Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Residents of a Washington neighborhood teamed up with first responders to rescue two kittens trapped in a storm drain.

Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Road crews in Washington were left with "quite the mess to clean up" when a semi truck rolled over on Interstate 5 and spilled its load of fish across all the northbound lanes.

Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Climate Alliance Thursday announced new commitments from its bipartisan coalition of 25 governors to decarbonize by ending emissions from buildings and quadrupling heat pump installations.

Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Michigan State Police responded to an Otsego County lake where a woman became trapped inside an outhouse toilet while trying to retrieve her Apple Watch.

Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Daniel Khalife, a former soldier who escaped from Britain's HMP Wandsworth prison, pleaded not guilty Thursday to escaping custody.

Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Japan's Fair Trade Commission issued a report Thursday accusing big tech companies of potentially breaking antimonopoly laws by promoting news on their platforms but not sharing the profits with content providers.

A new study quantifies exactly what wildfire smoke is doing to hard-fought gains in cleaning up the air, even in Eastern states not typically affected by wildfires.

Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The Bank of England paused a 20-month-long interest rate tightening cycle Thursday, a day after the Office for National Statistics reported inflation fell for the third straight month in August.

Sept. 21 (UPI) -- GM laid off about 2,000 Kansas assembly plant workers due to a shortage of parts caused by the United Auto Workers strike. Stellantis laid off about 370 workers at three parts factories supplying its Toledo Jeep plant.

Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The diplomatic tiff between India and Canada grew worse on Wednesday when India announced a suspension of visa services for Canadians.