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Investigators told the National Safety Transportation Board on Tuesday that they were unable to determine a cause for a fire that killed 34 aboard a dive boat off the coast of California last year.

An accommodation-finding website is offering Thanksgiving revelers the chance to get away for the week of the holiday on "Friendsgiving Island," a private island off the Florida coast.

Open windows and glass droplet screens placed in front of desks significantly reduce airborne transmission of COVID-19 in school classrooms, an analysis published Tuesday by the journal Physics of Fluid found.

A man who lost his wedding ring while hunting in Maine had the item returned to him when another hunter came across it eight years later.

Seven of the U.S. Space Force's first recruits had swearing-in ceremonies Tuesday to enlist in basic training.

The top commander of the U.S. Marine Corps in Europe and Africa, under investigation for his use of a racial slur, has been fired, the Corps said Tuesday.

The first live fire test of the MK 57 Vertical Launching System with a Standard Missile was executed successfully on the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range, Point Mugu, earlier this month.

The crew of the International Space Station plugged a longstanding air leak after locating the source with the help of a tea bag.

The crew of the International Space Station plugged a longstanding air leak after locating the source with the help of a tea bag.

First lady Melania Trump canceled plans to attend a campaign rally for President Donald Trump on Tuesday due to a "lingering cough" from her bout of COVID-19, her chief of staff said.

Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee and the human rights organization he started before he died filed a federal civil lawsuit in Washington, D.C., Tuesday against Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

A U.S. company captured the title of world's fastest production car when its latest model reached an average speed of 316.11 mph.

K-pop group Tomorrow X Together shared a preview of its video for "Blue Hour," the title track from its EP "Minisode 1: Blue Hour."

A Pennsylvania woman was reunited with her beloved cat five months after the feline was feared dead in a house fire.

Washington Football Team running back J.D. McKissic and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers are among UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler's top fantasy football waiver wire additions and drops for Week 7.

Bad Bunny, Karol G, Kany García, Alejandro Fernández, Pedro Capó and other stars will take the stage Nov. 19 during the Latin Grammy Awards.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx on Tuesday evening will attempt to nab a sample of dirt from asteroid Bennu to return to earth.

Free-to-play battle royale title "Apex Legends" will be launching its Halloween-themed Fight or Fright Event on Thursday, developer Respawn Entertainment has announced.

David James Redford, the son of Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker Robert Redford, has died of bile duct cancer of the liver. He was 58.

Treatment with the rheumatoid arthritis drug tocilizumab, sold as Actemra, reduces risk for death among hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 by about 30%, a study published Tuesday by JAMA Internal Medicine found.

"Shawn Mendes: In Wonder," a film about "Señorita" singer Shawn Mendes, will premiere Nov. 23 on Netflix.

The "Beetlejuice" Broadway musical will be opening in Seoul, South Korea, in June 2021.

Measures enacted to slow the spread of the new coronavirus also appeared to reduce hospitalizations for asthma, a new study finds.

California police said they have recovered a pair of pricey exotic lizards about a year after they were stolen from a reptile store.

Spencer Davis, who co-founded the 1960s beat band The Spencer Davis Group known for "Gimme Some Lovin'," died Monday.