A judge has agreed to delay the sentencing of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of failed blood-testing startup Theranos, to hear evidence about alleged prosecutor misconduct. The United States this week will impose additional punitive measures targeting those involved in Iran's violent crackdown on anti-regime protests, President Joe Biden said Monday. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned next month's U.N. Climate Conference, COP27, in Egypt is "as immense as the climate impacts we are seeing around the world." The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear arguments over a ban on bump stocks that initially went into effect under former President Donald Trump. The United Nations is urging the United States, and other wealthy nations, to stop raising interest rates saying the rate hikes threaten a global recession that will hit developing countries the hardest. U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal, against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession in Russia, has been scheduled for Oct. 25. U.S. markets rallied Monday to start a new month and quarter with significant gains after a dismal end to September. Three U.S. postal workers, in New York and New Jersey, have been arrested for allegedly stealing credit cards from the mail and using them to buy luxury items to sell online, according to the Department of Justice. An aquatic rescue charity in South Africa broke a Guinness World Record by assembling a line of 11,602 lollipops. Halloween came early to a California highway, when a crash involving two trucks caused one of the vehicles to lose its load of candy in the roadway. A New York grower broke a national record when his giant pumpkin was officially weighed at 2,554 pounds. A South Carolina man said a scratch-off lottery ticket sat forgotten and untouched in his car for two days before he discovered it was a $300,000 winner. The Biden administration announced Monday that $300 million from the new bipartisan gun violence law will be used to help students access mental healthcare. Verbal and emotional abuse and sexual misconduct were systemic in the National Women's Soccer League, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Soccer Federation. President Joe Biden traveled Monday to Puerto Rico, where he pledged continued support as the island rebuilds and announced more than $60 million in funding to help prepare coastal areas prepare better for storms. Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will be out for Week 5 dues to his concussion, coach Mike McDaniel said Monday. The injury also has triggered NFL concussion protocol changes and led to a doctor's firing. Russia's effort to conscript 300,000 reservists to counter Ukraine's military advances in Kharkiv has drawn a lot of attention from military and political analysts. But there's also a potential energy angle. The United States on Monday announced sanctions against Fadil Novalic, the prime minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who is "undermining democratic processes" in the country. Peloton Interactive and Hilton Worldwide Holdings announced a partnership to put the exercise bikes in all 5,400 U.S. Hilton-branded locations and 18 of Hilton's subsidiaries, including Doubletree and Embassy Suites. Five members of the far-right Oath Keepers group, including its founder, began their trial on Monday, accused of inciting an armed insurrection during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. "Decision to Leave" finds subtle new colors in the femme fatale/cop drama genre. An accomplished rope-jumper in Bangladesh with multiple world records earned another title for an unusual variant of the sport that involved sitting on the ground. Authorities in Indonesia have launched an investigation into the stampede that killed at least 125 spectators at a soccer game over the weekend in one of the world's deadliest-ever crowd disasters. Researchers have discovered another clue as to how some older people stay sharp as a tack into their 80s and beyond: Their brain cells are really big. |
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