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Greece: Oxygen-starved fish dying in drought-hit lake
Tens of thousands of dead fish have been found on the banks of a lake in northern Greece after high temperatures and drought conditions caused a...3m ago![Dead fish lie on the shores of Koroneia Lake in northern Greece, on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Tens of thousands of dead fish are washing up as the water level has plummeted to less than a meter deep (three feet) and the lack of oxygen in the water is]()
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Facebook CEO visits lawmakers amid push for tech oversight
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with lawmakers in Washington to discuss regulation of the tech industry, including the companies' collection...3m ago![Mark Zuckerberg]()
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Huawei debuts phone without Google apps as US sanctions bite
Huawei is launching a new flagship smartphone that will run on the Chinese tech giant's own version of Google's Android operating system because of...20m ago![Visitors take pictures of new devices of China's smartphone manufacturer Huawei during an event in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)]()
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How to navigate new privacy features in Apple iPhone update
Apple's iOS 13 software update comes with plenty of privacy enhancements _ but you need to resist the urge to keep saying "yes."1h ago
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From DNA, scientists create skull of Neanderthal cousin
Scientists say they've constructed the skull and other features of a mysterious, extinct cousin of Neanderthals1h ago![This image provided by Hebrew University in Jerusalem shows a statue reconstruction of a juvenile female Denisovan based on a skeletal profile reconstructed from ancient DNA methylation maps. Scientists say they’ve recreated a skull and some other fe]()
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California looks for ways to preserve environmental clout
The Trump administration has decided to stop California from setting its own emission standards for cars and trucks, and that move would undermine the...2h ago![Phil Ting]()
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Correction: Bolivia-Tiwanaku Vessels story
Correction: Bolivia-Tiwanaku Vessels story3h ago![An archeologist shows a recently excavated pre-Hispanic vessel at the Kalasasaya temple in the ancient city of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Bolivian archaeologists will present the findings of a recent discovery of ancient vessels un]()
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Sep 18
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Rare California trout species returns to native habitat
For the first time in nearly a century, a California trout species is swimming in a mountain creek that is its native habitat _ marking a milestone...Sep 18![This undated photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife shows a Paiute cutthroat trout. For the first time in nearly a century, the California trout species will swim in a mountain creek that is its native habitat, marking a maj]()
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Sep 18
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Prosecutor son's job prompts turning over telescope arrests
To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, the Hawaii attorney general's office will take over the prosecution of protesters arrested for...Sep 18![File - In this July 17, 2019, file photo, officers from the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources arrest protesters, many of them elderly, who are blocking a road to prevent construction of a giant telescope on a mountain that some Native H]()
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Welcome to Orcland: Lord of the Rings to film in New Zealand
Amazon has announced it will film its upcoming television series "The Lord of the Rings" in New Zealand, marking a return of the orcs, elves and...Sep 18![FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2012, file photo, a giant sculpture of Gollum, a character from]()
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg heads to Washington
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be in Washington Thursday to meet with lawmakers and talk about internet regulationSep 18![Mark Zuckerberg]()
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Judge, Dragon Con co-founder accused of criminal trespass
A grand jury has indicted a Georgia judge, along with a co-founder of DragonCon and two others, after prosecutors accused them of illegally accessing...Sep 18![FILE - This undated booking photo released by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, shows Ed Kramer. A grand jury has indicted a Georgia judge, along with Kramer a co-founder of DragonCon, and two others, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, after prosecuto]()
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Feds propose major habitat protections for killer whales
U.S. protections for the waters that a group of endangered orcas call home could soon expand beyond the Seattle area to encompass much of the West...Sep 18![FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2014, file photo, an endangered female orca leaps from the water while breaching in Puget Sound west of Seattle, Wash. Habitat protections for an endangered population of orcas would be greatly expanded under a proposal to be]()
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Sep 18
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Facebook still auto-generating Islamic State, al-Qaida pages
Whistleblower's complaint shows that Facebook has inadvertently provided extremist groups Islamic State and al-Qaida with a networking and recruitment...Sep 18![Pages from a confidential whistleblower's report obtained by The Associated Press, along with two printed Facebook pages that were active on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, are photographed in Washington. Facebook likes to say that its automated systems rem]()
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Sep 18
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NASA manager casts doubt on 2024 moon landing by astronauts
A top NASA manager is casting doubt on the space agency's ability to land astronauts on the moon by 2024Sep 18![This August 2019 photo released by NASA, shows the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Kenneth Bowersox, acting associate administrator for human exploration, is casting dou]()
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Sep 18
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AP-NORC Poll: Americans somewhat confident in climate fight
A new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Americans have a mix of confidence and pessimism when it comes...Sep 18![AP POLL CLIMATE CHANGE OPTIMISM]()
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Comcast tries to bolster streaming gadget by dropping fee
As big entertainment companies prepare to launch their new streaming services, Comcast is trying to bolster Flex, its Roku-like streaming bundle, by...Sep 18![In this Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 photo, an Xfinity Flex device is displayed in Philadelphia. As big entertainment companies prepare to launch their new streaming services, Comcast is trying to bolster Flex, its Roku-like streaming bundle, by dropping i]()
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AP Photos: Night fishing in moonlit sea in eerie silence
Spearfishing at night in Jamaica is illegal, especially in the sanctuaries set up to protect the island country's endangered coral reefs and replenish...Sep 18![Nicholas Bingham]()
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Facebook slashes price, size of Portal video call gadget
Facebook is slashing the price and the size of the Portal, its screen and camera-equipped gadget for making video calls with friends and family as it...Sep 18![In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, new Facebook Portal products are displayed during an event in San Francisco. At left being demonstrated is the Portal Mini and at right is Portal TV. Facebook is slashing the price and the size of the Port]()
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Sep 18
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Oprah and Prince Harry team up for documentary series
Plus, Amazon is offering an upgraded version of their music service, and HBO lands “The Big Bang Theory” for $600 million.Sep 18![VIDEO: Oprah and Prince Harry team up for documentary series]()
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Sep 17
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South Korea downgrades Japan trade status as dispute deepens
South Korea has gone ahead with plans to drop Japan from a list of countries receiving fast-track approvals in trade in a tit-for-tat reaction to...Sep 17
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University of California to dump fossil fuel investments
The University of California is dumping fossil fuel investments from its nearly $84 billion pension and endowment funds, calling them a financial riskSep 17
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Coral gardeners bring back Jamaica's reefs, piece by piece
After a series of disasters in the 1980s and 1990s, Jamaica lost 85% of its once-bountiful coral reefs and its fish population plummeted. But today,...Sep 17![CORAL GARDENING]()
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Apple awards $250 million to supplier of glass for iPhones
Apple on Tuesday deepened its ties with a Kentucky manufacturing plant by awarding $250 million to support Corning Inc.'s continued work to develop...Sep 17![FILE - This Oct. 22, 2018, file photo shows the iPhone XS, from left, iPhone XR, and the iPhone XS Max in New York. Apple on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, deepened its ties with a Kentucky manufacturing plant by awarding $250 million to support Corning In]()
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Sep 17
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Facebook to name first oversight panel members by year-end
Facebook says it expects to name the first members of a quasi-independent oversight board by year-endSep 17![Mark Zuckerberg]()
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AP Photos: Saving Jamaica's coral, an undersea labor of love
The tropical turquoise waters near the coast of Jamaica are beautiful and inviting, but they disguise the devastation that lurks beneathSep 17![Everton Simpson]()
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Voting system components stolen from Atlanta election site
Two machines used to check voters into their voting location as part of Georgia's election system have been stolen from an Atlanta precinctSep 17
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Researchers: AI surveillance is expanding worldwide
A new report says a growing number of countries are following China's lead in deploying artificial intelligence to track citizensSep 17![FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2019, file photo commuters walk by surveillance cameras installed at a walkway in between two subway stations in Beijing. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace released a report Tuesday, Sept. 17, that found at least]()
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Sep 17
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Facebook to train AI systems using police video
Facebook will work with law enforcement organizations to train its machine learning technology to recognize videos of violent events as part of a...Sep 17![FILE - In this March 17, 2019, file photo a police officer stands guard in front of the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, where one of two mass shootings occurred. Facebook will work with law enforcement organizations to train its m]()
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Sep 17
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Scientists discover the 'most massive neutron star ever detected'
It weighs more than 2 times the mass of our sun, but is only 18 miles wide.Sep 17![PHOTO: Artist impression of the pulse from a massive neutron star being delayed by the passage of a white dwarf star between the neutron star and Earth.]()
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NBC's 'Peacock' to join the streaming fray in April
Comcast's NBCUniversal says its upcoming streaming service will be called Peacock, in an homage to NBC's logo, and will be the home for some of the...Sep 17![FILE - This Dec. 3, 2009, file photo, the NBC Universal logo hangs on a building in Los Angeles. Comcast’s NBCUniversal says its upcoming streaming service will be called Peacock, in an homage to NBC’s logo, and will be the home for some of the compa]()
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Sep 17
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Facing US ban, Huawei emerging as stronger tech competitor
Facing ban on access to U.S. technology, Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei is showing it increasingly can do without American components and...Sep 17![In this Aug. 21, 2019, photo, a Huawei research engineer holds up a coated screw designed to reduce signal interference at the Huawei Materials lab in Dongguan in Southern China's Guangdong province. Facing a ban on access to U.S. technology, Chinese]()
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Sep 16
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Some CBD vapes contain street drug instead of the real thing
The CBD product on the shelf of your local store might not actually contain the popular cannabis extract. An Associated Press investigation has found...Sep 16
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Yada yada yada: Netflix to air 'Seinfeld' starting in 2021
Netflix says it will start airing episodes of the popular television comedy 'Seinfeld' starting in 2021Sep 16![SEINFELD DREYFUS RICHARDS]()
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Agency could keep Three Mile Island nuclear debris in Idaho
The partially melted reactor core from the worst nuclear accident in US history could remain in Idaho for another 20 years if regulators finalize a...Sep 16![FILE - This May 11, 2015 file photo shows nuclear waste stored in underground containers at the Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho. Federal authorities want to store the partially melted core from one of the United States' worst nuclea]()
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Security firm: Data breach exposes millions of Ecuadorians
A cyber security firm says it discovered a serious flaw in a computer server that exposed the personal data of millions of EcuadoriansSep 16
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Brad Pitt asks astronaut: Who was better? Clooney or me?
Actor Brad Pitt asks real-life astronaut: Who played better movie spaceman? Clooney or me?Sep 16![Brad Pitt, Nick Hague]()
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Big global climate protests on Friday get union support
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to join worldwide demonstrations this week ahead of a U.N. climate summit in New York, as unions and some...Sep 16![Youth Climate]()
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First commercial space hotel expected to open by 2025
A company is catering to people's fascination with space by planning to build an enormous hotel for tourist who want to experience life beyond Earth's...Sep 16![PHOTO: A company is catering to people's fascination with space by planning to build an enormous hotel for tourist who want to experience life beyond Earth's atmosphere.]()
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Sep 16
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German industrial designer Luigi Colani dies at 91
Luigi Colani, a renowned German industrial designer, has diedSep 16![Luigi Colani]()
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Vapes spiked with illegal drugs show dark side of CBD craze
An Associated Press investigation finds a dark side to the booming CBD industry, as some people cash in by substituting dangerous synthetic marijuana...Sep 16
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How the Associated Press collected information on CBD vapes
Lab testing by The Associated Press and by law enforcement authorities shows a dark side to the boom in sales of the cannabis extract CBD. Some people...Sep 16
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AP investigation: Vapes spiked with illegal and dangerous synthetic marijuana show dark side of CBD craze
AP investigation: Vapes spiked with illegal and dangerous synthetic marijuana show dark side of CBD crazeSep 16
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Sep 15
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Virtual reality used to highlight uranium contamination
Activists are using virtual reality technology to focus on areas of the Navajo Nation hit by uranium contaminationSep 15![FILE - In this Tuesday, April 17, 2007 file photo, Cheyenne Yazzi hugs her puppy while her mother, Selina, pulls weeds in their backyard in Churchrock, N.M. Activists are using virtual reality technology to focus on areas of the Navajo Nation, like C]()
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Sep 14
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Germany's Merkel faces decisive week on climate protection
Germany faces a decisive week in its efforts to combat climate change, with Chancellor Angela Merkel pledging Saturday that Europe's biggest economy...Sep 14![German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds her bag as she arrives for a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)]()
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Estonia plans to restrict govt use of Huawei 5G technology
Estonia, which is among Europe's most wired and technologically advanced nations, is set to restrict the use of equipment and technology from Chinese...Sep 14![FILE - In this July 30, 2019, file photo a woman walks by a Huawei retail store in Beijing. The U.S. government gave chipmakers and technology companies a 90-day extension to sell products to technology giant Huawei. China has criticized Washington's]()
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Climate change protests hit Frankfurt as auto show opens
Thousands of people are demonstrating in Frankfurt to demand more action against climate change as the German city's auto show opens to the public,...Sep 14![Demonstrators ride their bikes on a highway in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. About 20 000 cyclists took part in a protest star ride against the government's transport policy on occasion of this year's IAA Auto Show.(AP Photo/Michael P]()
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Sep 13
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Disney CEO departs Apple's board with video showdown looming
Walt Disney CoSep 13![Robert Iger, Bob Iger]()
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