March 22 (UPI) -- A Turkish man confessed to opening fire aboard a tram earlier this week in Utrecht, Netherlands, killing three people, Dutch prosecutors said.

EL PASO, Texas, March 22 (UPI) -- El Paso's migrant shelters are bracing for a busy weekend because immigration authorities are expected to release almost 2,000 migrant families, officials said.

EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 22 (UPI) -- Catastrophic flooding across the Midwest is decimating entire regions -- wiping out roads and bridges, destroying homes and buildings, killing livestock and rendering useless millions of acres of farmland.

March 22 (UPI) -- The White House on Friday declared the Islamic State 100 percent defeated in Syria.

March 22 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Friday he will nominate economist Stephen Moore to serve on the board of governors for the Federal Reserve.

March 22 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Friday canceled sanctions on North Korea hours after he said they were imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department.

March 22 (UPI) -- A beer honoring Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be available next week, the Boston Beer Co., makers of Samuel Adams beer, announced Friday.

March 22 (UPI) -- The United States imposed new sanctions on Iran, targeting people involved in nuclear and missile research programs, the U.S. Treasury Department announced.

March 22 (UPI) -- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who for several years has not hid his passion for baseball, approved unprecedented state funding to promote the sport, but generated a controversy, El Pais newspaper reported.

March 22 (UPI) -- Existing home sales surged 11.8 percent in February from January, the strongest boost the industry has since December 2015, the National Association of Realtors said Friday.