June 23 (UPI) -- A Minnesota woman who worked as a linguist for a U.S. Special Operations Task Force in Iraq was sentenced to 23 years in prison for admitting to passing classified information to a man linked to Hezbollah.

June 23 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden nominated four ambassadors Wednesday including Cindy McCain to serve as U.S. representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture.

June 23 (UPI) -- Britney Spears on Wednesday asked a Califonia judge to end her 13-year conservatorship without a health evaluation, alleging abuse by her parents, management and a former therapist.

June 23 (UPI) -- Anna Morgan-Lloyd, 49, was sentenced to three years probation for entering the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots, becoming the first participant in the attack to be punished.

June 23 (UPI) -- The Biden administration ousted Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott on Wednesday amid an increase of border crossings since the beginning of the year.

A blistering heat wave that has been enveloping eastern Europe nudged its way into western Russia this week, challenging Moscow records that have stood for more than a century.

June 23 (UPI) -- McAfee antivirus founder John McAfee was found dead in a prison cell in Spain while awaiting extradition to the United States, authorities said Wednesday.

June 23 (UPI) -- Former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell, star of "Drake & Josh," pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges related to inappropriate interactions with a 15-year-old in Cleveland, changing his plea from earlier in the month.

June 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against union representatives recruiting farmworkers on private agricultural property in California, challenging a nearly 50-year-old state law.

June 23 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts bar announced it will accept Monopoly money as currency for 2 hours as part of its bid to be included in a localized version of the game.