RALEIGH, N.C., May 8 (UPI) -- Opponents of a North Carolina House bill that would require teens to get parental approval for birth control say it would be the most restrictive in the nation.
LONDON, May 8 (UPI) -- Boris Berezovsky, the combative Russian tycoon who died in late March in an apparent suicide, was quietly laid to rest Wednesday in a London suburb.
TORONTO, May 8 (UPI) -- A Canadian teacher who posted graphic sexual pamphlets on a school bulletin board has been removed from the classroom, Ontario education officials say.
JACKSON CENTER, Pa., May 8 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges and was put on probation for shooting a girl he mistook for a skunk, records showed.
BUENOS AIRES, May 8 (UPI) -- Argentina's latest effort to tease out billions of U.S. dollars said to be held by citizens through sweeping tax breaks and interest earnings received lukewarm response, though this may change.
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing illustrates the growing rift between Republicans and Democrats over the attack in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 others.
BANGKOK, May 8 (UPI) -- A hacker who invaded Yingluck Shinawatra's website posted a message Wednesday in which she described herself as Thailand's worst prime minister ever.
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- One hundred and two high school and middle school students gathered in Washington, DC on Monday to be honored for their community service. Ten of these teens were named "Americas Top 10 Youth Volunteers of 2013" at the 18th Annual Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
MOSCOW, May 8 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order Wednesday dismissing Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov, who was in charge of economic modernization.
RIO RANCHO, N.M., May 8 (UPI) -- A "Kick Me" sign stuck to a New Mexico Intel worker's back led to two employees' firings and the worker's lawsuit against the company, court records show.
DENVER, May 8 (UPI) -- Colorado's Legislature approved and sent to the governor Wednesday a bill asking voters to impose taxes on recreational marijuana.
OTTAWA, Kan., May 8 (UPI) -- One of three bodies found on a Kansas farm has been identified as a young mother whose daughter is missing, a family member said Wednesday.
CLEVELAND, May 8 (UPI) -- Police said Wednesday they have completed the search of the Cleveland house where three women were kept as sex slaves for a decade.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. deputy chief of mission in Libya fought for composure as he recalled the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi to a House panel Wednesday.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., May 8 (UPI) -- A Florida police dispatcher facing dismissal for failing to respond quickly to a call where a man died is suffering from a brain tumor, his union says.