Oct. 29 (UPI) -- More than three quarters of a million U.S. workers have filed for new unemployment benefits, the Labor Department said in its weekly report on Thursday.

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Philadelphia was under curfew overnight after two nights of unrest that opposed the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr., a mentally ill Black man, on the city's west side this week.

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Two Chicago sisters are being held without bond on attempted murder charges after allegedly stabbing a store security guard 27 times when he asked them to wear masks.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- People who received the flu vaccine in the year before testing positive for COVID-19 are nearly 2 1/2 times less likely to be hospitalized with a severe form of the disease than unvaccinated adults.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- More than one-third of Black men with prostate cancer carry potentially dangerous genetic mutations that cause more severe disease, an analysis published Wednesday by the journal Molecular Cancer Research found.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The tourism board of Kazakhstan is embracing the new Borat movie by using the character's catchphrase, "Very nice," in a series of campaign videos.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A Texas high school shared security camera footage of teachers and an animal control officer chasing a loose raccoon through the halls.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. aeronautical company Boeing announced it's slashing more than 7,000 jobs as it deals with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing disruptions caused by malfunctions with the 737 Max aircraft.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A British museum earned a Guinness World Record when 205,000 Lego bricks were assembled into a bridge spanning 111 feet, 6 inches long with an unsupported span of 55 feet, 11 inches.

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 900 points on Wednesday as investors continued to fret over bad news surrounding the spread of the coronavirus.