BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 21 (UPI) --Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi threats to shipping in the Bab al-Mandeb ...

Nigel Lythgoe has stepped down as a judge on "So You Think You Can Dance," following sexual abuse and harassment allegations made by several women, including singer, dancer and choreographer Paul ...

More than three dozen senators and House members have reported receiving suspicious envelopes, some containing white powder ...

A woman holds a painting representing Kateri Tekakwitha in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City on October 21, 2012. Pope ...

Rep. Ilhan Omar was attacked during a town hall Tuesday in Minneapolis by a man who sprayed a substance on the congresswoman as she spoke. A federal judge on Monday denied House Democrats' motion for ...

Actor Andrew Scott turns 50 and TV personality Kim Kardashian turns 46, among the famous birthdays for Oct. 21.

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2026 with 71 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, ...

A federal judge has sentenced a 39-year-old Guatemalan man to 30 years in prison for his role in the smuggling-related deaths ...

Florida executed a 77-year-old Vietnam veteran for the 1986 fatal shooting of an Indian River County sheriff's deputy.

Nigeria confirmed its first case of Ebola virus and Kenya its ninth on Tuesday amid a multi-country outbreak that has ...

British mercenary Simon Mann alleged in court that Sir Mark Thatcher belonged to the "management team" that planned a 2004 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. Sir Mark Thatcher, son of former British ...

British police have re-arrested two men for the planned attack on the RAF Fairford air base where American planes were stored ...