April 19 (UPI) -- When Hurricane Michael hit Florida last fall, it was a Category 5 storm -- the first to hit the United States in a quarter-century and just one of four ever to make landfall at that strength, meteorologists said Friday.

April 19 (UPI) -- Marianne Williamson is seeking to earn the Democratic nomination for president in 2020 by promising to disrupt the modern political system.

April 19 (UPI) -- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said Friday it's recalling more than 320,000 Dodge Dart sedans to fix a potential transmission defect.

April 19 (UPI) -- An 89-year-old Maryland man collected a $100,000 lottery prize about a decade after collecting another prize of the same amount.

April 19 (UPI) -- Authorities in California were called to a neighborhood where a reported wandering mountain lion was found napping under a tree in a resident's back yard.

April 19 (UPI) -- A University of Houston class ring found at a Sam's Club store three years ago has been returned to its owner with help from the school.

April 19 (UPI) -- Christians around the world observed Good Friday -- the acknowledged date of Jesus Christ's crucifixion -- with traditional ceremonies, prayers and re-enactments.

April 19 (UPI) -- Authorities in Los Angeles are concerned over the whereabouts of a 15-year-old girl who disappeared this week with two adults wanted in a homicide case.

April 19 (UPI) -- Jerrie Cobb, the first woman in the world to complete U.S. astronaut training in the early 1960s, has died at the age of 88, her family said.

April 19 (UPI) -- South Korea's unification minister said he will push for a South Korea-style temple stay program at a Buddhist temple in North Korea.