March 27 (UPI) -- British police are using their stop and search powers to strip-search children as young as 8 in unacceptably large numbers, the country's watchdog for children warned Monday.

March 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is kicking off a high profile week-long African visit in Ghana as part of an effort by the administration to re-engage with the continent.

March 27 (UPI) -- Hackers have stolen the personal information of millions of people in Australia and New Zealand, consumer finance firm Latitude Holdings said Monday,

While losing a spouse can shorten anyone's life, new Danish research suggests widowers may be far more vulnerable than widows.

March 27 (UPI) -- First Citizens Bank and Trust will buy all deposits and loans of Silicon Valley Bank, federal regulators said late Sunday, after the California tech startup lender was shut down earlier this month.

E. coli bacteria are an infamous cause of food poisoning, but a new study suggests those same microbes lurking in meat may be behind nearly half a million cases of urinary tract infections (UTIs).

March 27 (UPI) -- Ukraine is demanding that the United Nations Security Council convene an emergency meeting to hold Russia accountable over its plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.

March 26 (UPI) -- Two Louisiana police officers were killed when their law enforcement helicopter crashed in a field near Baton Rouge on Sunday, authorities said.

March 26 (UPI) -- Twitter's valuation has been cut in half according to an internal memo from owner and CEO Elon Musk.

March 26 (UPI) -- Mass protests erupted Sunday night across Israel after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant who had called for the pausing of the far-right government's judicial reform law.