Two California farm workers have tested positive for bird flu, federal health officials said Thursday, marking the first two human cases of the virus in the state. More than 180 passengers were forced to evacuate a Ryanair Boeing passenger jet when it caught fire Thursday on the runway at Brindisi airport in southern Italy, officials announced. "Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" showrunner Patrick McKay told UPI Season 1 set up the world of Middle-earth while the second season spotlights the creation of the titular talismans and the return of Sauron. A pair of brothers from Iowa and Utah have been arrested for allegedly assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department announced Thursday. North Korea has reportedly been active around the Kaesong Industrial Complex, dismantling a key railway bridge and planting landmines along the Gyeongui Line, South Korean officials said. U.S. Border Patrol Agents apprehended 64 Haitian migrants who were abandoned by a smuggling organization on Mona Island in Puerto Rico, the CBP announced Thursday. Striking East and Gulf Coast dockworkers and U.S. port operators have reached a tentative agreement on wages, ending a two-day-old work stoppage, the longshoreman's union announced Thursday. The Boars Head food brand Thursday appointed an interim chief food safety adviser. The move comes after a Virginia Boar's Head plant was closed in September due to meat linked to a deadly listeria outbreak. United Launch Alliance is set to send its second Vulcan rocket into space Friday, weather permitting, though the details of the certification mission are largely under wraps. A federal jury meeting in Memphis Thursday returned a mixed verdict in the trial of three former police officers involved in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died in January 2023. President Joe Biden issued condolences and promised more aid for victims of Hurricane Helene in visits to Georgia and Florida on Thursday, neither of which were attended by the states' Republican governors. Tina Peters, a former county clerk in Colorado who was found guilty in connection with an election security breach at her office in 2021, drew a nine-year prison sentence during a court appearance Thursday. The death toll from Hurricane Helene topped 200 and nearly 1 million residents across four states remained without power Thursday as the enormous scale of the damage wrought by last week's storm became clearer. The U.K. says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of Mauritius, thus surrendering the final colony of Britain's once-sprawling African empire. An angler casting his line in a Maryland creek reeled in something highly unusual for the state: a fish with a full set of human-like teeth. Animal rescuers and a mechanic came to the rescue of a kitten that climbed into the engine compartment of an animal control employee's car in Indiana. In a new study, stem cell therapy showed promise at treating small gaps in the macula, the central part of the eye's retina, which can cause distorted or blurred vision. The Southern Hemisphere's flu season is winding down, and new data shows this year's flu shot was 34.5% effective in keeping folks there who got influenza from needing hospital care. A driver on a road in France captured video of his unusual encounter with an escaped circus camel in the roadway. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will begin taking new applications for flight controllers Oct. 11 as it works to reverse a decades-long decline in its workforce. A California man scored a $10 million lottery prize the day after winning $2,000 at a casino -- and his luck didn't stop there. A small dose of the nutritional supplement lithium asparate may not ease the fatigue and brain fog of Long COVID, but a larger dose might work, a new trial suggests. |
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