A zone from the central Plains to parts of the Mississippi and Ohio Valley to the Appalachians will be in the crosshairs of repeated downpours and the likelihood of flash flooding into next week, weather forecasters say.

July 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate approved the judicial nominations of Emil Bove and Jeannine Pirro. Democrats walked out of the meeting when they weren't allowed to speak.

July 17 (UPI) -- Peru's Congress has passed a law granting "humanitarian" amnesty to nearly 900 military and police officers convicted or facing charges for rights violations .

July 17 (UPI) -- Paramedics in Little Rock, Ark., came to the rescue of a hungry raccoon that ended up with its head stuck inside an empty Campbell's Chunky Soup can.

July 17 (UPI) -- Uber announced a partnership to deploy 20,00 or more robotaxis in a deal with Nuro and Lucid, on Thursday.

July 17 (UPI) -- Tomorrowland music festival is still on after a fire destroyed the main stage, the festival announced on Thursday.

SEOUL, July 17 (UPI) -- S. Korean chemical giant OCI Holdings said that subsidiary OCI TerraSus and Japan's Tokuyama would build a semiconductor-grade polysilicon factory in Malaysia.

July 17 (UPI) -- Yuliia Svyrydenko is the new prime minister of Ukraine after being confirmed Thursday by the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.

July 17 (UPI) -- Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested that changes to the Transportation Security Administration's restrictions on liquids in carry-on bags at airports may be made.

July 17 (UPI) -- Two people were killed Thursday and a priest was among several people injured, four of them seriously, in what appeared to be an Israeli attack on Gaza's only Catholic church.