Russia will expand its military objectives outside Ukraine's Donbas region, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that Georgia's so-called "heartbeat" abortion law can take effect immediately, overturning a lower court's injunction. Six of the 13 Riverside, Calif., children who were found to be held captive and tortured by their parents in 2018 have filed two lawsuits saying their foster family also abused them and county officials ignored it. The U.S. Postal Service responded to pressure Wednesday and announced it would increase its planned purchase of electric vehicles to replace aging mail trucks from 10% of its fleet to 40%. The Justice Department charged 36 people Wednesday for participating in $1.2 billion worth of healthcare fraud schemes. Lt. Gen. Michael Langley is expected to face a confirmation hearing this week to possibly become the Marine Corps' first Black four-star general. Apple TV+ announced Wednesday that father and son actors Kurt and Wyatt Russell have been cast in their Monsterverse series following up the American "Godzilla" movies. New documents released by the U.S. House oversight committee show the Trump administration's true intent for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census was to help win Republican elections. Eddie Vedder's throat was "damaged" by heat, dust and smoke from fires as Europe experiences a heat wave, forcing Pearl Jam to cancel its show in Vienna Wednesday. Britain's Conservative Party whittled down its field of candidates for the next prime minister to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss after Wednesday's vote. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 47 points Wednesday as markets climbed for the second consecutive day. A memorial service celebrating the life of Ivana Trump, who was a 1980s entrepreneurial force, was held at a church in New York City. Her ex-husband former President Donald Trump attended the service amid tight security. The Scottish Wildlife Trust said a visitor to a wildlife reserve spotted a sallow-shoot piercer moth -- the first of its species documented in the country. The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is inviting guests with adventurous senses of smell to visit one of its most unusual residents: a corpse flower that is about to bloom. President Joe Biden Wednesday used a stop at the former Brayton coal power plant in Somerset, Mass., to call climate change "a clear and present danger" as he touted clean energy projects. Several Democratic congresswomen march on the Supreme Court and are detained alongside demonstrators. Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska visits the White House. And Steve Bannon, a former adviser in Donald Trump's White House, heads to trial on contempt of Congress charges, among the highlights of Washington news for the week of July 17, 2022. A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation Wednesday to revamp the Electoral Count Act to clarify the vice president's role in the certifying presidential election results. Cooler weather returned to the United Kingdom on Wednesday, one day after a historic and unprecedented heat wave sent temperatures to levels never before seen in the country. Macy's announced it will add three new Market by Macy's stores and its first dual Market by Macy's and Macy's Backstage off-price location this fall as the department store chain moves away from large malls. GameStop's non-fungible token marketplace has become an early hit among collectors of digital images. The video-game retailer did more than 5,000 Ethereum ($7.3 million) in trading volume since opening its NFT platform. Firefighters in Florida responded to a resident's home to relocate a giant sea turtle that showed up on the back porch. HBO has dropped the official trailer for its highly anticipated series "House of the Dragon," a prequel to its wildly successful "Game of Thrones." A Maryland man is celebrating a double dose of lottery luck after collecting his second $50,000 prize in four months. NASA announced Wednesday that it's expecting a late summer liftoff for the Artemis I mission, the next step in an effort to return humans to the moon in 2025. A New York judge ordered Rudy Giuliani to testify Aug. 9 before a Fulton County, Ga., special grand jury investigating possible interference in Georgia's 2020 presidential election. The mayor of Highland Park, Ill., where seven people were killed during a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade, testified in Congress Wednesday and urged lawmakers to pass a national ban on military-style firearms. |
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