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) -- 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.

July 17 (UPI) -- Canadian retailer Couche-Tard Inc has announced its withdrawal from its buyout proposal to acquire Seven and I Holdings Co for $47 billion on Thursday.

July 17 (UPI) -- Several people are dead and an investigation is underway after a fire destroyed a five-story shopping mall in Iraq on Wednesday evening.