RIO DE JANEIRO, July 22 (UPI) -- Pope Francis' much-anticipated arrival in Brazil Monday comes amid church leaders' hopes he can staunch the exodus of the faithful from the church.
WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- President Obama will lay out a U.S. economic-bolstering agenda in a series of speeches ahead of expected fiscal battles with the House, the White House said.
BEIJING, July 22 (UPI) -- The rapidly rising death toll from the earthquake that struck China's Gansu province Monday morning jumped to 47 as authorities mounted a massive relief effort.
WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- House Speaker John Boehner refused to say if U.S. immigration reform should include a citizenship path, as a House panel was to consider a DREAM Act substitute.
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 22 (UPI) -- Police in East Cleveland, Ohio, where a 35-year-old man is under arrest in the deaths of three women, said they have ended their search Sunday for more bodies.
By MARTIN WALKER, UPI Editor Emeritus
WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- If Edward Snowden had surfaced first in Brussels rather than in Hong Kong, maybe everything would have been different. He could have applied for asylum at the European Parliament.
By PETER MORICI, UPI Outside View Commentator
COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 22 (UPI) -- The United States doesn't enjoy the preponderance of assets needed to go everywhere and settle every dispute.
SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash., July 21 (UPI) -- Authorities in Washington state hunted for a 25-year-old convicted felon they suspect fatally shot his girlfriend's 4-year-old son Sunday, officials said.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, July 22 (UPI) -- Minor damage was reported Monday in New Zealand's capital Wellington from the 6.5-magnitude earthquake that struck off the Cook Strait the previous day.
BEIJING, July 22 (UPI) -- A 5.9-magnitude earthquake at a depth of 6.1 miles shook central China Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
ASPEN, Colo., July 21 (UPI) -- The body of a climber who apparently fell 200 to 300 feet to his death was recovered from the north face of Colorado's Capitol Peak Sunday, authorities said.
NORWOOD, Mo., July 21 (UPI) -- A gunman was tackled by worshipers after he fired two shots into the floor of their church during Sunday services in Norwood, Mo., police said.
DAMASCUS, Syria, July 21 (UPI) -- Supporters of Syrian rebels said 185 people were killed across the civil war-torn country Sunday, including 13 members of one family.
WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- California's Republican congressional delegation has been split on the idea of earmarking funds for the promotion of niche crops overseas.
WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Sunday the West had missed its chance to head off the growing influence of Islamist extremists in Syria.