Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate will not begin its holiday recess on Friday as planed and instead lawmakers will return to the chamber next week to continue negotiating emergency funding for Ukraine.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Officials in the southeast Alaska island city of Wrangell have officially suspended their efforts to find a 12-year-old boy missing in the debris following a 500-foot-wide landslide that killed an entire family.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Intel released a handful of new computer chips Thursday, including the Gaudi3, designed with AI in mind. Intel's shares jumped 1% on news of the release.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A popular pet e-commerce site is under fire for distributing unapproved antibiotics for fish and other small pets.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The New York GOP has nominated Ethiopian-born Israeli Defense Forces paratrooper Mazi Melesa Pilip to run in the special election to fill the seat left vacant by Rep. George Santos' expulsion.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- An Indiana man was sentenced to over 16 years in prison in connection with a scheme to manufacture untraceable weapons and supply them to the Islamic State.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., said Thursday she is sponsoring the Books Save Lives Act to stop discriminatory book bans and require public and school libraries to maintain a diverse collection of books.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Eleven years after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Democratic leaders Thursday called on Congress to expand gun legislation.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Commuters in New Jersey were delayed for about 45 minutes Thursday morning when an escaped bull made its way to the NJ Transit train tracks at Newark Penn Station.

While those dreaming of a white Christmas will get their wish in some areas of the United States, AccuWeather Long-Range Expert Paul Pastelok warns that a "green Christmas" could be a common sight on the Monday after.