Nov. 12 (UPI) -- When it comes to doctors getting patients to go get overdue cancer screenings, phone calls work better than letters, according to a new study.

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Volkswagen plans to build 50 million electric vehicles and has bought 50 million batteries for the plan, the automaker's CEO said Monday.

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Authorities hoped Monday new photographs of a missing North Carolina girl will lead to her discovery.

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A taxi driver in Russia shared video of a highly unusual front seat passenger -- a leopard on its way to a photoshoot.

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Bolivia police investigated reports Monday that a missing eight-year-old child might have been offered as a human sacrifice during a ritual.

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A group of shocked cyclists captured video of the moment a drone operator nearly pulled off a high-tech bike theft.

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A Malaysian courier service is reminding customers not to mail live animals after a python was found in a package addressed to a university student.

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The largest study ever of genetic Alzheimer's disease has linked heart disease and dementia, suggesting that controlling heart disease could delay dementia.

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Fighting in Hudaydah has intensified in recent days as forces loyal to exiled Yemeni leader Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi try to retake the strategic city.

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A couple are asking residents of a North Carolina city to keep an eye out for their monkey, which fled from a hotel in the city.