SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (UPI) -- Illinois Lottery Officials confirmed eight checks worth a total $9,940 bounced at the beginning of the month.

Officials said the checks issued to winners May 1 bounced because an employee forgot to approve the funds to...

ROSS, Pa. (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania homeowner is accusing township officials of selective enforcement for ordering his brother, who lives in the home, to remove yard decorations.

Robert Ansell, owner of the Ross Township home, said he and his ...

PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- An official with the Pennsylvania Game Commission said a quartet of baby peregrine falcons at Philadelphia City Hall are estimated to be about 30 days old.

F. Arthus McMorris, the peregrine-falcon coordinator for the ...

AKRON, Ohio (UPI) -- Police in Ohio allege a man committed more than 20 break-ins while out on parole and wearing an ankle monitor.

Akron police said James Kilmire, 37, was wearing the ankle monitor Friday when he was arrested in the parking lot...

MURRAY, Utah (UPI) -- A Utah woman who found out her daughter was teasing a schoolmate about her clothes said she taught the girl a lesson using clothing from a thrift shop.

The Murray woman, identified only as Ally to protect the identity of ...

DETROIT (UPI) -- A group known as the Detroit Mower Gang is inviting volunteers to join them for a 24-hour event to mow grass at the city's abandoned playgrounds.

Detroit Mower Gang chief mower Tom Nardone, 43, said the first Motown Mowdown by ...