LIVERMORE, Calif., May 2 (UPI) — Scenes from director J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek sequel are being shot at California’s Lawrence Livermore Laboratory this week, officials said. Filming is taking place in the lab’s spacious National Ignition Facility where scientists
ROSELAND, N.J., May 2 (UPI) —Payroll firm Automatic Data Processing Inc. said the U.S. economy added 119,000 private sector jobs in March to April, far less than economists expected. Economists had forecast an additional 175,000 jobs would be created in
WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) —Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who’s ready to abandon his bid to be the Republican presidential nominee, indicated he will back rival Mitt Romney. Gingrich, whose campaign is swamped with debt, had said he would
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 1 (UPI) — Three Iranians were arrested earlier by Egyptian security for allegedly plotting to kill Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Cairo, an official said Tuesday. Egyptian officials had informed Saudi Arabia authorities at the time
NEW YORK, May 1 (UPI) — The Irish musical “Once” led the field with 11 nominations when Tony Award nods were announced Tuesday in New York. Up for Best Play are “Clybourne Park,” “Other Desert Cities,” “Peter and the Starcatcher”
NEW YORK, May 1 (UPI) —Occupy movement marches, strikes and other acts of civil disobedience would “disrupt the status quo” of about 135 U.S. cities Tuesday, movement organizers said. Key cities targeted for the “general strike,” or “a day without
LOS ANGELES, April 30 (UPI) — HBO has ordered second seasons of its new comedies “Girls” and “Veep,” The Hollywood Reporter said Monday. Both series, which premiered this month on the pay cable network to good reviews and healthy ratings,
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 30 (UPI) — American cartoonist Tom Batiuk’s “Funky Winkerbean” comic strip has begun a storyline about a same-sex couple looking to attend a high-school prom. The 40-year-old strip, which appears in about 400 newspapers, previously has dealt
WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) — A top U.S. counter-terrorism official said Sunday al-Qaida apparently still is open to a plot to attack commercial aviation as it did on Sept. 11, 2001. John Brennan, chief counter-terrorism adviser to President Obama, said
WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) —Budget hawk U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said in the weekly GOP radio address cutting U.S. government spending and taxes would benefit the entire nation. Ryan chided President Obama for his strategy of tax hikes coupled
WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) — President Obama, citing the United States’ national security interests, Wednesday waived restrictions on funding for the Palestinian Authority. In a memorandum sent to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Obama cited his authority under section 7040(b)
MANCHESTER, N.H., April 25 (UPI) —Mitt Romney borrowed a Bill Clinton campaign slogan, saying after sweeping five Northeast U.S. primaries it was still about the economy, “and we’re not stupid.” The presumptive Republican presidential nominee swept primaries in New York,
TEHRAN, April 24 (UPI) — The conflict in Syria needs to be resolved internally for the sake of regional security, the Iranian foreign minister said. Syria agreed to the terms of a cease-fire brokered by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
TEHRAN, April 24 (UPI) — Iran is investigating allegations that one of its diplomats fondled several underage girls in a Brazil swimming pool, officials said Tuesday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast (pictured above) said the diplomat had been recalled to
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 24 (UPI) — Pakistan has asked India to keep commercial aircraft out of an area over the Indian Ocean while it conducts a long-range missile test. The announcement came five days after India successfully launched an intercontinental
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., April 24 (UPI) — U.S. President Barack Obama said he doesn’t know what the Secret Service agents connected to the misconduct in Colombia were thinking. During the taping of the “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” show at
WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) —The number of U.S. military members suspected of official misconduct in a Colombian prostitution scandal has risen to 12, a Defense Department official said. The official told CNN another military member has admitted to leadership he
BEIJING, April 22 (UPI) — Senior Chinese and North Korean officials held talks in Beijing eight days after Pyongyang’s controversial missile launch, state media reported from Pyongyang. Details of the talks Saturday weren’t disclosed, but the government’s Korean Central News
LOS ANGELES, April 22 (UPI) — Superstar Neil Diamond is no longer a solitary man, having wed his co-manager in a small, private ceremony in Los Angeles, his rep confirmed. This is the third marriage for Diamond, 71, and the
WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) —North Korea may have obtained key components for its ballistic missile program from a China in violation of U.N. sanctions, U.S. officials said. A senior U.S. official said the chassis and other parts on a missile-transport
NEW YORK, April 20 (UPI) –Comedian Rob Riggle is to serve as host of the 2012 ESPYs, which honor the best in sports, at a ceremony in Los Angeles this summer, ESPN said Friday. Riggle is best known as a
LOS ANGELES, April 19 (UPI) — Canadian rock band Rush has announced plans for a 2012 North American concert tour to support its upcoming 20th studio album, “Clockwork Angels.” The 33-city tour is to begin Sept. 7 in Manchester, N.H.,
WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) — The Secret Service said it will “follow up” on remarks by rocker Ted Nugent that he will be “dead or in jail” if U.S. President Barack Obama is re-elected. The conservative rock guitarist and spokesman
WASHINGTON, April 18 (UPI) —Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney closed in on President Obama among registered U.S. voters, putting the two in a dead heat, a CBS Poll indicated. If the election were held today, Obama and Romney each would
WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) —U.S. Rep. Ed Towns, D-N.Y., won’t seek re-election in November, several Democratic officials said. Towns, 77, was expected to face a competitive primary June 26, the date for House and Senate primaries, The Hill reported Sunday.
