A few dozen birdwatchers gathered in the predawn darkness to wait for the moment when thousands of migrating snow geese stopped honking and preening to suddenly take flight from a Pennsylvania reservoir. The mesmerizing display, about an hour after sunrise, was over almost as soon as it began. The »»»

March 12 (UPI) -- A 4-year-old porcine social media star living in California earned the Guinness World Records title for the most followers on Instagram for a pig: 1.1 million. The record-keeping organization said Merlin the Pig had 1.1 million followers on Instagram as of Feb. 23, earning him the»»»

Nearly all Democratic and both independent senators sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth demanding answers about a school in Iran believed to have been bombed by the United States. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo March 11 (UPI) -- A group of senators sent a letter to Def»»»

March 10 (UPI) -- The San Diego Zoo Safari Park announced the births of four male cheetah cubs, the first of their species to be born at the facility since 2020. The zoo said first-time mother Kelechi gave birth to the cubs on Jan. 24. "Just as they do in native habitats, Kelechi and her cubs are b»»»

NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch speaks alongside New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a press conference at Gracie Mansion on Monday after two men threw devices at a crowd of protesters near the mayor's home. On Tuesday, police evacuated a park near Gracie Mansion after a suspicious package w»»»

1 of 4 | Emir Balat, 18, of Langhorne, Pa., allegedly takes an improvised explosive device from Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, of Newtown, Pa. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Justice. March 10 (UPI) -- Two men who allegedly threw improvised devices at protesters outside the home of New York Mayor Zoh»»»

The US House of Representatives narrowly rejected a war powers resolution on Thursday seeking to halt President Donald Trump’s military strikes on Iran, in a 219–212 vote. The measure followed a similar Senate defeat a day earlier, highlighting divisions in Congress over Trump’s decision to bypass »»»

Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., late last month introduced the “End Sanctuary Policies Act,” which would restrict federal funding for jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- The House Judiciary Co»»»

1 of 2 | Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., are sponsoring a war powers resolution in the U.S. House that would impose limits on President Donald Trump's use of military force against Iran without congressional approval. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo March 5 (UPI) -»»»

In 1946, Winston Churchill’s Fulton Speech symbolically marked the beginning of the Cold War between the Western world and the Soviet Union. Since then, relations between Russia and the West have been fraught with tension. In recent years, this culminated in a strong and almost existential antagoni»»»

1 of 2 | The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify on the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo March 4 (UPI) -- The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena U.S. A»»»

The BSP-United Left coalition submitted documents and 7,930 signatures to the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Monday to register for the snap parliamentary elections scheduled for April 19. "We are registering for these elections with the ambition to return Bulgarian politics to the track of n»»»

PA Media/dpa London Video assistant referee (VAR) powers have been extended by football’s lawmakers. Using VAR to check corners will be an option for competitions from this summer, while the core VAR protocol has now been widened to cover second yellow cards and cards awarded to the wrong team. The»»»

PA Media/DPA London Arsenal passed a major examination of their Premier League title credentials after Jurrien Timber and William Saliba both scored from corners in a 2-1 win over 10-man Chelsea on Sunday. A week after they thumped Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal recorded another pivotal triumph to rest»»»

PA Media/DPA London Formula One has said it is “closely monitoring” the situation in the Middle East ahead of upcoming races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Missile strikes continue to rock the region after United States and Israeli forces attacked Iran with several countries closing their airspace. A»»»

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined the leaders of France and Germany in condemning Iran's retaliatory missile strikes across the Middle East on February 28, calling on Tehran to refrain from further military action and seek a negotiated solution, PA Media reported. »»»

The Central Election Commission (CEC) allocated seats to the multi-member constituencies for the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 19, 2026, during its session on Friday. The CEC changed its decision from February 20, which included a 32nd multi-member constituency for expatriate voters. »»»