FAIRFIELD, Conn., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Fairfield, Conn., man faces arrest after police said they found explosives, hundreds of weapons and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition on his property.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Bond was set at $1 million Wednesday for one of two suspects arrested when a bomb scare led to the evacuation of the airport in Jacksonville, Fla.
ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A group of gun rights advocates have filed the latest legal challenge to New York's tough gun control law passed earlier this year, known as the SAFE Act.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A planned feature film on Hillary Clinton is still moving forward even after two documentaries about her died from political pressure, Hollywood insiders say.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The federal government shutdown extends beyond the United States borders with military cemeteries in Europe and elsewhere closed, officials say.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- University of Pennsylvania religion Professor Anthea Butler was called a racist by conservatives for Twitter comments about the government shutdown.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- New York police are trying to sort out a road-rage incident between a group of motorcyclists and a driver who sped off after a fender bender.
SEVERN, Md., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A gas station in Maryland sold the lone grand prize winning ticket in Tuesday night's $189 million Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said.
HOUSTON, Utah, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The causes of death of four firefighters killed in a Houston hotel fire were revealed by the Harris County, Texas, Institute of Forensic Sciences.
LANSING, Mich., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Michigan man's trial began Tuesday over allegations he killed his sister's boyfriend after a fight that escalated through text messages.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The FBI in San Francisco has arrested and charged a man with running Silk Road, an online black market for drug sales, federal authorities said.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A man awaiting trial in connection with several revenge shootings plotted to kill two prosecutors trying his case, say documents filed in a Maryland court.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, called anti-Tea Party posters taped to the door of his congressional district office in Austin an anti-Republican hate crime.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A California woman accused of torturing and killing her niece says she kept the body in her car for hours due to fear she would be deported if she called 911.
ARCO, Idaho, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Bad weather and the furlough of employees by the federal government shutdown have scaled back a search for a woman missing in an Idaho park, officials said.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The crash of an apparently unmanned Chicago train appears to have been caused by a mechanical malfunction, transit officials say.
CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The board of a Missouri fire district now says firefighters can wear pink T-shirts in October to raise awareness about breast cancer.
WOODBURY, N.J., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The father of a South Jersey girl who was strangled for her bicycle has sued the parents of the teenager who admitted killing her.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The government shutdown jeopardizes national security, James Clapper, President Barack Obama's principal intelligence officer, told a Senate hearing Wednesday.
MIAMI, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Several popular boating and swimming areas in South Florida have been closed after a broken pipe sent raw sewage into storm drains, officials say.
BOSTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. prosecutors have asked a Boston judge to order an accused mobster to shave his beard so witnesses who saw him "before he was a fugitive" may recognize him.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania court Wednesday upheld the sexual abuse convictions and sentence of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Howard University President Sidney Ribodeau has announced his retirement, months after signing a contract extension at the school in Washington.
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) speaks to the press after Congress failed to agree to a continuing resolution to fund the government, causing the first government shutdown in 17 years, in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 2013. Boehner was joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L), House Majority Whip Kevin MCCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). UPI/Kevin Dietsch
