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June 17 (UPI) -- Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Ivory Coast, returned to the country for the first time in 10 years on Thursday after he was acquitted of charges of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.

June 17 (UPI) -- A tropical storm warning was issued late Thursday afternoon for much of the U.S. Gulf Coast.

June 17 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a law formally making Juneteenth a federal holiday, saying that doing so was "one of the greatest honors" of his presidency.

June 17 (UPI) -- The 4th Infantry Division this month participated in the Army's first unmanned aircraft system threat training ahead of deployment to the U.S. Central Command region where they'll teach other soldiers.

June 17 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit alleging Nestle and Cargill aided and abetted child slavery in African cocoa farms, determining U.S. companies cannot be sued for such conduct on African farms.

June 17 (UPI) -- A St. Louis couple who waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters walking by their home last year pleaded guilty Thursday to assault and harassment charges.

June 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force seeks 160 new refueling tankers, and lawmakers are pushing for the Air Force to terminate its KC-46 contract with Boeing.

June 17 (UPI) -- A volunteer has found an Alaska hiker alive who was missing for over 35 hours.

June 17 (UPI) -- The House voted on Thursday to repeal the 2002 war authorization of military force against Iraq -- legislation that has been used to justify action on a range of groups since then.

June 17 (UPI) -- A Botswana mining company has found what it believes to be the world's third-largest diamond, a 1,098-carat gem shown off to President Mokgweetsi Masisi this week.

June 17 (UPI) -- Zambia's first president Kenneth Kaunda has died at age 97.

June 17 (UPI) -- Instagram launched global advertising Thursday on its short-form video TikTok competitor Reels.

June 17 (UPI) -- For the third time in recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an effort by a coalition of Republican-led states to invalidate the Affordable Care Act, voting to let the Obama-era health law stand.

ORLANDO, Fla., June 17 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched the latest updated satellite for the U.S. Global Positioning System on Thursday afternoon from Florida -- the first time a national security mission has launched on a previously-flown rocket booster.

June 17 (UPI) -- A Korean marathoner who won the gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics is being identified as Japanese at a Japan Olympic Museum exhibit.

June 17 (UPI) -- The Biden administration said Thursday it will invest more than $3 billion in the development and manufacturing of antiviral medicines to create an evolving line of coronavirus treatments.