WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he still thinks the amendment he sponsored to expand gun purchase background checks can pass the U.S. Senate.
VENTURA, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- The Springs fire in Ventura County, Calif., was 90 percent contained Tuesday, and is expected to be fully under control by the end of the day, officials said.
SANTA FE, N.M., May 7 (UPI) -- The mummified corpse of a woman was found in her Santa Fe, N.M., apartment, and authorities said she may have been dead for six months.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's designee for Libyan ambassador told a Senate panel she wants to bring those who killed her predecessor to justice.
NEWTOWN, Conn., May 7 (UPI) -- A top Connecticut official has become involved in talks about how to divide money raised for the Newtown victims after hearings were postponed this week.
KIRKLAND, Wash., May 7 (UPI) -- Two people died in Washington state following a bus collision with an SUV after the brakes of a bus may have failed, officials say.
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 7 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for defrauding would-be parents, adoption agencies and law firms.
GREENVILLE, Texas, May 7 (UPI) -- An uncle of a 16-year-old North Texas girl killed and left in a trunk in November has been arrested in her death, officials say.
ROUND ROCK, Texas, May 7 (UPI) -- A Texas mom has been jailed after authorities said she put her dog in a pet hotel but left her young children alone at home while she traveled out of state.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 7 (UPI) -- Missouri police have arrested a Fulton couple for placing their 5-year-old granddaughter in a car trunk to make room for two tables in the backseat.
WEST, Texas, May 7 (UPI) -- A fire and explosion that killed 15 people at a Texas fertilizer plant was probably caused by ammonium nitrate stored at the facility, authorities say.
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 7 (UPI) -- A 50-year-old former Minneapolis nurse has admitted to being the "Man in Black" who robbed 31 banks in 2011 using a toy gun.
SANFORD, Fla., May 7 (UPI) -- Attorneys for the Florida man accused of killing an unarmed teen challenged state voice recognition experts, saying they may be using junk science.
NEW YORK, May 7 (UPI) -- New York authorities charged a house painter with stealing a Picasso etching and other artwork valued at more than $100,000 from a Long Island couple.
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 7 (UPI) -- Minnesota officials say they have reached a settlement in a lawsuit that charged police beat a deaf man who asked an officer to communicate with him in writing.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- Three members of Congress asked the U.S. Defense Department again to classify the 2009 shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, a terrorist attack.
CHICAGO, May 7 (UPI) -- A Chicago police officer accidentally shot his partner in the leg when confronted by a vicious dog at a South Side apartment building, police said.
CHICAGO, May 7 (UPI) -- Two Chicago aldermen are demanding to know why a police officer removed for official misconduct in 2008 is still on the city payroll.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- Many Latinos in the United States are now more reluctant to report crimes because police are more likely to check their immigration status, a study found.
MIAMI, May 7 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that struck down a Florida law prohibiting the state and local governments from hiring companies with ties to Cuba.
CLEVELAND, May 7 (UPI) -- Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson said Tuesday police responded twice to the address where three kidnapped women were held for a decade.
BRADENTON, Fla., May 7 (UPI) -- A suspect was apprehended minutes after a man wielding a machete-like knife robbed a Bank of America branch in Bradenton, Fla., authorities said.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate leaders say they worry New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns' efforts could cost Democrats control of the chamber.
Sarah Jessica Parker arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit for the "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
