May 4 (UPI) -- High-profile Russian cryptocurrency player Alexander Vinnick has pleaded guilty to U.S. charges of conspiring to launder more than $9 billion as one of the operators of the BTC-e exchange.

May 4 (UPI) -- The Polish government says was also the target of a Russian-backed hacking group that European and U.S. officials claim has carried out a series of cyberattacks against democratic institutions in Europe.

May 3 (UPI) -- Alexander Historical Auctions said Friday it will offer infamous financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's address book at auction.

May 3 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors have charged a former government employee with federal intelligence ties of making unlawful false statements to the FBI wrongly implicating co-workers in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

May 3 (UPI) -- Crews on Friday began demolishing a bridge over a major Connecticut highway after a fuel truck explosion caused major damage to the bridge and the highway.

May 3 (UPI) -- Two police officers and an armed suspect were hospitalized Thursday night after a shootout in San Jose, Calif.

May 3 (UPI) -- In a forthcoming book by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem that recounts her killing her dog, the Republican governor is untruthful about having met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, according to the New York Post.

May 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Central Command on Thursday temporarily paused construction of the pier in Gaza due to unsafe weather conditions.

May 3 (UPI) -- A ground operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza city of Rafah "could lead to a slaughter," the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Friday.

May 3 (UPI) -- Boeing could begin laying off more than 100 employees at its facility in Birmingham, Ala., state officials warned Friday.