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  • Monsanto weed killer ruling is 1st step in long legal battle

    Monsanto's parent company vowed Tuesday to press on with its nationwide legal defense of its best-selling weed killer after a San Francisco judge...

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  • Experts caution study on plastics in humans is premature

    Scientists say they've detected tiny bits of plastic in people's stool.

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  • Yahoo to pay $50M, other costs for massive security breach

    Yahoo to pay $50 million in damages, provide free credit monitoring in latest fallout from huge security breach

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  • Twitter removes accounts linked to Alex Jones, Infowars

    Twitter says it has removed accounts linked to Alex Jones and Infowars

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  • Facebook beyond Facebook? Instagram, Messenger step up

    When Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion back in 2012, it seemed like a big gamble for the social media giant on an unproven little app

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  • Walmart makes improvements to third-party marketplace

    Walmart to offer free two-day shipping, simplify returns on its third-party marketplace to better compete with Amazon

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  • Desperate & duped? GoFundMe means big bucks for dubious care

    Research shows crowdfunding for dubious, potentially harmful treatment for cancer and other ailments raised nearly $7 million over two years

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  • Top scientists say Brexit could hurt research across Europe

    Top scientists from around Europe are warning that Brexit could leave Britain and the European Union "more insular," harming research across the...

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  • MoviePass to be jettisoned by parent company

    MoviePass, the struggling discount movie ticket subscription service, is being spun off by its owner

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  • How to know when a hurricane is coming and other key facts to know

    Here are some of your questions on hurricanes, answered by ABC News experts.

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  • Instagram is now the most popular social media platform among teens

    Plus, Uber may deliver food by drone sooner than you think, and it's national iPod day.

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  • Science Says: Sex and gender aren't the same

    Amid political uproar, doctors say birth certificates can't tell the whole story: Gender and sex aren't always the same thing

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  • iPhone XR makes the right trade-offs for a cheaper price

    Apple's new iPhone XR is a budget choice over the top-of-the-line XS. You're trading off a high-resolution screen and a better zoom camera for a...

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  • Young climate activists say their lawsuit should go to trial

    A group of young activists suing the U.S. government in a high-profile climate change lawsuit say the case poses important constitutional questions...

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  • NYPD suspends use of body camera model after 1 explodes

    The New York City Police Department has suspended the use of a body camera after one exploded

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  • UK government accused of lack of action on Russian fake news

    The chair of an influential British parliamentary committee says the government has failed to take seriously the threat posed by Russia and other...

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  • Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe joins exodus from Facebook

    Oculus co-founder leaves Facebook as exodus to acquired talent expands

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  • Netflix to borrow another $2B to pay its programming bills

    Netflix to take on another $2 billion debt to help pay for more exclusive shows

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  • Elon Musk says his transit test tunnel close to completion

    Elon Musk says he's planning to offer the public free rides through a tunnel he bored under a Los Angeles suburb to test a new type of transportation...

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  • Lioness at Indianapolis Zoo kills her longtime mate

    The Indianapolis Zoo is trying to determine why a lioness killed her mate

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  • Medtronic co-founder who created wearable pacemaker dies

    Earl Bakken, an electronics repairman who created the first wearable external pacemaker and co-founded one of the world's largest medical device...

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  • UK supermarket Morrisons faces payouts in data leak

    Britain's Court of Appeal says that supermarket chain Morrisons is liable for compensation claims for thousands of staff whose personal data was...

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  • Elon Musk's hyperloop takes a big step forward

    A 2-mile test tunnel for the transportation project will open Dec. 10.

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  • OECD predicts unsustainable rise in use of raw materials

    The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is warning that the world's consumption of raw materials will rise sharply, putting greater...

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  • AP Exclusive: Stephen Hawking's wheelchair, thesis for sale

    AP Exclusive: Auction of Stephen Hawking possessions includes complex scientific papers, iconic wheelchair and a script from 'The Simpsons'

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  • Trump space force - a real need but hazy planning

    President Donald Trump has injected urgency into a long-meandering debate over the best way to protect US space interests with demand for space force

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  • Japanese Nobel chemistry laureate Shimomura dies at 90

    Japanese-born Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died at age 90

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  • Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries

    On the edge of the Third Pole, a retreating glacier draws tourists and worries over climate change

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  • Climate fund approves $1B for projects in poor countries

    Officials say a U.N.-backed fund has approved more than $1 billion for 19 new projects to help developing countries tackle climate change

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  • Snake names honor Darwin, fire god, Louisiana professor

    A Louisiana biologist is in heady company these days, honored by having a newly identified species of snake named after him

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  • Is there interference in the 2018 US midterm elections?

    Is there interference in the 2018 US midterm elections?

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  • Europe, Japan send spacecraft on 7-year journey to Mercury

    European and Japanese space agencies say an Ariane 5 rocket has successfully lifted a spacecraft into orbit for a joint mission to Mercury, the...

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  • Russian woman charged in first 2018 election meddling case

    U.S. charges Russian woman in the first case involving meddling in the 2018 elections.

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  • The Latest: Russian woman charged with US election-meddling

    A Russian woman has been charged with interfering in American elections, including next month's midterms, through a social media effort aimed at...

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  • Hackers breach HealthCare.gov system, get data on 75,000

    A government computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov was hacked earlier this month, compromising the sensitive personal data of some 75,000...

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  • US temporarily stops youth climate lawsuit days before trial

    The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a high-profile climate change lawsuit brought by young activists who accuse the federal government of...

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  • The Latest: Supreme Court stalls youth climate change case

    The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a high-profile climate change lawsuit that 21 young activists brought against the federal government

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  • Laureates in Spanish awards call for action to "save future"

    Voicing wake-up calls for new generations to save cinema, oceans and journalism, film director Martin Scorsese, marine biologist Sylvia A. Earle and...

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  • Oldest Brazilian fossil found in debris of National Museum

    One of the most prized possessions of Brazil's National Museum has been found amid debris after a massive fire on Sept. 2 sent the building up in...

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  • Facebook recruits EU veteran to help with tougher scrutiny

    Facebook has hired former U.K. deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to head its global policy and communications teams, enlisting a veteran of European...

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  • Spain considers new taxes on internet companies

    Spain's Socialist government wants to introduce new taxes on big internet companies and on financial transactions as a way of paying for improved...

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  • Louisiana university gives Smithsonian crustacean collection

    A Louisiana university is giving the Smithsonian Institution an extensive crustacean collection that has been used to identify seafood mislabeled as...

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  • Russia to build two-reactor nuclear plant in Uzbekistan

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and the president of Uzbekistan have agreed that Russia will build the ex-Soviet republic's first nuclear power plant

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  • Europe, Japan ready spacecraft for 7-year journey to Mercury

    The BepiColombo spacecraft will blast into orbit from French Guiana late Friday.

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  • China says ex-Internet czar on trial over corruption charges

    China's former internet censor is standing trial over corruption allegations

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  • Melinda Gates speaks on smoothing the shift to digital age

    Melinda Gates speaks to AP about foundation-supported effort to smooth the shift to the digital age, ensuring the jobs lost to robots and artificial...

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  • Australia lawyers' group: Draft cyber laws would curb rights

    Australian lawyers' group say proposed cybersecurity laws to force companies such as Facebook and Google to help police by unscrambling encrypted...

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  • Facebook's election 'war room' takes aim at fake information

    Facebook gears up 'war room' to combat potential abuses of its social network heading into major elections in Brazil, US

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  • What's next for Paul Allen's big investments? It's not clear

    What's next for Paul Allen's technology, research and philanthropy commitments? It's not clear

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