May 24 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin judge handed down a life imprisonment sentence Friday to Jake Patterson, a 21-year-old man who killed a husband and wife before kidnapping their daughter, Jayme Closs.

May 24 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump used emergency authority to approve nearly two dozen arms sales to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and other countries, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress on Friday.

May 24 (UPI) -- Five Catholic priests in Michigan face criminal charges for sexual abuse amid a statewide investigation, state Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Friday.

May 24 (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its last weekly influenza report Friday, and flu activity remained similarly low to last week. This caps off the longest flu season in a decade.

May 24 (UPI) -- Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday signed new legislation banning abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected, joining other conservative states in a push to tighten restrictions on the procedure in recent weeks.

May 24 (UPI) -- Elon Musk's The Boring Co. has signed up its first paying customer -- the Las Vegas Convention Center, where the company will begin building a "people mover" this summer.

May 24 (UPI) -- A South Africa homeowner's security camera captured a baboon's failed attempt to break into the house in an apparent search for food.

May 24 (UPI) -- A $19.1 billion disaster aid package to help victims of the California wildfires, Midwest floods and coastal hurricanes might have to wait until at least June 3 before it can be signed by President Donald Trump.

Leonardo da Vinci's legendary struggles to complete projects suggest he may have had attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, a British researcher says.

May 24 -- Temperatures approaching the century mark amid the hottest weather yet this year will challenge records this weekend in many places, which date back to the late 1800s and early 1900s.