Slovakia and Peru on Thursday signed NASA's Artemis Accords, making them the latest in a rapid number of countries to join the U.S.-led agreement on the safe exploration of space. In what was only the competition's second spell-off ever, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Tampa, Fla., has taken top honors Thursday night in the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The government of Slovenia accepted a proposal to recognize the State of Palestine on Thursday, positioning it to become the latest European nation to take the mostly symbolic gesture amid Israel's war in Gaza. The chair of the Federal Communications Commission called on the agency to strengthen rules to "limit the risks posed by accidental explosions in space." The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service on Thursday announced Direct File will be a permanent, free tax filing option starting in 2025. Elon Musk has agreed to testify in the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of his 2022 purchase of social media company Twitter, which he has since rebranded to X, according to a Thursday court filing. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Texas made major drug busts over the past week. Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts against him in the New York hush-money trial on Thursday. A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to 18 years in prison on espionage charges, federal officials announced Thursday. A jury on Thursday found Chad Daybell guilty for the murders of his first wife and his second wife's two children. Firefighters in Texas went underground to rescue a kitten that was trapped in a storm drain for multiple days. Federal agencies will invest $2.1 million to measure carbon on the ocean's surface, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday. Chief Justice John Roberts refused Thursday to meet with Senate Democrats to discuss Supreme Court ethics issues stemming from two controversial flags flown over Justice Samuel Alito's properties. California skateboarder Jared Hager has become the first person to receive a transparent skull replacement, which allows doctors to better view the function of his brain. Salesforce stock prices dropped Thursday on weaker-than-expected company financial results for the first quarter. It was the worst share price performance for Salesforce since 2004. An Indian man broke his own Guinness World Record by typing the alphabet in 25.66 seconds using only a keyboard and his nose. NASA will post live coverage of activities in the days leading up to Boeing's Starliner launch set for Saturday. Four teams still are fighting to determine the matchup for the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, but the NHL revealed the full schedule for the title series Thursday, with Game 1 set for June 8. A British mountain rescue team used a raft and "some aggressive swimming techniques" to save a lamb stranded on a precarious slope above deep water at Peak District National Park. A Michigan farmworker Thursday became the second confirmed human with a case of bird flu in the state, having contracted the H5N1 virus from infected dairy cows. A Maryland man used his license plate number to win a $50,000 prize from a Pick 5 lottery drawing. Despite the ongoing war in Gaza, some 10,000 people marched in the Jerusalem Pride Parade on Thursday, with hostage families leading the demonstration. Boeing on Thursday presented its corrective action plan to the Federal Aviation Administration as it attempts to recover from the crisis surrounding its 737 Max airliners. For a large percentage of men with prostate cancer, the tumor may be so slow-growing that doctors advise a "watch-and-wait" approach instead of active treatment. |
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