Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Shorter harvest and high demand have led to Canada's decision to release 50% of its maple syrup reserves.

Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Actor Matthew McConaughey on Sunday removed himself from consideration as a potential candidate for governor after months of toying with a campaign.

Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense on Sunday over redactions he was told to make in his forthcoming memoir about working within the Trump administration.

Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Firefighters were working to contain a 180-acre fire in North Carolina's Pilot Mountain State Park Sunday that is likely to force the park to close for the remainder of the week.

Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Phil Saviano, an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests, died at the age of 69 Sunday following a battle with cancer.

Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Off-White founder and Louis Vuitton artistic director Virgil Abloh died at the age of 41 on Sunday following a private two-year battle with cancer.

Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit northern Peru in the Amazonas region early Sunday morning, according to the United States Geological Study and Peru's National Seismology Center.

Nov. 27 (UPI) -- An online fundraiser has collected more than $1 million to help Kevin Strickland, a Missouri man released earlier this week after spending 43 years incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.

Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Gunfire at a Washington mall left one person hospitalized with serious injuries and sent panicked shoppers scrambling for cover on Black Friday.

Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department on Saturday issued its highest-level alert urging travelers to avoid South Africa and seven nearby countries out of concerns over the new Omicron variant of COVID-19.