1+ week, 1+ day ago   (232+ words) Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Embassy in Havana issued a health alert Friday over a significant increase in diarrheal illnesses across Cuba, linking the rise to the continued deterioration of the island's water and energy infrastructure. The embassy said unreliable electricity and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (279+ words) Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. -- U.S. first lady Sarah Polk in 1803 -- Engineer/inventor Lewis Latimer in 1848 -- Musician Darius Milhaud in 1892 -- Musician Jan Savitt in 1907 -- Writer Richard Wright in 1908 -- Radio news commentator Paul Harvey…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (367+ words) Sept. 4 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has named Adam Telle, current assistant secretary for the Army for Civil Works, acting secretary of the Army amid an ongoing shakeup of the U.S. military. Trump named Telle days after his predecessor, Dan Driscoll, reportedly…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (400+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio at the presidential palace to discuss climate change, Indigenous territories and financing for tropical forest conservation, Lula said. The first meeting between the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (167+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Donnie Wahlberg and Vanessa Lachey will host Best of VMAs specials leading up to the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards. Wahlberg, 57, will host Best of VMAs: Iconic Vanguard Performances, a special celebrating Video Vanguard Award winners and their VMAs…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (219+ words) Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. -- Architect Louis Sullivan in 1856 -- Automobile designer Ferdinand Porsche in 1875 -- Cartoonist Mort Walker in 1923 -- Actor Anne Jackson in 1926 -- Organized crime boss James "Whitey" Bulgar Jr. in 1929 -- Serial killer…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (17+ words) upi.com 2026 US Open Tennis in New York...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (337+ words) Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Patagonia, an outdoor apparel company, announced Wednesday it sued the Trump administration for cuts dramatically shrinking the size of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The case was not decided by the time of the 2020 election, and President…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (149+ words) Sept. 2 (UPI) -- An Alberta baseball team hosted a Guinness World Record attempt involving an Australian shepherd jumping across the backs of 56 people. The Edmonton Riverhawks, an amateur summer collegiate team in the West Coast League, hosted the record attempt for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (386+ words) Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to approve short-term government funding, moving to avoid a potential shutdown before the November midterm elections. The resolution passed 370-48. It extends funding through Dec. 11 and passed with bipartisan support -- and…...