Новости за 05.10.2021

A wedding ring lost while cliff diving in Hawaii was returned to its owner thanks to another cliff diver and the power of social media.

A British teenager became the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo when he completed flight at age 18 years, 150 days.

A federal jury in California has ordered Tesla to pay a former worker $137 million for failing to stop a workplace culture in which he was racially discriminated.

The European Council on Tuesday cut Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles from the European Union's blacklist of tax havens.

The pressures of the pandemic have dramatically altered the American workplace, and now a new survey shows that many folks who have struggled with low salaries, long hours and lack of opportunity plan to change jobs.

Volvo is recalling more than 460,000 cars worldwide over faulty air bag inflators that pose a risk of rupturing and spraying metal fragments at vehicle occupants.

A barn owl was rescued from a sticky situation in Britain when the avian found itself trapped in a bucket of molasses.

As tensions appear to be easing on the Korean Peninsula, local officials in South Korea unveiled a new park across the border with the North that they hope will draw tourists and help build a new spirit of cooperation.

The Marine Corps has launched two F-35B fighter jets from the Japanese warship Izumo, the first time since World War II that any aircraft has taken off from a Japanese vessel.

Stefon Diggs of the Buffalo Bills and Terry McLaurin of the Washington Football Team lead UPI senior sports writer Alex Butlers Top 50 fantasy football wide receiver rankings for Week 5.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Tuesday voted against granting clemency to a death row prisoner who is scheduled to be the first executed by the state in six years.

Lawmakers will hold a procedural vote Wednesday to allow Democrats to raise the debt ceiling as the United States draws "dangerously close" to hitting the limit, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday.

The supposed healing properties of spider silk may have no basis in science, according to the authors of a study published Tuesday by iScience. Earlier studies may have been compromised, they said.

Archaeologists have discovered a rare private toilet in what was once a part of a royal mansion in Jerusalem, Israeli officials announced Tuesday.

A Netherlands athlete who stands 7 feet, 1.9 inches tall was declared the world's tallest professional bodybuilder by Guinness World Records.

Taking blood-thinners and diabetes drugs at higher-than-recommended doses or in error often leads to health complications that bring older adults to hospital emergency rooms, a study published Tuesday by JAMA found.

K-pop star and former 2NE1 member CL released a track list for "Alpha," her debut solo album.

The Orange County medical examiner said Tuesday that the body of missing Orlando, Fla., woman Miya Marcano has been positively identified.

"Bad Habits" singer Ed Sheeran has joined the NBC singing reality competition "The Voice."

U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man in a suspicious vehicle outside the U.S. Supreme Court building following a standoff Tuesday morning.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called the idea of printing a $1 trillion coin to help pay off the country's debt a "gimmick" Tuesday.

Jessica Biel will star in and executive produce the new Hulu true-crime drama "Candy."

Designated hitter J.D. Martinez, who tripped over a base and injured his ankle in the Boston Red Sox's season finale, will not play in Tuesday's American League Wild Card Game against the New York Yankees, the team said.

Animal rescuers in California were called out to assist a tarantula spotted stranded on the roof of a home, but arrived to find the supposed spider was an old Halloween decoration.

Facebook says a major outage that darkened its platform -- as well as its Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger services for several hours on Monday -- was the result of a "configuration" change by someone at the company.