Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A North Carolina state trooper was shot and killed on Wednesday and the suspect is in custody, authorities said.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Police arrested a senior Treasury Department employee on allegations she leaked financial documents related to Paul Manafort and Rick Gates.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A suspected dog attack killed 58 penguins this week on Australia's Tasmania island, sparking calls for penalties and greater dog controls.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A Chinese company was fined a record $1.3 billion for illegal production of a human rabies vaccine, a Chinese government agency reported Wednesday.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Audi agreed to pay a $930 million fine to German regulators and admitted its role in a large-scale emissions cheating scandal to settle civil claims.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The Trump administration is threatening to remove the United States from a long-running postal agreement, saying it puts domestic shippers at a disadvantage.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The world's population will increase by 2.2 billion by 2050, the United Nations said on Wednesday, with 1.3 billion of that growth in sub-Saharan Africa.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Authorities in California shared photos of a mountain lion that gave an employee a scare when it wandered into a bakery.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- An employee at a Chinese mall was caught on camera falling into a shark tank during feeding time for the undersea predators.

Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Tesla has acquired more than 860,000 square meters of land in Shanghai for a new factory amid a trade dispute between China and the United States.