Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The administrator of a child sexual abuse website was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department announced.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Increasingly hostile rhetoric involving the potential use of nuclear weapons has U.S. and Japanese delegations pledging continued deterrence in East Asia.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has fined a pair of foreign airlines $825,000 for operating flights in prohibited airspace while using other carriers' designator codes, the department announced Thursday.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- President-elect Donald Trump has named Orlando, Fla., personal injury attorney and law firm founder Dan Newlin as the next U.S. ambassador to Colombia.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Recently revised Japanese cannabis and narcotics laws went into effect on Thursday and could land violators in prison for up to seven years.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The State Department is offering $5 million for information on 14 North Korean nationals indicted Thursday in a scheme using IT workers with false identities to work for U.S. companies.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The decommissioned luxury liner SS United States won't be towed to a location off the coast of Okaloosa County, Fla., until further notice due to Coast Guard concerns regarding its seaworthiness.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force's 51st Fighter Wing has scheduled Osan Air Power Days 2025 in May as North Korea continues developing missile technology while calling South Korea a hostile adversary.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Alexander Smirnov will plead guilty to obstruction of justice for falsely accusing President Joe Biden and his son Hunter of taking $5 million in bribes from Ukrainian company Burisma.

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A report released Thursday by the Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz found no undercover FBI agents were involved in inciting the Jan. 6 pro-Trump violent mob attack on the U.S. capitol.