May 24 (UPI) -- Dorothy's long-lost "Wizard of Oz" dress, worth up to $1.2 million, will not be auctioned Tuesday after a judge blocked the sale over a lawsuit filed by a woman claiming the dress belonged to her relative.

May 24 (UPI) -- A group of more than 80 senators led by Sens. Thom Tills, R-N.C., and Jean Shaheen, D-N.H., on Tuesday sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to expedite the process of allowing Sweden and Finland to join NATO.

May 24 (UPI) -- Southern Baptist Convention leaders announced plans Tuesday to release a secret list of hundreds of ministers and church personnel accused of sexual abuse, after a report found church leaders suppressed abuse claims.

May 24 (UPI) -- The congressional Naming Commission submitted its list Tuesday of suggested name changes for nine U.S. Army facilities named for Confederate leaders.

May 24 (UPI) -- The Nasdaq Composite fell 2.35% Tuesday as shares of Snap fell 43.08%, dragging down other major tech stocks on negative quarterly forecasts.

May 24 (UPI) -- An Iraqi citizen with suspected ties to the Islamic State was arrested in Ohio and charged with a plot to kill former President George W. Bush, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

May 24 (UPI) -- Stellantis announced a $2.5 billion joint venture with Samsung SDI to build the automaker's first electric vehicle battery plant in the United States. The plant in Kokomo, Ind., will create 1,400 new jobs.

May 24 (UPI) -- A team of bee removal experts were summoned to Louisiana's largest airport to remove more than 15,000 swarming insects that had taken up residence on a piece of equipment.

May 24 (UPI) -- Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki will join MSNBC this fall. The cable network announced Psaki's hiring Tuesday. Psaki will appear across all MSNBC programs and host a new streaming program on Peacock.

May 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. birth rate in 2021 was 1% higher than the year prior, the first increase in the figure since 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday.