March 21 (UPI) -- Two Florida-based companies Tuesday agreed to settle criminal allegations related to violating laws related to COVID-19 financial support programs.

March 21 (UPI) -- The leader of a white supremacist group was arrested Tuesday, for allegedly threatening a journalist in Brooklyn, N.Y.

March 21 (UPI) -- Residents in a Louisiana community, known as "Cancer Alley," have filed a federal lawsuit against St. James Parish, calling for a ban on chemical plants and blasting decisions to put plants in Black neighborhoods.

March 21 (UPI) -- TikTok unveiled its "most comprehensive" update to its community guidelines to date Tuesday before CEO Shou Zi Chew's incoming meeting with lawmakers in Washington.

March 21 (UPI) -- Georgia criminal defense attorney William McCall Calhoun has been convicted on felony and misdemeanor charges for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

March 21 (UPI) -- A Michigan judge Tuesday approved a $625 million final settlement related to Flint's tainted-water crisis, creating what will become the largest civil settlement in the state's history.

March 21 (UPI) -- A United Nations spokesperson has sounded a call for the international community to deploy a specialized force to halt the rising violence in Haiti.

March 21 (UPI) -- A Virginia man collected a $300,000 jackpot from a scratch-off lottery ticket just three years after winning $125,000 from a Pick 4 drawing.

March 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a deaf student from Michigan who is suing the Sturgis school system for inadequately educating him by not providing required interpreters.

March 21 (UPI) -- An exotic pet owner in a Netherlands town is asking residents to keep a lookout for a trio of unusual escaped animals -- his pet meerkats.