DAHUK, Iraq, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Thousands of chickens were culled in parts of Iraq as a strain of bird flu tears through the country's poultry industry, officials said Thursday.

NEW YORK, July 22 (UPI) -- A Mexican woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping run a New York sex trafficking operation with her two sons for 13 years, federal prosecutors said.

RIVERSIDE, Calif., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The director of the Center for Bigfoot Studies in Riverside, Calif., says he believes finding the legendary primate would be an important scientific discovery.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Teens have a strikingly high risk for chronic sleep debt: 83 percent of teens slept less than eight hours per night on weekends, Argentine researchers say.

BLACKSBURG, Va., April 18 (UPI) -- The ages of Monday's massacre victims at Virginia Tech range from 18 to 76, and include five faculty members.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Fashion designer and video game creator Marc Ecko says he will sue New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for blocking his graffiti block party.