Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A white Louisiana man pleaded guilty Wednesday to hate crime charges for shooting three black men who were trying to escape Hurricane Katrina.

Fast-acting test strips for fentanyl could reduce drug overdose deaths, a new study suggests.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Sheriff's officials in Maricopa County, Ariz., rescued a man two days after he fell down a 100-foot-deep mine shift filled with rattlesnakes.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Canned tuna company StarKist Co. agreed Thursday to plead guilty to price fixing packaged seafood, the Justice Department said.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Physical activity could lower the high rate of death associated with frailty in older people, according to a study conducted in Spain.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A former FBI agent was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for leaking classified documents to a reporter.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Activists covered in "bloody body paint" demonstrated topless in New York City on Thursday to protest outfitter Canada Goose over the treatment of animals.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice has subpoenaed two Catholic dioceses in a probe into the child sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church of Pennsylvania.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Magic, the dog buried under a collapsed three-story wall of bricks in Philadelphia, was found alive in the rubble Wednesday, leaving his owner in tears.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- South Korean opposition party politicians are blaming members of the ruling Moon Jae-in administration for miscommunication.