 Britain's parliament on Thursday unanimously voted to diplomatically boycott the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.  The Atlanta Braves acquired former All-Star outfielder Joc Pederson from the Chicago Cubs on Thursday, the teams announced.  U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday reversed a Trump-era order preventing immigration judges from administratively closing low-priority cases.  USA Basketball placed Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal in its health and safety protocols for COVID-19, a move that will prevent him from competing at the Tokyo Olympics.  UFC star Conor McGregor said Thursday he entered last weekend's trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier with "multiple stress fractures" in his left leg, which he broke in the closing seconds of the first round.  Saad Hariri, Lebanon's prime minister-designate, announced his resignation Thursday after saying President Michel Aoun rejected his efforts to form a government.  The Carolina Panthers signed standout offensive tackle Taylor Moton to a multiyear contract extension, the team announced.  Dozens of people have been killed in severe flooding in Western Europe as the region experienced levels of rain not seen in a century.  Los Angeles County announced Thursday that it will once again require residents to wear masks indoors regardless of their vaccination status beginning Saturday.  Louis Oosthuizen climbed to the top of the leaderboard after Thursday's first round of the 2021 British Open at Royal St. George's in Kent, England.  The New York Yankees' second-half opener against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night was postponed after three Yankees players tested positive for COVID-19.  German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joe Biden said they were united against Russian aggression related to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline during her final visit to the White House Thursday.  July is typically the hottest month of the year in much of the United States, but even by July standards the northern Rockies and High Plains are set to endure a period of exceptional warmth.  German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes her final official visit of her term this week to the United States where she will meet with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Merkel has been in her post since 2005, working with four different U.S. presidents and a longtime advocate of the European Union's transatlantic relationship with the U.S. Here's a look at her visit.  The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to reverse a Trump-era move to open up Alaska's Tongass National Forest for logging and other business operations.  A new study of social relations among spotted hyenas could offer insights into the evolution of social relations among humans.  U.S. markets dipped Thursday as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell acknowledged a "big uptick in inflation" as the nation recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic in testimony before Congress.  A Maryland jury on Thursday ruled that a man who killed five people in the Capital Gazette newsroom in 2018 is sane and therefore criminally responsible for the mass shooting.  If you need another reason to eat healthy, new research suggests that eating lots of packaged snacks and other ultra-processed foods could increase your risk of inflammatory bowel disease.  The Taliban proposed a three-month cease-fire if Afghan officials release 7,000 captured fighters, an Afghan government official announced Thursday.  The ride-sharing app Lyft announced Thursday it will start allowing passengers again after putting its service on hold for more than a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.  The MQ-9 Reaper's automatic takeoff and landing capability has successfully been tested, which Air Force officials say could significantly expand the missions it is used for.  A New York Man "had to pinch" himself when he won $4 million from a scratch-off Michigan Lottery ticket, the state's lottery announced Thursday.  A new genetic test for glaucoma is 15 times more accurate at identifying people at high risk for the eye disease than existing diagnostics, a study published Thursday by JAMA Ophthalmology found. | 
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