Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A Venezuelan attorney general announced Friday that two former members of U.S. Special Forces have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for taking part in a raid to oust President Nicolás Maduro.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Firefighters set controlled fires Saturday to clear vegetation around the Apple Fire, which has spread to more than 32,400 acres in Southern California.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Jerry Sheridan has secured the Republican nomination in the race for Maricopa County sheriff in Arizona, defeating Joe Arpaio in a bid to get his old job back.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Hospitalizations and deaths due to the novel coronavirus continued to increase in Florida this week while school districts in Georgia grappled with positive cases among students and staff.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Beirut police fired tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday toward thousands of protesters calling for government accountability for this week's explosions at a port that killed over 150 people.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A suicide bombing killed at least nine people and injured nearly 20 Saturday when the bomb-laden car detonated at the gates of a Somali military base, security officials and witnesses said.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger filed for an appeal this week of her murder conviction for shooting neighbor Botham Jean last year.

After a refreshing stretch of cooler weather across much of the Plains and Midwest in recent days, building heat and humidity across the region will provide fuel for thunderstorm development this weekend.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- An outbreak of salmonella linked to onions has sickened hundreds more people in dozens of states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Hulu has ordered second seasons of "Taste the Nation" and "Love, Victor."

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court has dissolved an injunction on four Arkansas laws imposing new requirements to obtain an abortion.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- "The Great" actress Elle Fanning is set to star in Hulu's fact-based drama, "The Girl From Plainville."

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Aviation experts said Saturday that they previously raised concerns about the safety of the runway at Kozhikode Calicut International Airport before an India Air plane crashed there, killing 18 people.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Daniel Dae Kim, Paul Dano, Rosemarie DeWitt, Aaron Eckhart and Taylor Schilling are to lead the voice cast of AMC's first animated drama, "Pantheon. "

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Japan has hit a new daily record of coronavirus cases.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Singer and actress Selena Gomez has signed on to star in and executive produce the Hulu comedy series "Only Murders in the Building."

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards will not take place indoors at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., as planned because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Crews have recovered the remains of seven Marines and one sailor who died more than a week ago when their amphibious assault vehicle sank off the coast of California, the U.S. Marines said.

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Pop star Taylor Swift's "Folklore" is the No. 1 album in the United States.

Not all face masks are equally effective, a new study finds. N95 masks without valves are most effective, researchers say, followed by surgical masks. Cotton masks also stop a lot of droplets from normal speech.