May 20 (UPI) -- Elections officials and leaders at tech companies Facebook, Google and Twitter are set to testify later this week at a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on election security, lawmakers announced Monday.

May 20 (UPI) -- Ford Motor Co. said Monday it is planning to layoff white collar 7,000 workers, with 800 coming this summer -- most in the Detroit area.

May 20 (UPI) -- China may be increasingly using entertainment media to control public perceptions of the United States

May 20 (UPI) -- A U.S. food company has issued a recall for 2,000 pounds of hot dogs over concerns they may contain bits of metal.

May 20 (UPI) -- A rights group said Monday it wants the U.N. to look into how India responds to uprisings in the territory of Kashmir, saying forces there routinely use torture to subdue dissent.

May 20 (UPI) -- Amid peace talks between the United States and Afghanistan leaders, the United Nations mission in the war-scarred nation said in a study Monday sustained efforts are still needed to weed out corruption there.

May 20 (UPI) -- Japan's defense minister is calling for improved relations with South Korea, despite political friction and recent anti-Korean remarks from Japanese lawmakers.

May 20 (UPI) -- Lori Lightfoot was sworn in Monday as Chicago's first black female and openly gay mayor, with a promise to end the "broken and corrupt political machine" that has ruled the city.

May 20 (UPI) -- Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai said Monday he is giving a thumbs up to the $26.5 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint after the companies agreed to a series of commitments.

May 20 (UPI) -- North Korea and U.S. military officers have exchanged phone calls at the Korean demilitarized zone.