Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A British museum earned a Guinness World Record when 205,000 Lego bricks were assembled into a bridge spanning 111 feet, 6 inches long with an unsupported span of 55 feet, 11 inches.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A Texas woman said her strip club-inspired Halloween display featuring seductively posed skeletons has raised the ire of her local homeowner's association.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The Trump administration on Wednesday eliminated federal protections for and opened Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the largest old-growth forest in the United States, to logging and other business operations.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A Colorado man broke a Guinness World Record when he ran a mile in under 5 minutes -- while pushing his 1-year-old son in a stroller.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Past customs and practices should be set aside, North Korean state media said, a week after South Korean news services reported a North Korean mass gymnastics performance scheduled this month may have been canceled.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The Trump administration and the Israeli government agreed Wednesday to expand research agreements into West Bank settlements and remove territorial limitations.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A pair of animal control officers in New Jersey came to the rescue of a deer spotted with a plastic pumpkin stuck over its head.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Smokers are nearly three times as likely to die prematurely from heart disease than non-smokers, with the risk even higher for those who began the habit during childhood, according to a study in the Journal of the AHA.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Mortgage applications in the United States have leveled off, according to new data Wednesday, signaling that the surge in activity over the summer may have peaked.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- International sanctions on North Korea are taking a toll on ordinary North Koreans who earn no income even when they show up for work at factories, according to a new South Korean study.