A federal jury in Chicago convicted singer R. Kelly on six out of 13 counts of child pornography and enticement of a minor. Kelly was acquitted of obstruction of justice in an alleged conspiracy to hide video evidence. Amtrak canceled all of its long-distance routes Thursday, stranding passengers, as 115,000 freight rail workers threaten to strike by the end of the week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that his country is moving in the right direction following a highly successful counteroffensive this month that has retaken thousands of square miles of territory. California filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon accusing the online retail giant of stifling competition by forcing inflated prices on other sites. A new study partly funded by chocolate maker Mars Inc. found no benefit to older people from taking a cocoa extract supplement despite previous research suggesting it may benefit thinking and reasoning. The Prime Minister of Sweden said Wednesday she will resign, after her party was defeated by a loose coalition of right-wing parties. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised to reform the European Union's electricity market by focusing more on renewable energy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average stabilized Wednesday to close up 30.12 in a choppy trading session following the biggest single-day sell-off in more than two years. A Kansas man who owns 1,110 pieces of Kansas City Chiefs memorabilia earned a Guinness World Record for the size of his collection. Prince Harry and Prince William walked side by side in London on Wednesday, accompanying the coffin of their grandmother together, in much the same way the brothers did 25 years ago for their mother's funeral. Police and reptile wranglers responded to a South African home twice in two days when the homeowner discovered black mamba snakes inside the house. Officials at a zoo in England said one gibbon was captured and another remains on the loose after the two primates escaped from their enclosure. President Joe Biden traveled to Michigan on Wednesday to visit the Detroit Auto Show and detail his administration's efforts to promote electric vehicle manufacturing and reduce the need for fossil fuels. Fox renewed "MasterChef," the competitive cooking show hosted by Gordon Ramsay, for a 13th season, the network announced Wednesday. The European Commission on Wednesday proposed implementing a ban on products within the European Union that are manufactured using forced labor. Marlon Wayans and Priah Ferguson play a father and daughter fighting a mischievous spirit in the trailer for "The Curse of Bridge Hollow," released Wednesday by Netflix. The U.S. Department of Justice indicted three Iranian nationals on Wednesday for allegedly scheming to hack into the computer networks of hundreds of people in the United States and elsewhere. A Maryland man who saw the same address on TV twice ended up using the number combination to play the lottery and won $50,000. Traffic was backed up for miles on a British highway after a runaway sheep made its way onto the road. Federal health officials speak at a congressional committee hearing on monkeypox. President Joe Biden and fellow Democrats celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute leadership conference and meets with reproductive rights leaders, among the highlights in Washington for the week of September 12, 2022. Lawyers representing Nikolas Cruz, who killed more than a dozen people at his former high school in Parkland, Fla., four years ago, rested their case in the penalty phase of the trial Wednesday, surprising the judge. A rare 2,000-year-old Israeli coin that circulated on the illicit antiquities market for at least two decades made its way back to the country this week. The Strong National Museum of Play announced this year's finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame include bingo, Breyer horses, Lite-Brite, Catan and Masters of the Universe. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told a Senate committee Wednesday that her agency is working with the community at a heightened level to expand the availability of monkeypox vaccines. |
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