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"She said she wanted to choke us, and she wanted to kill herself," the 5th-grade student said.

California continues to battle one of the worst droughts in the state in several years.

Airbus and Qatar Airways return to court on Friday as a contractual and safety dispute over A350 passenger jets descends into a tug-of-war over confidential documents while the sums at stake in their unprecedented falling-out top $1.5 billion.

British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng cut short his trip to Washington to return early to London on Friday, where pressure is mounting for the new government to scrap an economic policy that unleashed turmoil on financial markets.

The new batch of stimulus checks comes after California sent out 700,000 inflation relief payments on Oct. 7.

It "looked similar to a flare in the sky," said Lincoln City Police Department.

Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his conduct in his $44 billion takeover deal for Twitter Inc, the social media company said in a court filing released on Thursday.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty on Thursday to a single count of harassment under an agreement with prosecutors sparing him any jail time while disposing of a criminal case that stemmed from allegations by several women of sexual misconduct.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday turned down Novartis' bid to block the launch of generic versions of the company's blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya in a dispute with China's HEC Pharm Co Ltd and other generic drugmakers.

Venezuelan migrants stranded on the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday worried they might never reach the United States after a bilateral deal this week sought to put a lid on a recent sharp increase in crossings by the South Americans.

The congressional committee investigating the Jan.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump's bid to have an independent arbiter vet classified documents that were seized by the FBI from his Florida home as part of his legal battle against investigators probing his handling of sensitive government records.

The Supreme Court rejected former President Donald Trump's request to intervene in his case stemming from an alleged mishandling of documents.

The families of the victims of the Parkland school shooting are disappointed by the jury's decision to avoid the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz

Education icon and advocate Jean McGuire was stabbed Tuesday in a Boston park. McGuire, 91, fought her attacker and is recovering at a local hospital.

The two professional fishermen caught cheating in an Ohio fishing tournament were charged with three felony counts and a misdemeanor.

Netflix Inc said on Thursday it will introduce a streaming plan with advertising for roughly $7 per month in November, a move to attract new subscribers after the company lost customers in the first half of the year.

U.S. grocery company Kroger Co is in talks to merge with smaller rival Albertsons Companies Inc in a tie-up that would create a supermarket titan, people familiar with the matter said.

Saudi Arabia rejected as "not based on facts" criticism of an OPEC+ decision last week to cut its oil production target despite U.S.

A federal prosecutor on Thursday urged jurors to convict Nikola Corp founder Trevor Milton of fraud, calling him a "con man" who lied about the low-emission vehicle company to defraud ordinary investors.

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion to bar former President Trump and his businesses from moving assets to a holding company, amid lawsuit.

U.S. President Joe Biden's hopes that his party would head into the midterm elections with inflation receding were dashed on Thursday when the final report ahead of the November vote showed prices rising more than expected.

The Federal Reserve is seen delivering another large interest-rate hike in three weeks' time and ultimately lifting rates to 4.75%-5% by early next year, after a government report showed inflation remained stubbornly hot last month despite a historically fast pace of Fed rate rises so far this year.

President Vladimir Putin touted Turkey on Thursday as the best route for redirecting gas supplies to the European Union after Nord Stream pipeline leaks, while Western nations focused on efforts to cut energy consumption.

Moscow has submitted concerns to the United Nations about an agreement on Black Sea grain exports, and is prepared to reject renewing the deal next month unless its demands are addressed, Russia's Geneva U.N.

Liubov Palii was sitting at her computer when the lights went off in her one-bedroom apartment after Russian strikes pummelled Ukraine's energy network.

To curb illegal immigration, the US announces a joint program with Mexico.

Hadyne Wilson had disappeared on Sept. 29, and was found on Oct. 12.

The blaze set off the school's fire safety alarm, after which the school staffers notified the authorities.