A court in Hong Kong resumed the closing arguments in the criminal trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai on charges of sedition and collusion with foreign powers.

The Cleveland Browns signed former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Isaiah Bond to a three-year, $3.018 million contract, agent Damien Butler announced Monday.

"The Diplomat," a political thriller starring Keri Russell and Allison Janney, will return on Netflix in October. Bradley Whitford joins the Season 3 cast.

Air Canada flight attendants continued their strike Monday after an order to return to work by the Canadian government. The union has defied the order.

Emergency responders in Connecticut were called to a playground for an unusual rescue when a 40-year-old man became wedged inside the middle of a tube slide.

A surfer in New South Wales, Australia, was able to return to shore without injury after his board was chomped in half by a suspected great white shark.

Omaha's Deng Mayar, a 22-year-old forward who recently transferred from North Dakota, died during a weekend drowning in Herriman, Utah, police announced.

The Outer Banks in North Carolina are under evacuation warning as Hurricane Erin whips up potentially 20-foot high waves and flooding along the east coast.

K-pop group Monsta X released a single and music video for "Do What I Want," a song from its forthcoming EP, "The X." The album is set for release Sept. 1.

Victor Robles took out his frustration from being hit by a pitch by launching his bat at pitcher Joey Estes, resulting in his ejection from a minor league game.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a critic of the vaccine court, calling it "biased" against compensating people, slow and unfair.

The Australian government announced Monday that Google must pay after having admitted to making monopolistic preinstallation deals with Android manufacturers.

Just hours after their preseason matchup, the Jacksonville Jaguars traded center Luke Fortner to the New Orleans Saints for defensive tackle Khalen Saunders.

Model Hailey Bieber shared on Instagram a cute photo of her with baby son Jack Blues Bieber. It has already gotten nearly 1.8 million "likes."

"House of Guinness," a new historical drama series from Steven Knight, the creator of "Peaky Blinders," is to premiere on Netflix Sept. 25. Anthony Boyle stars.

Filmmaker Edgar Wright and actors Guy Pearce and Lou Diamond Phillips took to social media to express their grief over the Sunday death of actor Terence Stamp.

The United States and South Korea kicked off their annual summertime joint military exercise on Monday, amid efforts by Seoul to improve relations with North Korea.

It was fillies on parade in weekend horse racing, with She Feels Pretty, Nitrogen and Velocity crossing the finish lines first in Canada, the United States.

Jakarta's Kamisan protesters hold vigils, demanding justice for human rights abuses and resisting government's attempt to reshape Indonesia's official history.

Fan fiction is being embraced by publishers, with three new "Dramione" titles -- stories pairing Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger -- hitting shelves this year.

Ja'Marr Chase, Bijan Robinson and Saquon Barkley lead UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler's annual Top 200 fantasy football player rankings for 2025.

Bolivia is headed to a presidential run-off election between a center-right politician and a right-wing candidate after voters on Sunday rejected another term of the Movement for Socialism.

Hurricane Erin's outer bands were beginning to lash the southeast Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands early Monday after regaining Category 4 strength overnight.

On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was ratified by Tennessee.

Actor Kaitlin Olson turns 50 and actor Christian Slater turns 56, among the famous birthdays for Aug. 18.