BOCA RATON, Fla., May 7 (UPI) -- The 53-year-old grandson of the founder of the Hilton hotel chain was arrested for battery after pushing a woman at a Boca Raton restaurant, police said.
CHAPIN, S.C., May 7 (UPI) -- A South Carolina school district said it agreed to pay $85,000 to a former high school English teacher who resigned after stomping on a U.S. flag during class.
CHICAGO, May 7 (UPI) -- Pat Brady, the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, announced his resignation Tuesday after publicly supporting gay marriage legislation.
TRENTON, N.J., May 7 (UPI) -- Urged by his family, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he underwent lap-band stomach surgery to lose weight, the New York Post reported Tuesday.
PRINCETON, Mass., May 7 (UPI) -- An American will be extradited to the United Kingdom to face charges he spiked a classmate's wine with antifreeze, a federal judge ruled.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (UPI) -- California regulators recommend a record $2.25 billion fine for a 2010 natural gas explosion that devastated a San Francisco suburb, killing eight people.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- Searchers in Washington found the body of an 83-year-old grandmother who vanished from Reagan National Airport, the woman's family said.
WOCESTER, Mass., May 7 (UPI) -- The mother of suspected Boston Marathon bombings mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev wants his body returned to Russia, the funeral director handling the remains said.
RALEIGH, N.C., May 7 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man and his girlfriend are accused of using zip ties to bind the man's 4-year-old daughter to a babygate in their Raleigh home, police said.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- China has stepped up its military modernization program and is building space and cyberspace capabilities, a U.S. Defense Department report says.
SAN BRUNO, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- YouTube plans to let some video makers charge a monthly subscription to their channels, people briefed on the U.S. video-sharing website's plan said.
OAKLAND PARK, Fla., May 6 (UPI) -- A 6-year-old Florida girl was in critical but stable condition after being accidentally shot in the chest by her 13-year-old brother, officials said.
WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- The No. 2 U.S. envoy in Libya during the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi told investigators his request for fighter jets was denied.
CLEVELAND, May 6 (UPI) -- Two young women missing for nearly 10 years were found Monday in Cleveland, and the man who allegedly held them captive was in custody, police said.
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md., May 6 (UPI) -- President Obama practiced golf cart, not shuttle, diplomacy as he and three U.S. senators played a bipartisan round of golf at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
SEATTLE, May 6 (UPI) -- American Amanda Knox, still under a legal cloud in the slaying of her British roommate, says she's received death threats since returning home.
WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- North Korea has withdrawn two missiles from a launch site on the country's eastern coast and sent them to a storage facility, a U.S. official told CNN.
ARLINGTON, Va., May 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force's head of sexual assault prevention was arrested and charged with sexual battery for allegedly drunkenly groping a woman he didn't know.
BOSTON, May 6 (UPI) -- Robel Phillipos, charged with lying to investigators after the Boston Marathon bombings, was released Monday on $100,000 bond, court officials said.
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 6 (UPI) -- Undercover FBI employees won and lost thousands of dollars in an undercover investigation of Oklahoma gambling operations, federal records show.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas, May 6 (UPI) -- A 14-year-old girl kidnapped at knife-point was found safe Monday and her alleged abductor was in custody, KXAS-TV, Fort Worth-Dallas, reported.
COLORADO SPRINGS, May 6 (UPI) -- A man in Colorado Springs, Colo., is being sought for allegedly attacking a group of 13-year-old boys with pepper spray, police said.
