SEOUL, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- "Squid Game" became the first South Korean show to top the U.S. Netflix charts this week, overtaking Sex Education Season 3, according to FlixPatrol, which tracks streaming data.

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The global semiconductor chip shortage will cost the automotive industry $210 billion in revenue this year, nearly twice the cost projected just a few months ago, consulting firm AlixPartners said Thursday.

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Nectar-eating bats that get most of their nutrition from banana plantations in Costa Rica boast less diverse gut microbiota than their peers living and eating in natural forest habitat.

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Kelly Clarkson released "Christmas Isn't Canceled (Just You)," the lead single from her forthcoming album, "When Christmas Comes Around..."

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- About 350,000 workers in the United States have filed new unemployment claims, the Labor Department said in its weekly report Thursday, a level more than most analysts expected.

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Shawn Mendes discussed climate change and how his generation views it while appearing on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."

A nanobody made by llamas, which is also produced by camels, could eventually be produced in a lab and administered by a nasal spray, binding tightly to the COVID-19 virus and neutralizing it, researchers say.

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- "Only Murders in the Building" stars Martin Short and Steve Martin discussed late "SNL" alum Norm Macdonald on "The Tonight Show."

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Norway on Thursday became the first developed Western nation to raise key interest rates in the COVID-19 era, signaling a recovery in the Scandinavian country and a possible harbinger of more nations to follow.

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Leaders from Cuba, Iraq, Libya and Italy are scheduled to speak Thursday on the third day of the General Debate at the 76th United Nations General Assembly.

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Melvin Van Peebles, an influential director, actor and father of filmmaker Mario Van Peebles, has died at the age of 89.

Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens and Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals lead UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler's top 20 fantasy football quarterback rankings for Week 3.

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- September marks the end of the summer sea ice melt season and the Arctic sea ice minimum, when sea ice over the Northern Hemisphere ocean reaches its lowest extent of the year.

Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Christian McCaffrey, Derrick Henry and Austin Ekeler lead UPI senior sports writer Alex Butlers top 30 fantasy football running back rankings for Week 3.

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Austin Meadows hit a three-run homer and Tampa Bay Rays pitchers held a powerful, Vladimir-Guerrero-Jr-led lineup to just four hits to beat the Toronto Blue Jays and clinch a postseason berth in their 153rd game of 2021.

Sept. 21 (UPI) -- DeAndre Hopkins of the Arizona Cardinals and Tyler Lockett of the Seattle Seahawks lead UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler's top 50 fantasy football wide receiver rankings for Week 3.

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A U.N. authority to Myanmar says military forces that have taken over the Asian nation are abducting family members -- including young children -- as a tactic to compel fugitives to give themselves up.

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Bryan Danielson and AEW World Champion Kenny Omega collided in a dream match on night one of AEW Grand Slam.

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Atlanta Braves outfielder Adam Duvall appeared to hit his 40th home run of the season, but the hit was ruled a single due to an odd base-running error during a win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

During the spiders' annual mating season, thousands of the hairy, brown creatures can be found scurrying across the rocky surface of La Junta, Colo.