July 24 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday denied a request by ABC News and George Stephanopoulos asking to toss out a defamation lawsuit brought on by former President Donald Trump.

July 24 (UPI) -- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday signed a bill banning the "gay panic" or "trans panic" legal defenses.

July 24 (UPI) -- Ayden Burt, a 28-year-old Texas high school coach, was randomly shot and killed in a rooftop bar while attending a San Antonio conference just after midnight Tuesday.

July 24 (UPI) -- Meta said Wednesday it has removed 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria in a sextortion crackdown.

July 24 (UPI) -- French authorities said on Tuesday that they arrested a Russian man for allegedly conspiring with "foreign powers" to destabilize the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Paris.

July 24 (UPI) -- Nick Manning attempted two Guinness World Records involving underpants during the "America's Got Talent" Season 19 auditions.

July 24 (UPI) -- A Missouri woman found out she was a lottery winner by the surprised expression on a clerk's face.

July 24 (UPI) -- From the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting Wednesday Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the United States is committing up to $667 million for the global Pandemic Fund through 2026.

July 24 (UPI) -- A report released Wednesday by a New Zealand commission said that many who received care in its state-run and faith-based institutions suffered "widespread" abuse at the hands of staff from the 1950s to 2019.

July 24 (UPI) -- Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi promised Chinese would to work to get a ceasefire in Ukraine and restore peace negotiations in his first meeting with Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday.