Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. district judge has blocked Montana's statewide ban of the social media app TikTok, saying the law violated the Constitution's First Amendment.

Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The remains of Rice University's founder have been moved to a family plot in Glenwood Cemetery as part of a redesign of the Houston campus and the school's reckoning with its founding father's ties to slavery.

Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Texas lawmakers last month approved Senate Bill 4, an immigration law that would allow Texas police to arrest people for illegally crossing the border from Mexico.

Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will spend $7.2 million to better predict extreme weather events and the cause and effect of climate change.

Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to expand cockpit voice recording capacity to 25 hours in newly manufactured aircraft. Currently, the recorders only capture 2 hours of data.

Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people to avoid eating certain pre-cut cantaloupes due a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 117 people in 34 states.

Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Two Nevada Highway Patrol officers are dead and a suspect is in custody after a hit-and-run along Interstate 15 in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Nov. 30 (UPI) -- President Biden and first lady Jill Biden were part of the pageantry and celebration Thursday evening as The National Christmas Tree sparkled to life on the White House Ellipse during the official lighting ceremony.

Nov. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President Joe Biden met with Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco on Thursday in the White House's Oval Office, where the two leaders discussed a "shared future" for their nations.

Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Suicides by firearm have increased 11% since 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.