MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 21 (UPI) — U.S. retailer Target Corp. said it would respond to a massive data breach by offering a discount to its customers for two days before Christmas. Target said it would reduce prices 10 percent for Saturday
JERUSALEM, Dec. 21 (UPI) —Nelson Mandela received weapons training from Israel’s secret service, the Mossad, in the early 1960s, documents in Israeli archives show. Mandela was identified in the documents as David Mobsari, an alias, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported
SHANGHAI, Dec. 21 (UPI) — Packages soaked with a deadly toxic chemical prompted a public apology from a Chinese delivery company Saturday. Shanghai YTO Express said it took responsibility for the deliveries, which left one unwitting recipient dead and caused
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UPI) —Bristol Palin, daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has come to the defense of fellow reality TV star Phil Robertson of “Duck Dynasty.” In a post on her blog, Palin chastised A&E for suspending
HOLLIS, N.H., Dec. 20 (UPI) — Police in New Hampshire said a Santa Claus whose presence at a school prompted recesses to be canceled in the district was trying to spread “holiday cheer.” Hollis police Lt. Rich Mello said officers
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20 (UPI) — A much-ballyhooed nude wedding on the steps of San Francisco City Hall made it through the ceremony, but ended with the bride and groom cited. Nudity activist Gypsy Taub, 44, and boyfriend Jaymz Smith,
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 (UPI)–SeaWorld has taken out ads in U.S. newspapers defending itself against allegations it mistreats its whales made in CNN’s documentary, “Blackfish.” Numerous music acts, including Heart, Barenaked Ladies, Martina McBride and Willie Nelson, recently said they
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) —The U.S. health insurance industry denounced a White House decision to let people losing their insurance buy bare-bones plans or even go without insurance. The industry said the surprise Thursday night announcement — four days before
NEW YORK, Dec. 19 (UPI)–Katie Couric announced Thursday her syndicated talk show, “Katie,” which tapes in New York, will end in June after two seasons. “We’re very proud of everyone’s contributions to making ‘Katie’ the No. 1 new syndicated talk
KRUGERSDORP, South Africa, Dec. 19 (UPI) —The man who faked interpreting the memorial service for former South African Nelson Mandela for the deaf was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, his wife said. Thamsanqa Jantjie, whose fake sign-language interpretation was internationally
ELK CITY, Okla., Dec. 18 (UPI) —An Oklahoma woman whose boyfriend proposed to her while he was being arrested on outstanding warrants said the man, who is now her fiance, is misunderstood. Justin Harrel, 32, told Elk City police he
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) — U.S. astronomers say they’ve discovered two supernovas 10 billion light-years from Earth that are 100 times more luminous than a normal supernova. Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, say the newly
ST. CHARLES, Mo., Dec. 18 (UPI) —A Missouri woman who posed topless in a hot tub with her teenage daughter faces misdemeanor child endangerment charges, prosecutors say. The photo, taken by another daughter with a phone camera, was posted on
MADRID, Dec. 18 (UPI) —A Spanish court ordered a Barcelona policeman who blew off a suspect’s testicles with a stun grenade to spend one year in prison and pay the victim $231,000. Spain’s Supreme Court also ruled on Tuesday that
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) —Two Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives said they wanted to hold hearings to assess methane emissions from the oil and natural gas sector. U.S. Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Bobby Rush, D-Ill., members
QUEBEC CITY, Dec. 17 (UPI) — Canadian researchers said a message in a bottle revealed a rock cairn located 333 feet from a glacier was only 3.9 feet away in 1959. Warwick Vincent, who led a team of scientists studying
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (UPI) — New York police said they arrested one of the two people seen twerk-and-grind dancing outside an apartment building before allegedly stealing packages. Police said Akintunde Mills, 47, was arrested Friday after he and a
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 (UPI)–Hollywood film star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is the top-grossing actor of 2013, with movies that have earned a total of $1.3 billion, Forbes magazine reported. Johnson starred in the blockbusters “The Fast & the Furious
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 (UPI)–Josh Gad is to star in and co-write a film adaptation of the classic shipwreck sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” the Hollywood Reporter said. The movie about seven people stranded on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean
ALEPPO, Syria, Dec. 16 (UPI) — Both sides accused each other of slaughter as an opposition group said Syrian troops bombed Aleppo and the government said Islamic rebels executed civilians. Syrian military officials said more than 80 civilians in Adra were
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 16 (UPI) — The domestication of cats into the household tabbies we live with today began with Chinese farmers 5,300 years ago, U.S. researchers say. “At least three different lines of scientific inquiry allow us to tell
CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (UPI) — Heavy pot users — smoking marijuana daily for three years — had abnormal changes in their brain structures related to working memory, U.S. researchers say. Lead study author Matthew Smith, an assistant research professor at
SANFORD, Fla., Dec. 16 (UPI) — Bidding on eBay for a signed painting of an American flag by stand-your-ground shooter George Zimmerman was just shy of $100,000 Monday night. The top bid at 10 p.m. EST was $99,966. A total
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) — The Senate voted by a wide margin Monday to make Jeh Johnson the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The vote was 78-16, ABC News reported. Johnson will succeed Janet Napolitano, who is
VIGO, Spain, Dec. 15 (UPI) — Police in Vigo, Spain, say they have been ordered to guard a collection of empty Christmas presents for the past week. Six police officers in the city have been watching the packages 24 hours
