The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each hit record highs on Thursday as markets responded to continued fallout from the Federal Reserve's plans to taper its bond-buying program and a new pandemic low in unemployment.
A Missouri man said his wife's insistence led him to buy a lottery ticket "out of frustration" and he ended up winning a $2.4 million jackpot.
Firefighters in Michigan teamed up with water department workers and animal control officers to rescue a dog that fell to the bottom of a cement sewer basin.
Wildlife officers in Colorado rescued a deer found with its antlers entangled in a resident's badminton net.
The judge booted a juror from the Kyle Rittenhouse trial Thursday after he joked about the police shooting of Jacob Blake, which sparked protests in Wisconsin last year.
A New York museum's Toy Hall of Fame announced the 2021 inductees are American Girl Dolls, board game Risk and sand.
A man accused of kidnapping a 4-year-old Australian girl found alive after 18 days appeared in court Thursday on charges of forcibly taking a child under 16.
Animal rescuers in New Jersey came to the assistance of police to capture a 2,500-pound bison that escaped from a farm and headed to a nearby neighborhood.
A New Zealand couple said they were cleaning out their vegetable garden when they found a massive potato that weighed more than 17 pounds and might be a new world record.
Pope Francis on Thursday appointed Franciscan Sister Raffaella Petrini to serve as the new secretary-general of the Vatican governorate of the Vatican, making her the first woman to hold the position.
Good news for people with inflammatory bowel disease and worry that the immune-suppressing drugs they take might blunt their response to COVID-19 vaccines: Research finds vaccination triggers a strong immune response.
The World Health Organization said Thursday that Europe and Central Asia, where COVID-19 has been increasing over the past month, weeks have again become epicenters of the pandemic.
A single molecule controls the unusual social phenomenon in a certain species of ants that sees members of their colonies switch from worker to queen-like status, a study published Thursday by the journal Cell found.
The U.S. trade deficit reached an all-time high of $80.9 billion in September, sparked by consumer demand for computers, electric equipment and industrial supplies, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
Sony Pictures released a new trailer for "Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City" on Thursday. The film opens Nov. 24 in theaters.
British Member of Parliament Owen Paterson resigned following a fight that broke out after his proposed suspension from the House of Commons for breaching lobbying rules.
AMC+ released photos for the upcoming series "Firebite" on Thursday. The streaming series follows Australian vampire hunters in the desert.
K-pop group Monsta X released a track list for its forthcoming mini album, "No Limit."
"A Castle for Christmas," a holiday romantic comedy starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes, is coming to Netflix in November.
The world's top oil-producing nations and their allies resisted pressure from the United States on Thursday by announcing that they will not ramp up production, even in the face of the rising costs of crude and gasoline.
Fox released a trailer for the upcoming two-part episode of "The Simpsons." In a spoof of prestige TV, Brian Cox guest stars as the voice of a loan shark coming after Ned Flanders.
Britain unveiled a new 5-pound coin commemorating Mahatma Gandhi's legacy as part of the Royal Mint's Diwali collection.
A pair of young sisters from Hong Kong earned a Guinness World Record when they amassed a collection of 3,388 different lip balms.
Host Luke Bryan, Jennifer Hudson, Keith Urban and more are set to perform at the 55th annual Country Music Association Awards.
A federal judge on Thursday threw out Blue Origin's latest legal attempt to block SpaceX's $2.9 billion lunar lander contract from NASA.