Sept. 17 (UPI) -- California activists said Tuesday they would fly the "Baby Trump" balloon to mock President Donald Trump during his campaign visit to the Bay Area.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A rapidly developing system strengthened into Tropical Depression Eleven on Tuesday at noon CDT and one hour later was dubbed Tropical Storm Imelda.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A group of fishermen in New Brunswick rescued a great white shark found caught in a weir and towed it back out to open water.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A Kansas family's ice cream outing turned extra sweet when they ended up winning a $20,000 lottery prize along the way.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Most Americans believe racial segregation in U.S. schools -- 65 years after it was ruled unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education -- is either a very serious or moderately serious problem.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Merriam-Webster took some notice of recent hot topics in the news -- "red flag laws," "fatbergs" and the "deep state" -- when it announced Tuesday that it added 530 new words and meanings to its dictionary.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A Colorado woman captured video of a poised black bear's balancing act on the balcony of her home.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Federal government spending on children fell in 2018, driven by cuts to education and nutrition programs and reductions in child-related tax credits, a new report released Tuesday revealed.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Florida prosecutors have formally charged four nursing home workers with manslaughter, for the 2017 deaths of a dozen seniors that occurred after Hurricane Irma swept across the state and cut power for days.

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The last three federal shutdowns -- which resulted from the government failing to authorize new spending -- cost American taxpayers a total of $4 billion, a bipartisan analysis showed Tuesday.