AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Central and northern Texas were recovering Sunday from two days of torrential rains in which some areas got nearly 5 inches, officials said.
DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Hundreds of students hurling bricks and bottles battled with riot police after a New Zealand car race, officials said.
KOGELO, Kenya, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Kenyan relatives and philanthropic organizations seeking President Obama's financial help mostly get financial advice, extended family members say.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- NATO officials say U.S. troops that came under deadly fire in Afghanistan were not denied air cover due to new rules aimed at protecting civilians.
GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Galveston, Texas, Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas says it may take the city a decade to fully recover from last year's Hurricane Ike.
GLASGOW, Ky., Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Friends of former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn said he seemed fine hours before his estranged fiancée was shot to death and he was found with his wrists slit.
TOKYO, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Japan is reluctant to agree to a proposal by a nuclear non-proliferation panel urging the United States to adopt a "no first-strike" policy, sources say.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Sunday she would not support a "trigger" for a public option component in healthcare reform proposals.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Concerns that illegal immigrants will receive healthcare benefits under U.S. reform proposals are a "red herring," an Obama administration official says.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. healthcare reform is achievable this year with or without the cooperation of Republicans, a senior Democratic senator said Sunday.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Three Swedes have been arrested in Pakistan for unspecified reasons, Swedish officials confirmed Sunday.
MOSCOW, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Russian military officials say they are not developing a new type of "supertank."
HAVAT GILAD, West Bank, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Israeli authorities and Jewish West Bank settlers clashed Sunday over an attempt to relocate a trailer home within a settlement, official media said.
