May 17 (UPI) -- Authorities said a teenage boy died and his sister was injured at a Jersey Shore beach on Tuesday when a large hole they were digging collapsed, trapping the siblings under sand.

May 17 (UPI) -- Actress Amber Heard finished testifying Tuesday in the defamation trial brought by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

May 17 (UPI) -- A Claude Monet painting of the Grand Canal in Italy sold at auction Tuesday for $56.6 million, the highest one of his Venice paintings has fetched, Sotheby's in New York announced.

May 17 (UPI) -- A Michigan Court of Claims judge issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday against the state's 1931 abortion ban, in case Roe vs. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

May 17 (UPI) -- The United States will ease some sanctions against Venezuela, allowing U.S. and European oil companies to negotiate to resume services in the South American country.

May 17 (UPI) -- Netflix laid off 150 employees Tuesday as the streaming giant faces subscriber losses, slower revenue growth and a shareholder lawsuit.

May 17 (UPI) -- House Democrats introduced legislation Tuesday to help address the country's ongoing shortage of baby formula.

May 17 (UPI) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 431 points on Tuesday following a seven-week losing streak.

Mysterious World War I-era railroad tracks hidden in the Atlantic Ocean? It's not quite the plot of a thriller, but rather an actual discovery found along a beach in Cape May, N.J., in the wake of a storm last week.

May 17 (UPI) -- A fertilizer shortage is just one part of a confluence of factors behind rising food prices across the United States, as the Biden administration continues looking for financial solutions for the agriculture industry.