President Donald Trump on Thursday awarded the National Medal of Arts to actor Jon Voight, bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss, philanthropist Sharon Percy Rockefeller and the musicians of the U.S. military.

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The teenager who opened fire at a Southern California high school last week killing two people used unregistered parts to build what sheriff's officials are describing as a "ghost gun."

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Massachusetts on Thursday passed a law banning the sale of flavored tobacco and placing an excise tax on e-cigarettes.

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The Trump administration on Thursday rolled back Obama-era chemical safety rules put in place after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, killed 15 people.

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Officials from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases note that, as of Nov. 12, there have been 36 confirmed cases of eastern equine encephalitis this year, 14 of which were fatal.

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- An "aircraft mishap" during a training mission at Oklahoma's Vance Air Force Base left two airmen dead, military officials said Thursday.

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A Maryland woman collected her second top prize jackpot from a Bonus Match 5 lottery drawing 26 years after her first brush with luck.

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Health officials in Miami-Dade County, Fla., issued a mosquito-borne illness alert after doctors diagnosed another resident with dengue, a virus that has been seen in record numbers in the Americas this year.

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- South Korean climate experts said Thursday ultrafine dust from China has declined, a day after a joint research report on long-range transport pollution was released in Seoul.

Nov. 21 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday will award the National Medal of the Arts and the National Humanities Medal for the first time since he took office.