China says it exchanged data with NASA on far side landing
BEIJING (AP) — China exchanged data with NASA on its recent mission to land a Chinese spacecraft on the far side of the moon, the...
DNA of wolf declared extinct in wild lives on in Texas pack
DALLAS (AP) — Researchers say a pack of wild canines found frolicking near the beaches of the Texas Gulf Coast carries a substantial amount of...
Iran satellite fails to reach orbit in US-criticized launch
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian satellite-carrying rocket blasted off into space Tuesday, but scientists failed to put the device into orbit in a launch...
CERN lays out vision for next-generation particle collider
GENEVA (AP) — Scientists behind the world’s largest atom smasher have laid out their multibillion-euro vision to build an even bigger one, in hopes of...
Australian state to pump oxygen into rivers as fish die
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian state government on Tuesday announced plans to mechanically pump oxygen into lakes and rivers after hundreds of thousands of...
Antarctica is losing ice 6 times faster today than in 1980s
WASHINGTON (AP) — Antarctica is melting more than six times faster than it did in the 1980s, a new study shows. Scientists used aerial photographs,...
Lights, camera, action! Tumbling space snowman in film debut
WASHINGTON (AP) — The tumbling space snowman is making its out-of-this-world film premiere. Scientists from NASA’s New Horizons mission on Tuesday released the first stitched...
Northridge quake thrashed Los Angeles 25 years ago this week
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twenty-five years ago this week, a violent, pre-dawn earthquake shook Los Angeles from its sleep, and sunrise revealed widespread devastation, with...
German official says neighbors closely watching coal debate
BERLIN (AP) — A senior German official says neighboring countries are closely watching Germany’s political debate on phasing out the use of coal. Brandenburg governor...
Teach kids about climate change? This state might require it
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A legislative proposal in Connecticut would mandate instruction on climate change in public schools statewide, beginning in elementary school. Connecticut already...
World's permafrost gets warmer; Siberia rises the most
BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say the world’s permafrost is getting warmer, with temperatures increasing by an average of 0.3 degrees Celsius (0.54 Fahrenheit) over a...
Boat with 300 migrants arrives in Spain after week at sea
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish aid boat carrying over 300 migrants rescued at sea arrived in Spain on Friday, ending a weeklong journey across the...
Japan shows video of alleged radar lock-on by SKorea warship
TOKYO (AP) — Japan released video footage Friday it said proved a South Korean warship locked its fire-control radar onto a Japanese warplane off the...
Syria military says it entered flash-point Kurdish-led town
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s military announced Friday it entered the flash-point Kurdish-held town of Manbij and raised the national flag there, where Turkey has threatened...
Weather hampers efforts to inspect Indonesia tsunami volcano
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Bad weather and a massive ash column hampered efforts to assess whether Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano island could trigger another deadly...
Syria military says it entered flashpoint Kurdish-held town
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s military announced Friday that it entered the flashpoint Kurdish-held town of Manbij, where Turkey has threatened an offensive, and raised the...
Yellow vest protests target French Riviera presidential fort
PARIS (AP) — A small group of yellow vest protesters has tried to enter the grounds of a presidential fortress on the French Riviera, but...
Pakistani police detain suspects in politician's killing
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A senior Pakistani police officer says officers have detained suspects in the murder of a former lawmaker assassinated last week in...
AP Interview: Congo leader warns of Ebola vote 'disaster'
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s leader is blaming a deadly Ebola virus outbreak for the last-minute decision to keep an estimated 1 million voters from...
Macedonian president urges rejection of Greece name deal
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonia’s president has urged parliament to reject a deal with Greece under which his country would amend its constitution and change...
Israeli media: Acclaimed author Amos Oz dies at 79
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli media say renowned Israeli author Amos Oz has died at the age of 79. Oz, author of novels, prose and a...
Thousands demonstrate in Sudan against Bashir's rule
CAIRO (AP) — Thousands are demonstrating Friday in a string of neighborhoods of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, calling for President Omar Bashir to step...
Italy's premier insists budget deal not dictated by EU
ROME (AP) — Italy’s premier denied Friday that the country’s new budget was dictated by the European Commission, saying that he held firm on key...
German gets 6 years for running darknet site used to buy gun
BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany has sentenced a 31-year-old man to six years imprisonment for running a web forum where illegal goods were...
Need some milk? Driverless cars start delivering groceries
The nation’s largest grocery chain stepped into the driverless delivery market Tuesday, bringing milk, eggs and other items to a customer’s home in a vehicle...
Germany tightens checks on foreign investment plans
BERLIN (AP) — Germany tightened the rules Wednesday on foreign investments in some sectors, including the media, lowering the threshold at which it can consider...
Social media and misinformation: It's a game of whack-a-mole
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a high-stakes game of whack-a-mole with no end in sight. Social media companies are fighting an expensive and increasingly complex...
Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal
LONDON (AP) — Uber pledged Wednesday to challenge a U.K. Court of Appeal decision that drivers should be classed as workers rather than self-employed employees,...
Consumer groups allege Google misleads kids in FTC complaint
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly two dozen consumer, privacy and public health groups are urging U.S. regulators to investigate whether children are being endangered by...
Facebook purges more Myanmar accounts for misrepresentation
BANGKOK (AP) — Facebook has announced its third and biggest purge of military-linked accounts in Myanmar, where critics have charged that the social network did...
Elon Musk's new tunnel 'a little rough around the edges'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides...
US cybersecurity firm: Hackers stole EU diplomatic cables
LONDON (AP) — Hackers have spent years eavesdropping on the diplomatic communications of European Union officials, a U.S. cybersecurity firm said Wednesday, an operation disrupted...
Report: Facebook shared private messages with partners
Facebook gave some companies more extensive access to users’ personal data than it has previously revealed, letting them read private messages or see the names...
DC sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia sued Facebook on Wednesday for allowing data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly access data from as many as...
UN climate talks inch forward, appear headed for overtime
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Agreement on the fine print of the Paris climate accord drew closer Thursday, three years after countries sealed the landmark deal...
Weather agency chief: I've never briefed Trump on warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the government agency that monitors climate change says that in nearly two years he has never discussed the issue...
States cite climate worries in push to stop US coal sales
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Four states that say burning coal will hurt their residents as it makes climate change worse are trying to stop the...
Former nicotine research monkeys now at primate sanctuary
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — More than two dozen monkeys that were test subjects in nicotine addiction research denounced by British primatologist Jane Goodall have been...
Congress OKs bill to allow killing sea lions to help salmon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Congress has agreed to make it easier to kill sea lions threatening fragile runs of salmon in the Northwest. Oregon Public...
The Latest: Climate delegate: 'What's the point?' of talks
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — The Latest on the U.N. climate talks in Poland and other climate news (all times local): 8:45 p.m. The head of...
Renewed battle over using fetal tissue in medical research
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers clashed over science, ethics and politics at a House hearing Thursday on using fetal tissue in critically important medical research, as...
Record number of Mexican gray wolves found dead in 2018
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Wildlife managers have confirmed a record number of Mexican gray wolves have been reported dead this year, fueling concerns about the...
Scientists scour WWI shipwreck to solve military mystery
WASHINGTON (AP) — A hundred years ago, a mysterious explosion hit the only major U.S. warship to sink during World War I. Now the Navy...
Virgin Galactic tourism rocket ship reaches space in test
MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Virgin Galactic’s tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California’s Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time...
Draft agreement emerges at UN climate talks, pitfalls remain
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Negotiators at the U.N. climate meeting in Poland are gathering to discuss the first comprehensive draft agreement to emerge after almost...
North Carolina woman given wrong lottery ticket wins $277K
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman who was given the wrong lottery game ticket is celebrating that mistake. The N.C. Education Lottery said...
Grinch steals Christmas from nuns, but they get it back
COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — The Little Sisters of the Poor have a theory about how they got Christmas back from the Grinch who stole half...
Court: Man put clothes, ID on stand-in corpse in $2M scheme
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man accused of faking his own death seven years ago to collect a $2 million life insurance policy arranged for...
Steer too beefy to become burgers reprieved to life on farm
LAKE PRESTON, Australia (AP) — Knickers the steer is huge on the internet — for being huge. The black-and-white Holstein Friesian won social media fame...
Teen freed after being stuck in vault at abandoned bank
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a teen has been freed after spending more than three hours in the vault of an abandoned Florida bank....