VENICE, La., May 28 (UPI) -- President Obama heads to Louisiana Friday to assess efforts by BP to plug the leak that has been spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico for more than a month.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 28 (UPI) -- Jamaican security officials used bulldozers to clear blockades that followers of suspected drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke are using to prevent his capture.
TOKYO, May 28 (UPI) -- Japan and the United States, welcoming an accord on relocating the U.S. base in Okinawa, agreed Friday to deepen their post World War II alliance.
TOKYO, May 28 (UPI) -- Japan and the United States Friday announced accord on the thorny issue of relocating the U.S. Marine base in Okinawa.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 28 (UPI) -- A 6-year-old Minneapolis boy and his older brother are in protective care after he was tied to a post and whipped with an extension cord, police say.
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The House of Representatives voted Thursday to allow the repeal of the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military, soon after a Senate panel did the same.
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WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the United States must take an integrated approach to its national security.
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- BP Thursday resumed an operation intended to plug a leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, as experts called the disaster the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
CHULA VISTA, Calif., May 27 (UPI) -- John William Finn, a retired Navy lieutenant who was the United States' oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, has died in California. He was 100.
SACRAMENTO, May 27 (UPI) -- Hmong Americans accused of plotting to overthrow the Laotian government seek dismissal of the case in California, court records indicate.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 27 (UPI) -- Fighting between Jamaican forces and supporters of a reputed drug lord continued in Kingston Thursday with the death toll reaching 73, authorities said.
TOK, Alaska, May 27 (UPI) -- The Alaska Highway has partly reopened following a wildfire that quickly flared and caused evacuations and the closure of 26 miles of highway, officials said.
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The Office of Congressional Ethics said Thursday its board voted unanimously to send its findings in the PMA lobbying firm case to the U.S. Justice Department.
LAS CRUCES, N.M., May 27 (UPI) -- A couple who formerly lived in New Mexico said they moved to another state after a Verizon Wireless bill collector threatened to blow up their house.
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WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) --
BP Thursday resumed an operation intended to plug a leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, as experts called the disaster the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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