March 27 (UPI) -- NASA has hired Steve Shih as the agency's first Diversity Ambassador, and Elaine Ho as an associate administrator for the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity, to help NASA's workforce "reflect all of America."

March 27 (UPI) -- LabCorp has settled a lawsuit over allegedly overbilling the Department of Defense for laboratory testing services.

March 27 (UPI) -- Disney will start laying off workers this week in what is the first of three rounds to eliminate 7,000 jobs by the summer, according to a memo sent to staff Monday by chief executive officer Bob Iger.

As residents of the South recover slowly following the destructive tornadoes that ripped through the region late last week and over the weekend, AccuWeather forecasters say the threat of severe weather will linger.

March 27 (UPI) -- A herd of elk relocated from a Utah golf course near a pair of busy highways returned to the same spot a week later, officials confirmed.

March 27 (UPI) -- A chimney sweep who visited a New Hampshire home to remove an animal from the chimney said he was surprised to discover the trespassing critter was an owl.

March 27 (UPI) -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced a run for re-election on Monday in a two-minute video that appeared online, saying there is still more work to be done for working Americans.

March 27 (UPI) -- A trio of British siblings who recently celebrated their second birthday have been dubbed the world's most premature triplets by Guinness World Records.

March 27 (UPI) -- Norwegian energy company DNO said Monday it was ordered to stop sending oil from the Kurdish region of Iraq to a Turkish pipeline following an international court order against the government in Ankara.

March 27 (UPI) -- A California zoo said a pied crow, a bird native to Africa, was captured after showing up on a resident's porch, leaving only one exotic bird on the loose after six escaped the facility.