Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A Baltimore man said a craving for potato wedges led to his winning $50,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket.

Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A Mexican city hosted a successful attempt for a tasty Guinness World Record: the world's largest string cheese ball.

Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A group of ranchers in Illinois teamed up to wrangle a 1,200-pound black angus bull that escaped from his enclosure in McHenry County.

Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The United States is pledging $250 million worth of weapons, supplies and equipment to Ukraine, the Defense Department announced in a statement Friday.

Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The Justice Department said Friday two Nigerians - Samuel Ogoshi, 24, and Samson Ogoshi, 21 - were sentenced to 210 months in prison in a sextortion conspiracy against minors that led to the death of a Michigan teen.

An epidemic of high blood pressure is occurring in young adults and children in the United States, a pair of new studies show.

Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Both the accused Georgia school shooter Colt Gray and his father Colin made brief separate court appearances Friday morning on murder charges in Georgia's Apalachee High School shooting.

People who live in areas with more nighttime light pollution could be at increased risk of Alzheimer's disease, particularly those in middle age, a new study says.

Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. job creation in August missed Wall Street expectations for the second straight month, according to new figures released by the Labor Department on Friday, giving more reason for the Federal Reserve to cut interest r

PFAS "forever chemicals" could cause pregnant women to experience long-term weight gain, increasing their risk of obesity in middle age, a new study warns.