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  • Sri Lanka blocks social media after deadly attacks

    A group that monitors internet censorship says Sri Lankan authorities have blocked most social media services in the country following attacks that...

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  • Stolen pickup truck strikes, kills Uber passenger in Oregon

    Portland police say a man driving a speeding, stolen truck crashed into a sport-utility vehicle, killing an Uber passenger

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• Apr 21

  • Biologist study finds mercury in predator peregrine falcons

    Not even Earth's fastest bird can escape mercury contamination.

    Apr 21

• Apr 20

  • SpaceX capsule suffers 'anomaly,' smoke seen for miles

    Officials say SpaceX's new capsule for astronauts suffered an "anomaly" during a routine engine test firing in Florida, causing smoke to be seen for...

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • Doctor-services firm says private data of patients exposed

    Physician-services company EmCare says a breach exposed personal information about some patients

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • George Zimmerman banned from Tinder dating app

    Tinder cited users safety as a reason for removing George Zimmerman's profile.

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • British cyber expert pleads guilty to creating malware

    A British cybersecurity researcher credited with stopping a worldwide computer virus in 2017 has pleaded guilty to developing malware to steal banking...

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • Tesla wants to cut size of board from 11 directors to 7

    Tesla proposes to cut its board from 11 directors to 7 in a move the car maker says will make the group more nimble

    Apr 20

• Apr 19

  • Post-mortem upgrade: Hurricane Michael now Category 5 storm

    Hurricane Michael was actually stronger than initially measured when it devastated a swath of the Florida Panhandle last fall

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Oklahoma City bombing 'Survivor Tree' DNA to live on

    Oklahoma City is using science and technology to sustain the DNA of a tree symbolizing hope 24 years after the deadliest act of domestic terrorism on...

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Bobcat survives deadly California wildfire, has 4 kittens

    Wildlife officials say a young bobcat captured and collared a day before a massive, deadly wildfire has given birth to four kittens

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Report: FTC considering oversight of Facebook's Zuckerberg

    Washington Post says discussions between Facebook and Federal Trade Commission officials about the company's data-handing lapses have touched on...

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Ancestry pulls slavery-era ad after backlash

    Ancestry.com is apologizing after an ad for the DNA testing company that showed a white man and black woman discussing escaping to the North during...

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • The Latest: Florida mayor not surprised Michael was a Cat 5

    The mayor of the Florida city that was ground zero for Hurricane Michael says he isn't surprised by news that it's been reclassified as the strongest...

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Climate change and pollution delay move of captive dolphins

    An aquarium in Maryland has been looking to build a refuge in the tropics for its captive dolphins

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Drunk on smoke: Notre Dame's bees survive cathedral blaze

    Hunkered down in their hives and drunk on smoke, Notre Dame's smallest official residents _ some 180,000 bees _ somehow managed to survive the inferno...

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Mark Zuckerberg faces criticism over Facebook's data lapses

    Plus, Uber introduces new safety features and Blackberry Messenger will expire at the end of May.

    Apr 19

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• Apr 19

  • Private cargo ship brings Easter feast to the space station

    NASA packed pork chops with gravy, potatoes au gratin and lemon meringue.

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • Facebook gathered data from 1.5 million unwitting users

    The company also admitted that "millions of Instagram" users' passwords were stored in plain text.

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• Apr 19

  • Toyota, SoftBank fund, Denso invest $1 billion in Uber

    Japan's top automaker Toyota, auto parts maker Denso and internet company SoftBank's investment fund are investing $1 billion in car-sharing Uber's...

    Apr 19

• Apr 19

  • How does a Central American migrant caravan form?

    How does a Central American migrant caravan form?

    Apr 19

• Apr 18

  • Groundbreaking Indian Ocean science mission reaches an end

    Groundbreaking Indian Ocean science mission ends in quest to document little-known frontier

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Chem professor on leave after Nazi gas chamber exam question

    Middlebury College says a chemistry professor who asked students in a written exam to calculate the lethal dose of a poisonous gas used in Nazi gas...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • America's 1st female astronaut candidate, Jerrie Cobb, dies

    America's first female astronaut candidate, pilot Jerrie Cobb, has died at 88

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • IPO mania: Zoom zooms, Pinterest pins down Wall Street

    Zoom, Pinterest soar beyond IPO prices in market debut

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Musk, SEC get another week to reach deal in contempt case

    Lawyers for Tesla CEO Elon Musk and U.S. securities regulators are getting another week to negotiate a deal to keep Musk from being found in contempt...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Arizona lawmakers OK ban on cellphone use while driving

    The small list of states that allow either texting while driving or hand-held cellphone use is shrinking after the Arizona House on Thursday...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • New Mexico panel surprises Facebook with $39M utility bill

    A powerful regulatory authority in New Mexico is requiring the state's largest utility to bill Facebook $39 million for a new transmission line...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • 2 Zooms soared after the IPO: Did you buy the wrong one?

    Investors on Thursday pounced on their first chance to buy a stake in Zoom Video Communications, but have mistakenly bought shares in the delisted...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Facebook says more Instagram passwords exposed than thought

    Millions more Instagram users were affected by a password security lapse than parent company Facebook had acknowledged nearly four weeks ago

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Assange friend jailed by Ecuador says case will collapse

    A Swedish programmer friendly with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he's confident the allegations that have him jailed in Ecuador lack substance...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Israeli team investigating 'chain of events' in lunar crash

    The Israeli start-up behind last week's failed lunar landing says that it is still investigating a malfunction that that caused the spacecraft to...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Southern California tickled by tiny tremors every 3 minutes

    Scientists went looking for tiny earthquakes in Southern California and found 1.8 million of them over a decade

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Droplets of water released by meteoroid strikes found around moon

    Their observations confirm water lurks in the moon's subsoil, not just at poles.

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Facebook bans several UK far-right groups and individuals

    Facebook says it has banned several British far-right groups and their leaders for spreading hatred

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Wild bee species critical to pollination on the decline

    The declines hitting honeybees are also hitting other species of bee.

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Google: Android users get browser, search options in EU case

    Google says EU Android users getting choice of browsers, search apps as it complies with antitrust ruling

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Samsung's foldable phone breaks as reporters test it

    Samsung to inspect phone units as reports indicate the phone broke or became dented just two days after use.

    Apr 18

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• Apr 18

  • Drones, supercomputers and sonar deployed against floods

    Drones, super-computers and sonar that scans deep underwater are helping to maintain flood control projects _ and predict where rivers will roar out...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Australia officials work with social media to safeguard poll

    Australian electoral authorities say they have for the first time set up a cybersecurity task force and are working with social media companies to...

    Apr 18

• Apr 18

  • Some of Samsung's new folding phones are already breaking

    Several journalists say their new Samsung folding phones are breaking after just a couple of days

    Apr 18

• Apr 17

  • Pinterest prices public offering at $19 per share

    Pinterest set the price for its stock at $19 per share Wednesday evening, putting it on track to raise more than $1.4 billion

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • California dispute threatens plan to protect Colorado River

    A dispute between two major California water agencies is threatening to derail a hard-won agreement designed to protect a river that serves 40 million...

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Tick, tick, tick: Alaska braces for invading parasites

    Alaska health and wildlife officials are taking steps to track undesirable parasites showing up in the state

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Scientists spur some activity in brains of slaughtered pigs

    Scientists restored some activity within the brains of pigs that had been slaughtered hours before

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Space station shipment launched from Virginia seashore

    Fresh grocery shipment is on its way to the International Space Station after launching from Virginia

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • The sneaky ways wasps and spiders fight

    It's all about strategy.

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Meteor seen blazing through skies over East Coast

    Residents along the East Coast have reported seeing a meteor blazing across the nighttime sky

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • Undercover spy targeted Kaspersky critics

    AP Exclusive: Mysterious operative haunted critics of Russian firm Kaspersky Lab

    Apr 17

• Apr 17

  • US astronaut to spend 11 months in space, set female record

    NASA astronaut will spend nearly a year aboard the International Space Station, setting a record for women.

    Apr 17