KABUL, Afghanistan, May 9 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he won't allow the United States to retain military bases in his country without receiving concessions.
SEATTLE, May 9 (UPI) -- A Washington state senator failed to notify authorities after his wife discovered their 15-year-old son sexually abusing a younger child, court documents say.
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 9 (UPI) -- A Texas college faces tens of thousands of dollars in fines for publishing inaccurate crime statistics and failing to report a sexual assault, officials say.
RALEIGH, N.C., May 9 (UPI) -- The North Carolina woman who entered a guilty plea to killing her 10-year-old stepdaughter now says the girl died from illness.
WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Black voters had a higher turnout than whites in the 2012 presidential election for the first time, a U.S. Census Bureau report says.
DALLAS, May 9 (UPI) -- The Dallas house where Lee Harvey Oswald rented a room at the time he shot President John F. Kennedy is going on the market.
ORLANDO, Fla., May 9 (UPI) -- A bankruptcy judge will hear arguments at the end of the month on defamation suits against Casey Anthony, the Florida mom found innocent of killing her child.
ALBANY, N.Y., May 9 (UPI) -- A New York judge has unsealed a list of people whose conversations were recorded during a federal investigation of corrupt activities by state lawmakers.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 9 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award winner, said Truman's belief in building neighbors globally remains relevant today.
NAPLES, Italy, May 9 (UPI) -- Italian prosecutors said Thursday ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi should be tried on allegations he paid a former senator to switch political allegiances.
DAMASCUS, Syria, May 9 (UPI) -- The Syrian government welcomed a call from the United States and Russia to find a political solution to the crisis, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
SEOUL, May 9 (UPI) -- South Korea aims to develop its missile defense systems independent of the United States, a defense ministry spokesman said Thursday.
PRINCETON, N.J., May 9 (UPI) -- Americans are down on Congress as a whole while saying they're OK with their individual congressional member, a Gallup poll released Thursday indicated.
CLEVELAND, May 9 (UPI) -- The daughter of a Cleveland man suspected of kidnapping and raping three women held captive for 10 years says she had no idea about the alleged actions.
CHARLESTON, S.C., May 9 (UPI) -- Newly elected U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., and his ex-wife reached a settlement in a trespassing case and will avoid a court appearance, the court said.
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