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On the still blue bottom of the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of north Lebanon, the crew of the specialised exploration submarine Pisces VI found their first corpse.

Playing more like a world number one than a player ranked outside the top 600, Serena Williams turned back the clock on Wednesday to stun world number two Anett Kontaveit 7-6(4) 2-6 6-2 and move into the third round of the U.S.

The state of Texas bused a group of about 60 newly arrived migrants to Chicago on Wednesday, as Republican Governor Greg Abbott expands his effort to push responsibility for border crossers to his Democratic political opponents.

United Nations inspectors in Ukraine were due on Thursday to visit a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, where nearby shelling has prompted bitter recriminations and global fears of disaster.

Rotting carcasses of striped bass, bat rays and other fish have been washing up on the shores of the San Francisco Bay Area in recent days, after a toxic algae bloom spread across the area.

The group backing a Michigan ballot issue that would legalize abortion in the state said it would appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court after a state board on Wednesday deadlocked over approving the measure for the November ballot.

SpaceX will launch five more astronaut missions to the International Space Station for NASA at the end of the decade under a $1.4 billion contract order, the U.S.

"There is a good chance that we may have a storm developing," said a spokesperson for the National Hurricane Center.

New Mexico's governor on Wednesday earmarked $10 million in public funds for a reproductive healthcare clinic to meet an expected rise in demand for abortions from women traveling from neighboring states that have banned the procedure.

The estate of Chuck Close, the artist known for massive photorealist portraits of himself and others, on Wednesday sued Cigna Corp, claiming it failed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for necessary medical care in the final years of his life.

The U.S. Justice Department is opposing a request by former President Donald Trump to appoint a "special master" to determine whether documents seized by federal agents from his Mar-a-Lago home on Aug.

After Mississippi's capital lost running water this week due to a treatment plant failure, Jackson State University football coach Deion Sanders shared a video on Instagram saying he was in "crisis mode" to keep his team practicing.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer Inc with German partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc retooled to target Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants as well as the original virus.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that target the dominant BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants, as the government prepares for a broad fall vaccination campaign that could begin within days.

Iran needs stronger guarantees from Washington for the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal, its foreign minister said in Moscow on Wednesday, adding that the U.N.

"There's a lot that we need to do to improve not only the preparedness but [also] the response," Dr. Fauci said.

Frustrated residents in Mississippi's state capital faced a second day without drinking water and the prospect of long lines for bottled water handouts after a neglected treatment plant failed this week.

The next Mega Millions numbers will be drawn on Friday, Sept. 2.

News media outlets on Wednesday filed a new bid to unseal even more court records tied to the FBI's unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, asking a federal judge to make public more details about the records that were seized.

Officials from the Group of 20 major economies meeting on Wednesday for climate talks in Bali have been unable to agree a joint communique, amid objections over language used on climate targets and the war in Ukraine, two sources told Reuters.

Snap Inc said on Wednesday revenue growth in the third quarter is running at the slowest rate in the company's history, as high inflation, rising interest rates and a deteriorating economy continues to ravage the advertising industry.

Matthew Locher targeted girls with "mental health issues, including depression, suicidal thoughts, and anorexia."

No major injuries were reported following the spill.

Prosecutors requested that the accused be held behind bars without bail, but a judge instead set his bail at $100,000, according to reports.

Police said they had no information related to the incident, which suggested that no charges were laid out over what happened.

Toyota Motor Corp will boost its planned investment in a new U.S.

"They were arguing about which girlfriend had the least amount of chastity," the police chief said.

"It's very rare that a 22-year-old girl has no digital footprint," cops said, adding that it has raised suspicion that the missing case may involve a crime.

The father told deputies he accidentally shot his son. "You don't accidentally shoot your children three to four times in the head," the sheriff said.