana is to appear in court Friday to face a murder charge.
PHOENIX, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Jurors in the new trial of a man convicted of a 1991 mass killing at a Buddhist temple in Arizona were told Thursday to start deliberations afresh.
MIAMI, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Karen headed for the central Gulf of Mexico Thursday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency prepared for bad weather along the gulf coast.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A woman rammed a barrier at the White House, then led police on a high-speed chase near the U.S. Capitol before being shot to death, police said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- There was no announcement but U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama appeared set to celebrate their anniversary at the White House Thursday.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man who was killed saving a friend's 6-year-old daughter from drowning was one of 22 heroes awarded the Carnegie Medal on Thursday.
WASHINGTON -- Only 13 percent of Americans ages 30 and younger closely follow government shutdown news, which contrasts the nearly 54 percent of adults ages 65 and older who do, a new Pew Research Center study found.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A Cincinnati police officer is being investigated for allegedly setting up a fake police substation in an apartment building, police said.
MCLOUTH, Kan., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A hotel security guard in Costa Rica was acquitted at a second trial of killing a Kansas teenager in the country with his high school Spanish club.
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
