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Twitter reports a revenue drop, citing uncertainty over Musk deal and the economy

Twitter's revenue for the quarter fell short of expectations. The social network cited uncertainty about Elon Musk's acquisition and advertisers worried about the economy.

Ukrainian servicemen lay flowers at the site of a Russian shelling in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, on Friday. Russian missiles struck the city on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and injuring more than 100 others, Ukrainian officials said.

Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (July 18)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In a new legal filing, three Maryland State Police troopers allege that the state law enforcement agency has a longstanding track record of racial discrimination toward employees of color.

Maryland State Police troopers allege racial discrimination in a new lawsuit

The 40-page class-action lawsuit alleges the state's law enforcement agency has a history of engaging in systemic discrimination against its officers of color.

U.S., European Diplomats Urge Nicaragua's President To Speak With Opposition Groups

Top level U.S. and European diplomats are visiting Nicaragua urging its president to return to a national dialogue with opposition groups. The pleas come at a time of crackdown on press and protests.

The petition calling for the return of the ancient Egyptian works states, "The presence of these artefacts in the British Museum to this day supports past colonial endeavors of cultural violence and deprives Egypt as the country of origin of not only the physical return of these objects, but also of their important role as Egyptian cultural heritage that spans a millennia of rich history."

Egyptians call for the return of the Rosetta Stone and other ancient artifacts

People calling for the repatriation of the ancient tablet and other items say the continued display of the objects in European institutions ignores a history of colonialist looting and exploitation.

After surviving a ballot-stuffing attempt, 747 — whose ID number fittingly echoes a jumbo jet — vanquished the upstart female 901, seizing the 2022 Fat Bear Week championship.

Fat Bear Week emerges from scandal to crown a new champion

The enormous 747 withstood a challenge from 901 — a young upstart female whom the park describes as "occasionally mischievous." The park says its virtual ballot box was stuffed in Sunday's semifinal.

A painting of multicolored dots by artist Damien Hirst burns at the Newport Street Gallery in London on Tuesday as part of his project "The Currency." For it, he released a collection of 10,000 NFTs, each one corresponding to a physical artwork. Buyers could either keep the non-fungible token, in which case the painting would be burned, or keep the painting, in which case they would lose the NFT.

Damien Hirst just burned 1,000 of his paintings and will soon burn thousands more

As part of his project "The Currency," Damien Hirst released a collection of 10,000 NFTs, each one corresponding to a physical artwork. Buyers could keep either the non-fungible token or the painting.

There's a spike in respiratory illness among children — and it's not just COVID

Sick kids are crowding emergency rooms in parts of the country and some pediatric hospitals say they're running out of beds.

Rescuers had to rig a rope system to bring the injured hiker across the river to the parked helicopter.

A train passenger saw a woman waving for help. It was a hiker who'd been missing

An injured hiker was trapped in the Colorado wilderness with a broken leg for two days. She was rescued after a train passenger spotted her frantically waving from the other side of a river.

A woman struggling with early-onset Alzheimer's got a moment of grace while shopping

Joe Arrigoni is the full-time caretaker for his wife Joani who has early onset Alzheimer's disease. A shopping trip on a particularly difficult day led to a moment of grace that Joe remembers.

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