WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- A new U.S. database is seeking to identify the remains of thousands of dead people, some of whom have remained mysteries for decades, officials say.

WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- Healthcare industry lobbyists have showered the Democratic U.S. senator leading reform efforts with $1.5 million in donations, records indicate.

WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- A measure that would let gun owners carry weapons across state lines could threaten the filibuster-proof edge Democrats have in the U.S. Senate, observers note.

WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- Two U.S. programs to ease student loan debt are a huge help to recent graduates struggling in a bad job market, an educational association vice president said.

WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- Experts say they're pleased but baffled as to why violent crime rates have plunged in major cities across the United States.

WASHINGTON, July 19 (UPI) -- The amount of cocaine flowing into Venezuela from Columbia increased from 2004 to 2007, a U.S. Government Accountability Office report said.

WASHINGTON, July 19 (UPI) -- More single senior Americans are looking for love online, experts say.

BILOXI, Miss., July 18 (UPI) -- More than half the governors in the United States were somewhere else Saturday when the National Governors Association meeting got under way in Biloxi, Miss.

BAGHDAD, July 18 (UPI) -- U.S. military commanders are startled and worried by Baghdad's restrictive new reading of the U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, sources say.