Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The Trump administration is issuing $1 billion in grants to states to provide treatment for opioid addiction, HHS Secretary Alex Azar said.

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A strange noise coming from under the hood of a Louisiana woman's car turned out to have an adorable cause -- a kitten stuck behind the grill.

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Police in Florida shared photos of a "masked bandit" -- a raccoon -- that startled a resident when she woke to find it in her home.

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A newly promoted naval officer and mother of three was found dead at her Jacksonville, Florida home Monday, the same day she sought protection from a boyfriend.

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Australian police executing a search warrant in a drug investigation ended up recovering a dinosaur statue stolen two years earlier.

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The Navy on Wednesday identified the sailor who died during a mishap on aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush as Airman Apprentice Joseph Min Naglak.

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- EU antitrust officials started a preliminary investigation into Amazon's treatment of merchants that sell products on the website, the European Union said.

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Police in Britain said a pet owner contacted authorities when their cat came home toting an unusual trophy -- a bag of drugs.

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Wanda Barzee, one of the kidnappers who took Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart in 2002, was released from prison on Wednesday.

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A jet ski rider on a New Hampshire river captured video of a soggy squirrel that climbed aboard his watercraft to hitch a ride.