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Suit: Non-Jew Suffered Taunts For Yarmulke

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (UPI) — A New York man who donned a Jewish skullcap as part of his embrace of “theosophy” said he was fired for complaining about taunts from colleagues. Ciro Rosselli, 29, said he started wearing the yarmulke to work at consulting firm McKinsey & Co. after he took up theosophy, which […]

New Syrian Barrage, U.S. Sanctions Readied

DEIR AL-ZOR, Syria, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Syria stepped up its crackdown Wednesday as Washington readied new sanctions and the U.N. Security Council was to debate a new response to the bloodshed. The early-morning fresh assaults targeted at least two restive cities and several towns and villages, including in Idlib province bordering Turkey, rights and […]

Euro, Asian Markets Rebound After Fed Move

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (UPI) — European and Asian stocks rebounded Wednesday before Wall Street’s opening bell on a Federal Reserve pledge to keep U.S. interest rates near zero for two years. British, German and French stock indexes rose more than 2 percent in early-morning trading following a “relief rally” in Asian markets. In late-afternoon […]

Woman Who Fought For Garden Plans Moves Out

OAK PARK, Mich., Aug. 10 (UPI) — A Michigan woman who battled city officials to win the right to keep her front yard vegetable garden said she and her family are moving to Seattle. Julie Bass made headlines in June when she was ticketed by the city of Oak Park for planting vegetables in her […]

Six Die In Karachi Violence

KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Ethnic and targeted killings claimed six more lives in violence-ravaged Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and its main port and financial capital, police said. The victims in the overnight drive-by shootings and other acts of violence in different parts of the city included activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and […]

Bats Drive Woman From Apartment

ABERDEEN, Scotland, Aug. 10 (UPI) — A Scottish woman says she has temporarily left her apartment in Aberdeen to hundreds of bats roosting in a crawl space. Alison Murray, who works for an oil company, bought the top-floor flat in January, The Scotsman reported. In May, she realized she was sharing it with the bats […]

Food Day, Modeled On Earth Day

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Chefs, nutritionists and food activists are asking U.S. restaurants to buy more products locally or collect for food banks for Food Day in October. Groups such as Chefs Collaborative, American Culinary Federation and the Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture are encouraging local restaurants to seek out partnerships with […]

Suspected Militants Killed In Drone Strike

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Missiles that may have been fired by a U.S. drone Wednesday killed several suspected militants in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region, officials said. CNN, quoting two Pakistani intelligence officials, said the missiles killed seven suspected pro-Taliban militants in the region near the border with Afghanistan. Other reports gave a […]

Search On For Missing Cargo Plane

MOSCOW, Aug. 10 (UPI) — A search was on Wednesday in Russia’s Far East for a cargo plane that crashed with 11 aboard, officials said, denying reports its wreckage had been found. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said it had renewed its search for the Antonov An-12 that was carrying more than 17 tons of food supplies […]

Prince William And Wife Get SAS Training

LONDON, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Prince William and his wife, the former Kate Middleton, have received special training by British special forces on what to do if taken hostage, officials say. A source told the Evening Standard the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent a day at the Special Air Service base in Hereford. They […]