1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (281+ words) March 1 (UPI) -- Three people were killed and at least others 14 others injured in a mass shooting overnight in Austin, Texas. Austin police responded to reports of gunfire at Buford's bar in downtown Austin just before 2:00 a.m. early Sunday morning, with officers…...

18+ hour, 20+ min ago  (131+ words) Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Firefighters in East Texas rescued two people after the hot air balloon they were traveling in struck a cell phone tower and left them stranded, local officials said. In a Facebook post, the Longview Fire Department said the…...

18+ hour, 51+ min ago  (403+ words) Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Hundreds of people gathered outside the White House in Washington, D.C., and at other locations across the capital on Saturday in protest of the country's attack on Iran. Organizers coordinated protests within hours after President Donald Trump announced a…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (315+ words) Today is Saturday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2026 with 306 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. In 1784, the Methodist Church was chartered by John Wesley. In…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (186+ words) Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Maine came to the rescue of a "sharply dressed tuxedo cat" that made its way to the steep roof of a Lewiston home. The Lewiston Fire Department said on social media that firefighters teamed up with…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (515+ words) Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A new Kansas law requiring transgender residents' state-issued identification to reflect their "sex at birth" went into effect Thursday, immediately invalidating hundreds of driver's licenses and birth certificates. KCUR-TV in Kansas City, Kan., reported that people began receiving…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (252+ words) Feb. 26 (UPI) -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul stepped in to help a Long Island grandfather win his battle over a customized license plate reading "PB4WEGO." The DMV's rules prohibit vanity plates bearing messages that could be construed as "derogatory, contemptuous, degrading,…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (484+ words) Feb. 26 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1531, an earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal, killed more than 20,000 people. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte and 1,200 men left his exile on the Isle of Elba to start his 100-day campaign to regain France. In 1917, President…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (484+ words) Feb. 26 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1531, an earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal, killed more than 20,000 people. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte and 1,200 men left his exile on the Isle of Elba to start his 100-day campaign to regain France. In 1917, President…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (529+ words) Today is Thursday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2026 with 308 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. In 1531, an earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal, killed more than 20,000 people....