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  • California farm region plagued by dirty air looks to Trump

    Officials at the San Joaquin Valley air district say they can't meet some federal standards, so they're seizing upon Donald Trump's election to wage a...

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  • Prominent digital drug marketplaces knocked out in 1-2 punch

    Justice Department officials are announcing a takedown of an internet marketplace for drugs, counterfeit goods, weapons and other illicit items

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  • Researchers in Cambodia find nest of rare riverine bird

    Wildlife researchers in Cambodia say they have found a breeding location for the masked finfoot bird, one of the world's most endangered, raising...

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  • An African village's monkey guardian draws researchers

    An African village's monkey guardian draws researchers who hope to protect animals elsewhere

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• Jul 20

  • 10-year-old boy trips over 1.2M-year-old fossil in desert

    A boy's misstep on a family hike in New Mexico has given the world a prehistoric wonder

    Jul 20

• Jul 20

  • China clamping down on use of VPNs to evade Great Firewall

    China clamping down on use of VPNs to evade internet controls

    Jul 20

• Jul 19

  • World's plastic waste could bury Manhattan 2 miles deep

    New study finds that production of plastic is soaring; three-quarters ends up as waste.

    Jul 19

• Japan

  Jul 19

  • Swimming robot probes Fukushima reactor to find melted fuel

    An underwater robot has entered a badly damaged reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, capturing images of the harsh impact of its...

    Japan

    Jul 19

• Jul 19

  • Amazon's new social network is looking a lot like Pinterest

    Amazon is launching a new social network aimed at getting its hardcore users to spend even more money with the e-commerce giant

    Jul 19

• Jul 19

  • SpaceX chief says 1st launch of big new rocket will be risky

    SpaceX chief says the first launch of its big new rocket will be risky with 'a real good chance' of failure

    Jul 19

• Jul 19

  • Facebook working on way to charge for reading news articles

    Facebook is launching a news subscription product to help publishers make money from the articles people share and read on its platform

    Jul 19

• Jul 19

  • Correction: John Glenn story

    Correction: John Glenn story

    Jul 19

• Jul 19

  • Russian man who helped develop Citadel malware gets 5 years

    A Russian man who helped develop and distribute malicious software designed to steal personal financial information has been sentenced to serve five...

    Jul 19

• Jul 19

  • Amazon isn't technically dominant, but it pervades our lives

    Amazon will bind its customers even more closely once it completes its $13.7 billion bid for the organic grocer Whole Foods.

    Jul 19

• Facebook

  Jul 19

  • Facebook blames glitch for shutdown of Catholic pages

    Facebook is blaming a technical glitch for knocking several Catholic-focused Facebook pages with millions of followers offline for more than a day

    Facebook

    Jul 19

• Jul 19

  • Man beats odds of catching blue lobster, donates to science

    A New Hampshire lobsterman joined an elite club after catching a rare blue lobster

    Jul 19

• Jul 19

  • Uber banned from operating in Czech Republic's number 2 city

    A court has banned again Uber from operating in Brno, the second largest Czech city in another step of the legal battle over the ride-sharing service

    Jul 19

• Google

  Jul 19

  • The return of Google Glass

    Two years after its life cycle, a new version of the technology will be released for companies and businesses.

    Jul 19

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• Jul 19

  • Cyberattack on Ukrainian clinics, pharmacies worries experts

    The cyberattack that ripped through Ukraine on June 27 disrupted operations at clinics and pharmacies, knocking out scanners and briefly leaving...

    Jul 19

• Jul 19

  • S. Korean earthquake expert funneled bribes through US banks

    Federal prosecutors say the director of South Korea's earthquake research center has been convicted in Los Angeles of laundering bribes

    Jul 19

• Jul 19

  • Afghan team among medal winners at global robotics event

    Teams left with medals in a variety of categories at an international robotics competition in Washington that attracted teams of teenagers from more...

    Jul 19

• Jul 19

  • Hi Bixby: Samsung phone's voice assistant now speaks English

    Samsung Electronics says Bixby voice assistant for smartphones will start speaking English but only in South Korea and the U.S.

    Jul 19

• Jul 18

  • Daimler to recall 3 million vehicles to ease diesel doubts

    German automaker Daimler says it is voluntarily recalling 3 million diesel cars in Europe to improve their emissions performance

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • Play

• Jul 18

  • Ready-to-cook meals from Amazon in bid to expand groceries

    Amazon has begun selling ready-to-cook meal packages for busy households in a bid to expand its groceries business

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • Feds to resume most whale disentanglement efforts

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it has reviewed safety protocols and is allowing its whale-disentanglement teams to resume...

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • Callista Gingrich casts Trump as guardian of the environment

    Callista Gingrich, Donald Trump's nominee for Vatican envoy, tells skeptical Democrats the president wants the U.S. to be an environmental leader even...

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • Ericsson plans more cost cuts as shares plunge after poor Q2

    Ericsson shares plunge after the Swedish mobile networks company reported a second-quarter loss of $120 million, with sales falling 8 percent, mainly...

    Jul 18

• Facebook

  Jul 18

  • Facebook has plans to expand New Mexico data center

    Social media giant Facebook is making good on plans to expand its high-tech data center already under construction in central New Mexico

    Facebook

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • Government defends decision to deny flounder fishing order

    The U.S. Department of Commerce says its secretary was right to reverse a decision about flounder fishing regulations that was made by an interstate...

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • First half of 2017 ranks 2nd hottest globally, behind 2016

    Earth sizzles to 2nd hottest first half of year on record, behind 2016

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • Boaters asked to slow down for whales off New England coast

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is asking boaters off the southern New England coast to slow down because of the presence of rare...

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • John Glenn memorial plans abound on July birth date

    Some plans to honor John Glenn didn't fly, but that hasn't stopped devotees of the late astronaut from pushing forward with other ideas.

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • Tribunal: Russia must pay damages for seizing protest ship

    An international tribunal has ordered Russia to pay damages and costs of nearly 5.4 million euros ($6.2 million) for unlawfully seizing a Greenpeace...

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • China users report WhatsApp disruption amid censorship fears

    Users of WhatsApp in China are reporting widespread service disruptions amid fears that the popular messaging service may be blocked at least...

    Jul 18

• Climate Change

  Jul 18

  • War-torn South Sudan at grave risk on climate change

    'Desperate people are destroying the environment:' South Sudan at grave risk on climate change

    Climate Change

    Jul 18

• Uber

  Jul 18

  • Uber adds tipping feature

    Customers now have the option to tip their Uber driver directly through the app.

    Jul 18

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• Jul 18

  • New Mexico professor seeks to save moon-landing sites

    A New Mexico State University anthropology professor is on a mission to save moon-landing sites

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • Brown, lawmakers celebrate bipartisan cap-and-trade victory

    California's signature initiative to fight global warming will get another decade of life

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • Samsung to recover rare metals, components in Galaxy Note 7s

    Samsung Electronics to recover gold and other metals, retrieve components from recalled Galaxy Note 7s to reduce waste after the fire-prone...

    Jul 18

• Jul 18

  • California lawmakers extend landmark climate change law

    California lawmakers have voted to extend the state's landmark law to combat climate change after hours of fraught debate and days of direct appeals...

    Jul 18

• Jul 17

  • The Latest: California Legislature passes cap-and-trade deal

    California lawmakers have voted to extend the state's landmark law to combat climate change

    Jul 17

• Jul 17

  • California lawmakers pass extension of landmark climate change law that Gov. Jerry Brown holds up as global model

    California lawmakers pass extension of landmark climate change law that Gov. Jerry Brown holds up as global model

    Jul 17

• Jul 17

  • Netflix still piling up viewers -- and big programming bills

    Netflix is pulling in new viewers in droves, but it has a long-term problem _ its acclaimed programming line-up is costing far more money than what...

    Jul 17

• Jul 17

  • Not a tweet storm, but a real storm coincidentally named Don

    The newest potentially dangerous swirl of hot air is a tropical storm named Don, but it has nothing to do with the president

    Jul 17

• Jul 17

  • Afghan girls robotics team competes after visa obstacles

    A robotics team of six girls from Afghanistan is competing in an international competition in Washington, after clearing visa obstacles that prompted...

    Jul 17

• Jul 17

  • Judge: Govt. asked Google for too much data in gender case

    An administrative law judge has ruled that Labor Department officials investigating gender pay bias had asked Google for data in a way that's too...

    Jul 17

• NASA

  Jul 17

  • NASA communications satellite damaged 3 weeks before launch

    NASA's newest communications satellite has been damaged, just three weeks before its planned August launch

    NASA

    Jul 17

• Jul 17

  • Somalia's internet returns after 3-week outage caused outcry

    Somalia's internet returns after 3-week outage caused outcry, hundreds of millions in losses

    Jul 17

• Jul 17

  • Astronaut Buzz Aldrin rolls out the red carpet for Mars

    The second person to walk on the moon rolled out the red carpet for the red planet

    Jul 17