July 19 (UPI) -- The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced Friday that they seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the same region where the United States says one of its ships shot down an Iranian drone earlier this week.

July 19 (UPI) -- National Weather Service staff in Nebraska illustrated the recent heat wave by baking a batch of biscuits inside a car.

An uptick in preterm births among Hispanic women occurred in the nine months after President Trump was elected, a new study found.

July 19 (UPI) -- A Scottish family vacationing on one of the country's islands found a message in the bottle launched from Maine about 21 years earlier.

July 19 (UPI) -- Willow Smith released a new self-titled album on Friday featuring a guest appearance from her brother Jaden Smith.

July 19 (UPI) -- Maximum Security returns in Haskell at Monmouth as Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga is delayed to Sunday because of heat.

July 19 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday upheld the legality of the Trump administration's short-term healthcare plans, which fall outside the requirements of the Affordable Care Act.

July 19 (UPI) -- Most of the science looking at gender among mammals has focused on physiological differences, but new research suggests many outward-facing differences -- like height and facial hair -- are rooted in gene expression.

July 19 (UPI) -- A Maine jury Wednesday convicted a 77-year-old man once deemed too old to be a continued threat by a judge with the death of a woman in 2018.

July 19 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin was awarded a $22.5 million modification to a prior contract for integration and delivery of the Aegis Baseline 9 weapons system.

July 19 (UPI) -- Brandon Routh is set to portray Superman once again in a DC Comics crossover event coming to The CW.

July 19 -- After a month of blistering heat waves across Europe, relentless rising temperatures in India and sweltering temperatures in Alaska, last month was the hottest June on record, a new report by the NOAA.

July 19 (UPI) -- Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce told UPI his team is "extremely motivated" after last season's AFC Championship loss to the New England Patriots, and Tyreek Hill is a "huge piece to the puzzle."

July 19 (UPI) -- Former New York Giants offensive lineman Mitch Petrus died Thursday of a heat stroke. He was 32.

July 19 (UPI) -- Shudder has released the first trailer for their upcoming horror anthology series, "Creepshow."

July 19 (UPI) -- Former Wanna One member Kang Daniel released clips from his mini-album, "Color on Me," following the K-pop group's disbandment.

July 19 (UPI) -- An Israeli-made anti-tank drone is under consideration for purchase by the U.S. Defense Department.

July 19 (UPI) -- A Chicago artist is developing a following using the streets as his canvas for mosaic art put to a practical use -- filling pot holes.

July 19 (UPI) -- China demonstrated a new anti-ship ballistic missile, with possible nuclear capabilities, last month, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief said.

July 19 (UPI) -- Billy Ray Cyrus and former Walker McGuire member Johnny McGuire shared the nostalgic new song "Chevys and Fords."