By Daniel Uria (0) U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at the University of Chicago in Chicago on Monday, September 9, 2019. Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/UPI | License Ph July 15 (UPI) -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital on Wednesday after being treated for a possible infection, a representative said. Ginsburg [...]
By Sommer Brokaw (0) Federal officers made an arrest in Portland for tagging the federal courthouse a day after a "BLACK LIVES MATTER" mural was painted on Fifth Avenue outside of Trump Tower in New York City. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo July 11 (UPI) -- Portland, Ore., police confirmed Saturday that federal officers arrested [...]
By Karen Butler (0) The Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World theme park and resort in Bay Lake, Florida reopened to the general public Saturday after a nearly four-month shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo July 11 (UPI) -- Florida's Walt Disney World reopened its Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom [...]
By Don Jacobson (0) July 8 (UPI) -- Mary Kay Letourneau, a Washington state elementary school teacher famously convicted 20 years ago of raping a teenage student whom she later married, has died of cancer at the age of 58. Attorney David Gehrke told The New York Times that Letourneau died at her Seattle-area home Monday near [...]
By Don Jacobson (0) A campaign worker holds an electoral map at the Javits Center in New York City on election night, November 8, 2016. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo July 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can legally punish "faithless" electors -- those who formally cast the votes for president [...]
By Wade Sheridan (0) Charlie Daniels, who has been placed into the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died at age 83. File Photo by Michael Bush/UPI | License Photo July 6 (UPI) -- Charlie Daniels, a country music star best known for his 1979 hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," has died at age 83. [...]
By Jean Lotus (0) British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, 58, a longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, was transported by U.S. Marshals Monday to a New York detention center to face federal sex-trafficking charges. File photo by Rick Bajornas/EPA-EFE/RICK July 6 (UPI) -- Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of accused child sex trafficker and financier Jeffrey Epstein, [...]
By Sommer Brokaw (1) A New York state judge Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order against publication of a book by President Donald Trump's niece, Mary Trump. Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI | License Photo June 30 (UPI) -- A New York state judge has halted publication of a book President Donald Trump's niece, Mary, wrote about her uncle. [...]
By Danielle Haynes (0) U.S. soldiers attend a training session for the Afghan Army in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 2, 2019. Financial transfers from a Russian intelligence agency to a Taliban-linked bank account support detainee information suggesting Russia paid Taliban militants to target U.S. soldiers. File Photo by Jalil Rezayee/EPA-EFE June 30 (UPI) -- Large financial [...]
By Danielle Haynes (1) The epicenter of the earthquake was about 17 miles outside Lone Pine, Calif. Image courtesy of USGS June 24 (UPI) -- A 5.8-magnitude earthquake rattled Southern California on Wednesday, causing little damage throughout the region. The epicenter of the temblor was located 11 miles north-northwest of Lone Pine, Calif., and about 160 miles [...]
