NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein returns to court Thursday, seeking to get his latest sex crime conviction thrown out because anger and apprehensions flared among jurors during deliberations last spring.
It’s the latest convoluted turn in the former…

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein returns to court Thursday, seeking to get his latest sex crime conviction thrown out because anger and apprehensions flared among jurors during deliberations last spring.
It’s the latest convoluted turn in the former…

Scott Parker’s struggling side held their own and came close to more goals on a few occasions themselves, despite United dominating the shooting statistics (30 total shots to seven, 10 on target to one) and nearly winning it late on when…

Nick TriggleHealth correspondent
Getty ImagesChristmas gatherings may have caused a resurgence in flu and other winter viruses, NHS leaders say.
Figures show that the average number of patients in hospital beds in England with flu last week hit…

From exercising more and changing jobs to taking up a new skill or making more time for friends, the new year is full of resolutions for many of us, but one that can feel particularly intimidating is learning to…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Google and artificial intelligence chatbot maker Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida mother who alleged a chatbot pushed her teenage son to kill himself.
Attorneys for the two tech companies…
BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) — Chinese stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.07 percent to 4,082.98 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.51 percent lower at 13,959.48 points.
The combined turnover of these two indices totaled 2.82 trillion yuan (about 402 billion U.S. dollars), down from 2.85 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.
Stocks related to the commercial aerospace sector as well as brain-computer interfaces and AI applications led the gains, while those related to insurance, securities companies, lithium mining and precious metals experienced declines.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China’s Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, fell 0.82 percent to close at 3,302.31 points.
However, the STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China’s sci-tech innovation board, closed 1.14 percent higher at 1,766.57 points. ■

Donald Trump plans to use Venezuela’s vast crude reserves to establish control of most of the western hemisphere’s oil in an attempt to drive the market price down to about $50 (£37) a barrel, according to reports.
The US president has…

Mpox virus particles (purple) seem to be spreading more easily between people.Credit: NIAID/SPL
As mpox continues to spark localized outbreaks in Africa and, on occasion, in other parts of the world, researchers are racing to understand how the…