34+ min ago   (301+ words) Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department on Monday filed complaints against New York, Connecticut and Vermont over state laws that allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities. The department said in a release that the…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago   (294+ words) Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Police in Jharkhand, India used tear gas and water cannons on demonstrators who were demanding investigations into recruitment for government jobs on Monday. Thousands of protesters were met with police wielding batons as they marched to the state…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (268+ words) Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A California book store recently received a package that turned out to contain a book that was stolen 40 years earlier, along with an apology note and $100. Booklegger in Old Town Eureka said on social media that a package…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (227+ words) Aug. 4 (UPI) -- An engineering prodigy who started college at the age of 10 became the youngest college professor of all time at the age of 18. Guinness World Records confirmed Nathan Thomas, who is now 21, was 18 years and 346 days old when he…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (319+ words) Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Christina Paxson, the president of Brown University, announced Monday that she will step down at the end of the 2026-27 academic year. "The experience has been all that I could have hoped for, and more," she said in a…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (238+ words) Aug. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent an open letter to American colleges Monday, asking administrators to commit to changes in line with the Trump administration's higher education agenda before the end of the year. In it, McMahon asked schools…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (62+ words) upi.com Award-winning actor Martin Sheen turns 86 (20 images) The Emmy and Screen Actors Guild-winning actor Martin Sheen, best known for "Apocalypse Now," and his portrayal of President Jed Bartlet in "The West Wing," turns 86 on Monday. Here's a look back…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (512+ words) NEW YORK, July 31 (UPI) -- TNT's family fantasy series, The Librarians: The Next Chapter, returns for a second season of magical adventures Sunday. The series follows an eclectic group of scholars charged with protecting mythological artifacts, while working out of a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1332+ words) CASTINE, Maine, July 30 (UPI) -- The new State of Maine has arrived in historic Castine, where Revolutionary War history and maritime tradition converge on the shores of Penobscot Bay, bringing advanced technology to the Maine Maritime Academy as it trains the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1077+ words) July 29 (UPI) -- What if the missing variable in North Korean human rights is not information, but learning? For decades, efforts to improve human rights in North Korea have focused on expanding access to outside information. Governments, non-governmental organizations, activists and…...