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  • Seattle to open smoke shelters for 'new normal' summer fires

    After subsequent years marked by thick smoke hanging over the city from summer wildfires, Seattle officials say they will retrofit five city...

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  • Old spy images reveal Himalayan glaciers are melting fast

    Himalayan glaciers are melting twice as fast as they did 40 years ago, scientists discover thanks to Cold War era satellite images

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  • Facebook's currency Libra faces financial, privacy pushback

    Correction: Facebook-Digital Currency-Obstacles story

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  • Scientists record singing by rare right whale for first time

    Federal scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have recorded singing by a rare right whale for the first time

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• Jun 19

  • City pays $600K ransom to save computer records

    A Florida city agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at...

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Survey sees biggest US honeybee winter die-off yet

    US beekeepers report their worst winter yet for honeybees, losing nearly 38% of colonies

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Website documents histories of Georgetown-owned slaves

    A genealogical organization with the help of a Georgetown University graduate has launched a website that traces the histories of hundreds of black...

    Jun 19

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  • US CEO donates $188 million to study ethics and AI

    Stephen Schwarzman is the CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Survey: Owners having problems with driver-assist systems

    As auto companies continue to fix buggy touch-screen infotainment systems, a survey of new-vehicle buyers has found there's a different technology...

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Delayed Kentucky internet project faces new squirrel setback

    A project that would bring high-speed internet across Kentucky will be delayed because company representatives say an "abundance" of squirrels have...

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Samsung note event announced

    Plus, Netflix claims its new film "Murder Mystery" has broken viewing records, and the first Bentley hybrid is on the way.

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• Jun 19

  • Israel holds large military drill amid US-Iran tensions

    Israel holding largest military drill in years, with troops simulating a future war with Hezbollah

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Polar bear spotted in Russian city, far from normal habitat

    Environmentalists say wild animals are suffering from the receding ice.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Tasty deals: Apps help find unsold food and reduce waste

    In Germany, growing numbers of people are using modern technology such as phone apps to help reduce food waste in an effort to cut down on...

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • New study to examine feeding habits of Cape Cod great whites

    Researchers on Cape Cod are launching a new study focused on the hunting and feeding habits of the region's great white sharks following last year's...

    Jun 19

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• Jun 18

  • Facebook's currency Libra faces financial, privacy pushback

    Facebook's plan to create a digital currency used across the world is already raising concern with financial regulators and privacy experts

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Google puts up $1B to ease housing headaches it helped cause

    Google will pour $1 billion into trying to solve a problem that it helped create

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Twice burned: Winklevii overshadowed by Zuckerberg yet again

    Twice burned: Winklevii overshadowed by Zuckerberg yet again

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • The Latest: Lawmaker wants Facebook to suspend currency plan

    The head of the House Financial Services Committee wants Facebook to suspend plans for a new currency until Congress and regulators are able to study...

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Facebook plans its own currency for 2 billion-plus users

    The social media giant is announcing a cryptocurrency called Libra.

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • MoneyGram's shares more than double on deal with Ripple

    MoneyGram shares more than double on deal with cryptocurrency company Ripple

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • US air quality is slipping after years of improvement

    The last two years the nation had more polluted air days than a few years ago.

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • These female fish get sad if you stick them with a tank partner they don’t like

    Female convict cichlid fish turned into pessimists when separated from partners.

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • AP Explains: Behind Libra, Facebook's new digital currency

    A look at Libra, Facebook's new digital currency

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Google Calendar experiencing outage, company says

    Google techs are investigating an issue with Google Calendar.

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Facebook launches new digital currency

    The currency, called Libra, will bring blockchain-based payments to the mainstream.

    Jun 18

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• Jun 18

  • Facebook announces Calibra, for Libra network

    Calibra will work in concert with Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, and as a standalone app, Facebook announced in a blog post.

    Jun 18

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• Jun 18

  • Facebook announces Calibra, a subsidiary for Libra cryptocurrency

    Libra, the cryptocurrency, is similar to bitcoin.

    Jun 18

• Jun 17

  • Oregon Democrats rally behind cap-and-trade emissions plan

    Oregon is on the precipice of becoming the second state after California to adopt a cap-and-trade program

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • The Latest: Oregon House approves progressive climate policy

    The Oregon House has approved an economywide cap-and trade-program

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • Is Elon Musk closing troublesome Twitter account or teasing?

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Twitter twists take confusing new twist with tweet announcing his account's deletion

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • Climate talks held as Arctic ice melts, concerns grow

    Experts are meeting in Germany for ten days of U.N.-hosted talks on climate change amid growing pressure for governments to take faster action to curb...

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • Child death hike halts hospital's complex heart surgeries

    Complex pediatric heart surgeries will not be performed at North Carolina Children's Hospital because of an increase in patient deaths

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • Scientists take a peek behind those sad puppy dog eyes

    Those puppy dog eyes are hard to resist, and a new study suggests people may be partly to blame

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • Sources: US to question Assange pal jailed in Ecuador

    U.S. investigators have received permission from Ecuador to question a Swedish programmer close to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has been held...

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • Huawei founder says revenue will be billions below forecast

    Huawei's founder likened his company to a badly damaged plane Monday.

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • Domino's teams up with Nuro to test autonomous delivery

    Domino's teams up with self-driving startup Nuro to test autonomous delivery

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • JFK Library launches app to celebrate Apollo 11 mission

    The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing with a new app that helps users...

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • Target experiences technical trouble

    The retail giant had a malfunction that caused registers to go down for hours.

    Jun 17

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• Jun 17

  • Overflowing Great Lakes pose new threat for endangered bird

    Surging water levels are making matters worse for a Great Lakes shorebird that's already on the endangered list

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • Belgian dad pleas for help to find son missing in Australia

    A Belgian man says an encrypted phone message sent by his missing son could hold a clue to the 18-year-old tourist's disappearance from an Australian...

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • The Latest: Ren says of US-Huawei fight 'no one will win'

    Huawei's founder says it never occurred to the Chinese technology company that the U.S. government would be so determined to take extreme measures...

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • Huawei's founder says tech company was surprised by determination of U.S. to take 'extreme' measures against it

    Huawei's founder says tech company was surprised by determination of U.S. to take 'extreme' measures against it

    Jun 17

• Jun 17

  • Huawei founder likens company to badly damaged plane, says revenue will be $30 billion below forecast over next 2 years

    Huawei founder likens company to badly damaged plane, says revenue will be $30 billion below forecast over next 2 years

    Jun 17

• Jun 16

  • This national park is one of the most inaccessible – and most captivating

    Searching for dwarf foxes and cloud forests on California's Santa Rosa Island.

    Jun 16

• Jun 16

  • State waterfront owners asked to take dead whales

    So many gray whale carcasses have washed up this year that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries says it has run out of places...

    Jun 16

• Jun 15

  • Strong quake hits island chain off New Zealand; no tsunami

    A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck an arc of islands off New Zealand on Sunday, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says it may cause only minor...

    Jun 15

• Jun 15

  • Target's tech trouble clogs stores with long checkout lines

    A glitch stalled checkout lines at Target stores worldwide Saturday, exasperating shoppers and potentially eating into sales at a prime time for...

    Jun 15