April 5 (UPI) -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of former U.S. attorney general and slain 1968 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, is running for president in 2024 as a Democrat, according to paperwork filed Wednesday.

April 5 (UPI) -- The man accused of distributing the fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the death of The Wire actor Michael K. Williams pleaded guilty on Wednesday.

April 5 (UPI) -- NPR President and CEO John Lansing said he was "disturbed" to see the network's official Twitter account labeled as "state-affiliated media."

April 5 (UPI) -- Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed a bill repealing restrictive abortion legislation passed almost 100 years ago.

April 5 (UPI) -- A game developer backed by Saudi Arabia is buying California-based Scopely, which is behind popular games like Scrabble GO, Yahtzee With Buddies and Star Trek Fleet Command.

April 5 (UPI) -- Howard University has appointed Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams as its first Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics.

April 5 (UPI) -- Fox Corporation executives Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch must testify on the witness stand if called to do so, in this month's defamation trial brought by Dominion Voting Systems, a Delaware judge ruled Wednesday.

April 5 (UPI) -- A Maryland sheriff and his accomplice have been charged in a scheme to illegally obtain machine guns.

April 5 (UPI) -- Police in Georgia said Wednesday they are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in a drive-through lane at a Chick-fil-A restaurant.

April 5 (UPI) -- Google has released information on its new AI supercomputer, saying it is more powerful than Nvidia, its main competitor.