New York House Democrats urged President Joe Biden on Wednesday to invoke the Defense Production Act to hasten the manufacture of monkeypox vaccines amid a shortage of doses nationwide. After efforts to delay the proceeding, former Donald Trump attorney Rudolph Giuliani appeared in a Georgia court for several hours on Wednesday to face a special grand jury over efforts in the state to overturn the outco Monkeypox cases jumped more than 20% across the globe last week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. More than 35,000 cases have been reported, with 12 deaths. Former rivals Israel and Turkey have renewed full diplomatic relations after years of tension over Palestine. The two countries also agreed to reappoint their respective ambassadors. The Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer is hashing out the details of an agreement that would see him plead guilty to tax evasion charges, the New York Times was the first to report on Wednesday. A Saudi women's rights activist was handed a 34-year prison sentence for posting tweets criticizing the Kingdom's ruling government. Rachel Dollard was charged with murder after she allegedly passed methamphetamine to her boyfriend Josh Brown in a Tennessee jail, leading to his death. Two women are now in custody in Alabama, charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of a college student they flagged over on the side of the road, police confirmed. Former Vice President Mike Pence called on Republicans to stop attacking FBI agents following the search on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in a speech at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. An explosion during evening prayers at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday killed at least three people and injured dozens more. Prosecutors contend R. Kelly recorded sexual encounters with underaged girls and then paid people who were aware of them not to talk, a federal courtroom was told on the opening day of his criminal trial Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 171 points on Wednesday, snapping a five-day winning streak. A man visiting family in Connecticut captured video of a family of bears that spent some time lounging on patio furniture before struggling to get into a hammock. A dental clinic that stopped prescribing all opioids reported in a medical journal Wednesday that its patients did fine, and that the decision most likely helped many patients steer clear of opioid abuse. A Russian astronaut's spacewalk outside the International Space Station was cut short Wednesday after experiencing an electrical problem with his suit. Police in a Chicago suburb said they have captured one of the loose pigs seen wandering the town for more than two weeks, and three more porcine fugitives remain on the loose. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced 9,560 people died in vehicle crashes in the first quarter of this year, a 7% increase compared to 2021 and the most first-quarter deaths since 2002. A Pennsylvania man eating with his family at a Delaware restaurant made a surprising discovery inside of a clam: a purple pearl. State legislatures are increasingly proposing bills to restrict how topics including race, gender identity and sexual orientation are taught in school, according to a report published Wednesday by PEN America. Germany's Rhine River is at a record low level, and the shallow river is impacting shipping. Germany depends on the river for 80% of its water freight. A Maryland man said a family vacation led him to the store where he bought a scratch-off lottery ticket worth $250,000. Firefighters in Virginia came to the rescue of a kitten trapped in a Fairfax County storm drain. Billions in clean energy investments will flow to states from the Inflation Reduction Act -- from large-scale power generation to tax credits and rebates for buying electric vehicles and energy-efficient appliances. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced plans Wednesday to overhaul the agency after reviews found it fell short in its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and responded too slowly to monkeypox. A cluster of Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots erupted into a fight during a joint practice session after a Patriots player hit Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey on Wednesday in Foxborough, Mass. |
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