Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Larry Griffin, a man who has a criminal past, is in custody Saturday for questioning about three rice cookers that sparked a bomb scare in New York City.

Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A fire broke out Saturday at the Tokyo Star hotel in Ukraine killing nine people and injuring 10, according to National Police.

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The United States revealed a seizure warrant and forfeiture complaint Friday against the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 for allegedly trying to "unlawfully access the U.S. financial system" and ship oil to Syria.

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A computer outage snarled immigration and customs processing at airports across the country Friday, creating long lines on a busy summer travel day.

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The Federal Communications Commission fined a television broadcaster, cable television network and a radio broadcaster for misusing the emergency alert tones.

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Bugatti unveiled a new $10 million Centodieci supercar Friday that's capable of going from 0 to 62 mph in 2.4 seconds.

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The New York medical examiner determined Friday that Jeffrey Epstein died from hanging himself, disputing conspiracy theories that he was murdered in his jail cell because he had knowledge of misdeeds by powerful people.

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A Virginia chapter of the NAACP filed a lawsuit saying school names that commemorate Confederate leaders "champion a legacy of segregation and oppression."

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court Friday narrowed the injunction on President Donald Trump's asylum ban.

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The House judiciary committee will return to Washington, D.C., early to take up three gun control bills in the wake of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.