Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The Kentucky state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled to allow laws banning abortion in the state to remain in effect amid challenges from the state's abortion providers.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Thursday suspended Florida's Individual Freedom Act, likening the legislation to the TV series Stranger Things.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- An Idaho data marketing and analytics company is suing the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, alleging the agency threatened it with a lawsuit over its consumer-tracking capability, according to court documents.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin is reviving a Soviet-era "Mother Heroine" award for mothers who have 10 or more children.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The girls' bathroom at a Florida elementary school became a "wildlife zone" when a wandering opossum took up residence in the restroom.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A 44-year-old man was arrested Thursday in the London stabbing death of 87-year-old Thomas O'Halloran. Police said he is in custody on suspicion of murder. O'Halloran was stabbed Tuesday in west London.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The federal government will make 1.8 million doses of the monkeypox vaccine available for ordering as part of a series of actions to accelerate mitigation of the virus's outbreak in the United States.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Students in the U.K. saw their grades drop this year, the first time in three years students have taken exams because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Washington State University announced its corpse flower, a plant nicknamed after its signature stench, bloomed for the first time on the school's Vancouver campus.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Authorities in Italy hit two tourists with heavy fines for surfing along the famed Grand Canal in Venice, a stunt that upset the city's mayor.