May 20 (UPI) -- An Alabama inmate who escaped custody with the help of a former corrections officer and was recaptured after a 11-day manhunt has been ordered to provide a DNA sample to prosecutors.

May 20 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Louisiana on Friday blocked the Biden administration from lifting a public health order that immigration officers have used to quickly expel migrants at the southwest border.

Heavy damage has been reported in Gaylord, Mich., after a large and extremely dangerous tornado was spotted in the area.

May 20 (UPI) -- Texas' child welfare agency has resumed at least some of its investigations into parents who provide gender-affirming care to their transgender children.

May 20 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury in Texas has indicted Austin St. John, an actor known for playing in the Red Power Ranger in various TV shows and movies, on fraud charges related to a COVID-19 relief scheme.

May 20 (UPI) -- Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday announced $500 million in Environmental Protection Agency funds for zero-emission school buses.

May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks marked the longest streak of weekly losses since 2001 by the end of trading Friday as the S&P 500 dropped into bear market territory.

May 20 (UPI) -- The head of the Archdiocese of San Francisco told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday that she may no longer receive communion over her stance on abortion.

May 20 (UPI) -- Animal rescuers in Texas fished a muddy dog out of a storm drain and were able to reunite the canine with his owner.

May 20 (UPI) -- An Appeals Court Friday stayed a lower court decision that had blocked a political redistricting plan passed by Florida's GOP dominated legislature. The ruling reinstates the map Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law.