Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Private companies' payrolls dropped by a seasonally adjusted 32,000 jobs in September, according to an ADP report released Wednesday.

Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Part of a 20-story apartment building collapsed in the Bronx, New York City, after a gas explosion in an incinerator shaft Wednesday. No injuries were reported.

Targeted radiation therapy might be a safer way to treat a potentially dangerous heart rate problem called ventricular tachycardia, researchers said.

Oct. 1 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of E.J. Antoni as the administrator of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Tuesday. He didn't give a reason.

Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials confirmed there have been "credible" sightings of an alligator wandering loose on Belle Isle in Detroit.

Oct. 1 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said the Department of Education has reached a potential deal to settle a battle with Harvard University over federal funding.

Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A herd of five yaks escaped from a ranch in Ohio and made their way to a middle school about a mile away to graze on the lush lawn before being wrangled.

Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, accusing it of denying residents their right to bear arms by stalling their concealed carry license application process.

Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is the latest institution of higher learning to be hit with a Justice Department investigation over allegations of failing to protect Jewish students amid pro-Palestinian protests.

Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The numbers of those dead or injured in the powerful Tuesday tremor could rise as officials scramble to respond to the disaster near the coastal city of Bogo.