Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., opened a 100-year-old time capsule that contained items including newspapers and a letter from President Calvin Coolidge.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Retail sales in September beat out Wall Street forecast, increasing a seasonally adjusted 0.4% in the month, topping the unrevised total of 0.1% in August, the Commerce Department said on Thursday.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A festival in Cyprus took aim at a Guinness World Record by serving up a sheftalia -- a traditional sausage kebab -- measuring 246 feet long.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Only Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the U.S. Supreme Court stand in the way of Robert Roberson becoming the first person in the country to be executed in connection with Shaken Baby Syndrome.

A new, reassuring study finds that men can take the diabetes drug metformin without worrying that their offspring will suffer from birth defects.

Got yourself a standing desk because you know sitting is unhealthy? It might be the wrong move, new research suggests.

An off-label clot-busting drug appears to work slightly better in treating stroke patients than an approved medication, a new review finds.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Italian lawmakers passed a law on Wednesday making it illegal for couples to travel to the United States and other countries to circumvent Italy's ban on surrogacy to conceive a child.

Alzheimer's disease may begin with an early phase that slowly and silently damages the brain.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The European Central Bank's governing council Thursday cut three key interest rates by 25 basis points, based on inflation falling.