Jan. 19 (UPI) -- On his final day in office, President Joe Biden pardoned five people, including a prominent civil rights activist who died in the 1940s and the speaker of the Virginia House.

Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Palestinian Americans across the United States, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib, celebrated a ceasefire between Hamas and Israeli fighters in Gaza that went into effect Sunday.

Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, also referred to as RedNote in English, has sprung to supremacy as the top free app on iPhone as the ban on TikTok took effect Sunday, drawing the ire of U.S. lawmakers.

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- More than 70 were killed and dozens more were injured in a fuel tanker fire and explosion along a highway in central Nigeria, authorities said Saturday. 

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Tens of thousands of people rallied in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for the "People's March," held to protest the pending inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A federal appellate court has agreed with opponents of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that it is illegal, but in its ruling limited the focus of an injunction to the state of Texas.

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A Seoul court issued a warrant Saturday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for an extended period over his botched martial law bid last month in the first such detention of a sitting South Korean president.

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Firefighters said Saturday they're making significant progress in containing the two biggest wildfires in the Los Angeles area as the first displaced residents were being allowed to return to their charred neighborhoods.

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- President-elect Donald Trump launched the $TRUMP crypto meme coin, which generated more than $6.27 billion in market capitalization, a 600% rise in one day.

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Walgreens, accusing the 124-year-old pharmacy chain of dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions over a period of several years.