Aug. 20 (UPI) -- An Iowa family's 5-year-old bovine has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's shortest bull, standing at only 26.6 inches high.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A record number of travelers will take airline flights over the Labor Day holiday, an aviation trade group said Tuesday.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Steel has said it plans to lay off as many as 200 plant workers in Michigan by the end of next month.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Residents of a Newfoundland and Labrador town with a famously suggestive name are petitioning to stop a sex toy company from using their sign for advertisements.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Amid a political crisis and another election, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Tuesday he'll resign -- as the nation is being driven into chaos by a deputy who's only interested in advancing his own prospects.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A Kenyan chef broke a Guinness World Record when she prepared meals for 75 consecutive hours, completing 400 individual recipes.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Police were summoned to a Massachusetts home where a woman found a live snake slithering around inside the washbasin in her bathroom.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- China is to increase the volume of food supply to North Korea and is encouraging Chinese tourism to the country following President Xi Jinping's first state visit to Pyongyang, according to a Japanese press report.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Some residents of the New Zealand capital said they were disturbed by a sculpture of a hand with a face installed atop the city's art gallery.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A letter signed by nearly 30 leading theologians in the liberal Catholic journal Commonweal forcefully rejects any link between nationalism and Christianity.