Sneaking cigarettes might seem like a harmless preteen rite of passage, but it's more dangerous than you think, a new study warns.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Consumers will save up to $5 billion in bank and credit union overdraft fees each year in a reform finalized Thursday by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Meta, which once banned Donald Trump from its Facebook platform, confirmed this week that it donated $1 million to the president-elect's inaugural fund.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Four people were injured after a small plane crashed into cars in a south Texas intersection on Wednesday, authorities said.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A New Jersey grand jury has returned a six-count indictment charging the man accused of killing NHL star forward Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew Gaudreau, while driving drunk this summer.

Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The United States on Wednesday voiced concern over Venezuela preventing safe passage for a half dozen political opposition members who have been sheltering for months in the Argentine embassy in Caracas.

Dec. 11 (UPI) -- President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Kari Lake, a former television news anchor and former gubernatorial and senatorial candidate in Arizona, to lead the federally funded broadcaster Voice of America.

Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Britain announced Wednesday that a temporary ban barring the use of puberty blocker medication by minors is to become indefinite, stoking anger and criticism from LGBTQ advocates.

Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger testified before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee on Wednesday about the need for more officers as threats escalate against members of Congress.

Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The Department of Defense on Wednesday awarded $9.3 million to support inclusion of more Hispanic students pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics studies in college.