May 19 (UPI) -- The S&P 500 fell 0.58%, placing it about 18% from its record high and on the brink of bear market territory Thursday.

May 19 (UPI) -- New York's highest court is expected to rule in the case of Happy, an Asian female elephant at the Bronx Zoo, to determine if she should be free from unlawful captivity similar to humans.

May 19 (UPI) -- Oklahoma's legislature has approved a bill that bans almost all abortions beginning at fertilization. It would be the strictest abortion law in the country.

May 19 (UPI) -- Wildfires throughout New Mexico have led the U.S. Forest Service to partially or fully shutter three national forests in the northern and western parts of the state.

May 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. House on Thursday passed a bill to prevent gasoline price gouging without a single Republican vote in favor. The vote was 217-207.

May 19 (UPI) -- A Michigan man serving a life sentence for a 1986 Port Huron murder has hit another roadblock in a 30-year-fight to overturn his conviction.

May 19 (UPI) -- Republican and Democratic senators introduced legislation on Thursday aimed at trying to break apart Google's online ad business dominance.

May 19 (UPI) -- A House panel convened a hearing Thursday to examine the presidential clemency system, just days after a group of lawmakers demanded information on a backlog of 17,000 people who are seeking relief under the process.

May 19 (UPI) -- TikTok is rolling out new tools for users to tag and credit the content originators who inspired them.

Getting a COVID-19 shot after you've been infected could reduce your risk of developing prolonged COVID-19 symptoms, or so-called long COVID, according to a new study.