Rideshare company Uber said in a safety report published Thursday that sexual assaults in its U.S. vehicles experienced a dramatic decrease while fatal car crashes experienced a slight uptick. Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Hong Kong on Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of its return from British rule and to inaugurate the administration of its new chief executive, John Lee. The FBI placed Ruja Ignatova, known as the "Cryptoqueen" for allegedly defrauding $4 billion from investors in a fraudulent cryptocurrency called OneCoin, on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. California Rep. Judy Chu was arrested Thursday along with 180 other people attending an abortion rights protest in Washington, D.C., according to police. A Russian airstrike on a Mariupol, Ukraine, theater where hundreds of civilians were sheltering in March was a war crime, Amnesty International said Thursday. Illinois is suspending the state's 1% tax on groceries for one year, as well as implementing other relief measures, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a case in which North Carolina Republicans have challenged the state Supreme Court's ability to overturn its legislative maps. Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy underwent surgery Thursday morning after breaking his hip in a fall, his office confirmed. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear the case of an Ohio death row prisoner sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old boy in 1986. One of the world's largest chocolate producers is shutting down operations at one of its massive factories because of a salmonella outbreak, the company confirmed Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 253 points as markets ended the second quarter of the year with losses Thursday. While cases of diarrhea in children often increase after heavy rains and flooding, new research suggests a link between extended droughts and the at-times deadly illness for those under the age of 5. Off-duty pilots for Delta Air Lines picketed outside multiple U.S. airports Thursday, ahead of the busy, long July 4 weekend. In a decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency has no authority in mandating carbon emissions from existing power plants. China's mission to the European Union rebuked NATO on Thursday for singling out China for the first time in its latest Strategic Concept, which provides the alliance a guide to respond to security threats and challenges. Officials at a Delaware mall said they were "blown away" when a wall at the shopping center turned out to be hiding something unexpected -- a completely intact Burger King restaurant with vintage decor. An unserved arrest warrant has been found for the White woman whose accusations led to the brutal 1955 murder of Black 14-year-old Emmet Till in Mississippi. Till's murder galvanized the civil rights movement. July offers a slate of astronomical sights for young stargazers, those experienced with a telescope and everyone in between. A Danish committee released a report accusing the government of making "grossly misleading" statements in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic when ordering the country's mink population to be culled. Animal control officials in Michigan said a 6-week-old kitten is recovering after spending days trapped in a storm drain. After being infected with COVID-19 earlier this month, Dr. Anthony Fauci experienced a rebound after taking the antiviral pill Paxlovid, but he maintained on Wednesday that the drug kept him out of the hospital. All-Star forward Kevin Durant requested a trade on Thursday from the Brooklyn Nets. In May, U.S. inflation was up 6.3% with energy up 35.8% from one year ago, according to the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis. |
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