Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Uber has laid off about 350 employees in its self-driving, Uber Eats and other teams, marking the final phase of layoffs that began earlier this year, the company confirmed Monday.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- An Ireland man who bought his first-ever lottery ticket said the $551,575 winner nearly ended up in the trash at his local store.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A Democratic House proposal to reduce the cost of prescription drugs would save Medicare a total of $345 billion over 10 years, starting in 2023, an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A young alligator spotted swimming loose in a Maryland pond was captured in a trap by local authorities and will be kept warm for the winter at a local zoo.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A Delaware couple won six cases of beer and five times the wife's weight in cash when they came out on top in the North American Wife Carrying Championship in Maine.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- An economic cooperation program with North Korea has seen low returns on investment, a South Korean lawmaker said Monday.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A Guinness World Record was broken in Colombia when a team of hundreds cooked up a batch of scrambled eggs that weighed 6,860.8 pounds.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The Ecuadorian government and the country's indigenous leaders have made a deal to end economic austerity measures that spawned more than 10 days of protests that ground its capital city to a halt.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Reddit now allows iPhone users to share its content directly to Snapchat or add Reddit content to their SnapChat stories.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A soccer match between South and North Korea in Pyongyang will not be aired live in the South despite multiple requests.