MOSCOW, Nov. 12 (UPI) — Nearly all the money U.S. secrets leaker Edward Snowden had since he fled the United States in May is gone, his attorney in Russia said. “The savings he had, he has almost entirely spent on
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Nov. 12 (UPI) — Dozens of people were executed recently in seven North Korean cities in the first known mass executions in the Kim Jong Un regime, South Korean media reported. The executions of about 80 people
EUGENE, Ore., Nov. 11 (UPI) — The student body president at Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Ore., has revealed he’s an atheist. Eric Fromm, 21, a senior at at university, announced in the Beacon Bolt, a student-run online newspaper, that
TULLAMORE, England, Nov. 11 (UPI) — A pig farmer who ordered repossession agents to undress and enter a cage with a boar was sentenced to jail Monday in Tullamore, England, court records said. Donal Connaughton, 55, of Elfeet, England, was
SPRUCE GROVE, Alberta, Nov. 11 (UPI) — An Alberta, Canada, man said the 1,821-pound bison he keeps as a pet is his “best friend” and used to come into the house for water and TV time. Jim Sautner, who lives
SIGGERUD, Norway, Nov. 11 (UPI) — Emergency responders in Norway said it took 11 firefighters more than 5 hours to lift a 330-pound elk out of an empty swimming pool. Officials said the firefighters were called to a home in
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Nov. 10 (UPI) — A Detroit-area man says he wasn’t scared by the albino Burmese python he found in his backyard, but gave it to a pet shop because “I don’t do snakes.” Chuck Kaye, 29, of Southfield,
NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (UPI) — U.S. actress Whoopi Goldberg said she was troubled by a seeming lack of diversity among the cast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Goldberg put the topic on the table this week during “The View,”
BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 8 (UPI) — Wind turbines killed at least 600,000 — and possibly as many as 900,000 — bats in the United States in 2012, researchers say. Writing in the journal BioScience, the researchers said they used sophisticated
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) — Fifty-two percent of U.S. adults say they are against prohibiting restaurants from using trans fats in food, a survey indicates. The nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted Oct. 30 to Nov. 6 among
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 8 (UPI) — Charlotte Bobcats Coach Steve Clifford was hospitalized overnight and his status for Friday’s NBA game versus the New York Knicks was unknown. Clifford, 52, checked himself into a Charlotte hospital after reportedly not feeling
PINE BUSH, N.Y., Nov. 8 (UPI) — Current and former officials of a New York school district deny anti-Semitism is widespread in local schools despite numerous complaints from Jewish students. In depositions taken in connection with a lawsuit filed by
BURNSVILLE, Minn., Nov. 8 (UPI) — A bus driver for a Minneapolis-area school district who is also a Christian pastor says his rights were violated when he was fired for praying with students. Durham School Services, which provides bus transport
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) — Fifty billionaires on the Forbes list of the U.S. richest have received $11.3 million in federal farm subsidies, the Environmental Working Group said Thursday. Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, Charles Schwab, head of the brokerage
DALLAS, Nov. 7 (UPI) — Former Dallas Cowboy Tony Dorsett has confirmed he has been diagnosed with a degenerative condition linked to depression and dementia. “It hit me like a ton of bricks,” said Dorsett of his diagnosis with chronic
THERMAL, Calif., Nov. 7 (UPI) —An Arab-American activist group says a California high school’s Arab mascot is a demeaning caricature and should be changed. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee this month sent a letter to Coachella Valley High School in southern
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) —The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the third quarter of 2013, the Commerce Department said Thursday, in the first of three estimates. The GDP report is scheduled for two revisions
CHESTER, England, Nov. 6 (UPI) — Two 19-year-old British coeds are in hot water after wearing dresses depicting the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on New York City’s Twin Towers. University of Chester students Amber Langford and Annie Collinge have
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (UPI)–Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is suing the publisher of Life & Style and In Touch magazines for cover stories claiming he abandoned his young daughter, Suri. Cruise has seldom spoken about his divorce from actress Katie
BLAGOVESHCHENSK, Russia, Nov. 6 (UPI) — Russian border control officials said they found almost half a ton of bear paws and Siberian musk deer organs being smuggled to China. The materials were found in a garage in the border city
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 (UPI)–History Channel is planning to make an 8-hour miniseries based on Alex Haley’s 1976 novel “Roots: The Saga of an American Family,” EW.com reported Tuesday. The book about Africans sold into slavery and transported to the
SEATTLE, Nov. 5 (UPI)–Amazon says the first three episodes of its new U.S. shows “Alpha House” and “Betas” will be free when they premiere on the website this month. “Alpha House” is to debut Nov. 15, while “Betas” will begin
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (UPI)–Kellie Pickler, Kristin Chenoweth and the stars of “Duck Dynasty” are to take part in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, NBC announced. Also confirmed to appear at the Nov. 28 event are Carrie Underwood,
LONDON, Nov. 3 (UPI) — Thirty-nine percent of British girls age 15 and younger who visited a contraceptive clinic in the past year said they use the pill, health officials say. That’s up from 36 percent who said they used
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (UPI)–U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is to read the Top 10 list on “Late Show with David Letterman” Tuesday night, CBS announced. Pelosi’s election night appearance will be her second visit to the late-night chat
