PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16 (UPI) — Philadelphia residents allegedly beat a sexual assault suspect they caught and held until police arrived, a Philadelphia police spokesman said.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16 (UPI) — San Francisco- and Oakland-area commuters dodged a bullet Sunday when Bay Area Rapid Transit officials said a strike has been averted.

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MIAMI, Aug. 16 (UPI) — Tropical Storm Claudette was approaching the Florida Panhandle Sunday evening with sustained winds near 51 mph, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Aug. 16 (UPI) — The New Democratic Party is still “new,” members of the Canadian political party decided Sunday in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (UPI) — Seven members of the Bahai faith face trial in Iran as alleged Israeli agents.

TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (UPI) — Mir Hossein Mousavi, the defeated presidential candidate who has become the focus of the Iranian opposition, announced his new political party Saturday.

WHITCHURCH, England, Aug. 16 (UPI) — A skydiver whose parachute didn’t open suffered only minor injuries when he fell 1,000 feet onto the roof of an airplane hangar in England, authorities said.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UPI) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Iran to release Americans held in Iran, including three hikers detained in late July.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Aug. 16 (UPI) — President Obama took his healthcare-reform message to a town known for low-cost care: