EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., May 21 (UPI) -- A forklift driver in an East Rutherford, N.J., food warehouse escaped injury when a 40-foot-wide hole opened in the warehouse floor, witnesses said.
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday offered their fifth bill to repeal harsh spending cuts they said Republicans want to remain in effect.
HOUSTON, May 21 (UPI) -- A Texas man who believed his mail was being diverted has been charged with killing a postal carrier who delivered in his neighborhood, officials say.
DETROIT, May 21 (UPI) -- Prosecutors say a former Michigan Supreme Court justice should do some time for defrauding the bank that held the mortgage on her home.
SAN DIEGO, May 21 (UPI) -- A Southern California couple are headed to prison after pleading guilty to keeping a young niece in the United States illegally as a sex slave.
TOOELE, Utah, May 21 (UPI) -- Informal stockpiles of buried World War II-era munitions were discovered during the cleanup of a Utah chemical depot, an Army spokeswoman said.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 21 (UPI) -- Transportation officials said Tuesday would be the last day of hampered rail commutes from Connecticut to New York City because of last week's train accident.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 21 (UPI) -- A man who escaped from a Washington state prison was apprehended after he was spotted by a prison guard who was running late for work, police said.
MOORE, Okla., May 21 (UPI) -- Sixth-grade students at a Moore, Okla., school credited the actions of a teacher Tuesday for saving them as a tornado destroyed their community.
EAST LANSING, Mich., May 21 (UPI) -- Three Michigan high school students who allegedly carved a swastika into a Jewish student's locker could face misdemeanor charges, police said.
MILWAUKEE, May 21 (UPI) -- An Indian official cannot be sued in a U.S. court over allegations he persecuted and killed Sikhs in India because a judge says he was never served the papers.
EXETER, N.H., May 21 (UPI) -- A nurse says a New Hampshire hospital fired her because of her connection to a housemate who was charged with infecting patients with hepatitis C.
NORFOLK, Va., May 21 (UPI) -- Two Virginia women tried to induce an abortion that ended with one woman's preterm baby dying shortly after birth, authorities allege.
GRISWOLD, Conn., May 21 (UPI) -- A Griswold, Conn., woman pleaded guilty to beating her foster child with a wooden spoon and faces 100 days in prison, court documents said.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court Tuesday struck down an Arizona abortion law banning the procedure after 20 weeks unless there's a medical emergency.
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