LEICESTER, England, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A British biologist says the introduction of a predatory insect to fight the spread of Japanese knotweed in the United Kingdom isn't a "magic bullet."

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A ban on mercury as an ingredient in mascara, eyeliners and skin-lightning creams goes into effect in Minnesota beginning Jan 1.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The California Highway Patrol is on a 48-hour "stand-down" to determine if changes are needed following the deaths of six officers in five months.

SINGAPORE, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The Hong Kong's property market, which has long been in the doldrums, is expected to turn around next year on the back of the nascent economic recovery and easi

Blues singer Alberta Hunter was born this day in 1895 in Memphis. In the 1920s she worked and recorded in New York with Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller and Sidney Bechet.

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SINGAPORE, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Hong Kong has unveiled nine new initiatives to revive its ailing property market, but whether the medicine, which offered few surprises, is strong enough to imp

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