Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The United States is ranked number one this year in economic competitiveness, the World Economic Forum said in its annual analysis.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- An Ohio police officer's dashboard camera captured an unusual scene: two deer duking it out with their antlers in the middle of a road.

Two preliminary trials have found that either of two triple-drug regimens could benefit up to 90 percent of people with cystic fibrosis, researchers report.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Animal rescuers in Virginia are trying to find homes for 50 baby turtles seized from an attempted illegal seller in a Burger King parking lot.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Researchers have developed a simple test that might help determine how patients recover from strokes even three later, according to a study.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A Connecticut manufacturing company broke a Guinness World Record by creating an advertisement smaller than the width of a human hair.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Singapore authorities have charged one Singaporean national and at least one North Korean citizen in connection to illegal exports of luxury goods.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Houston shared photos from the rescue of a pony that apparently fell into a storm drain in the southwest part of the city.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- An Afghan police chief died and several other Afghan officials were wounded Thursday when a bodyguard ambushed the group after a high-level security meeting.

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A 150-year-old drug used to increase blood flow throughout the body appears to improve cancer treatment radiation by making tumors more sensitive to the therapy.