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Google is planning to buy New York’s St.  John’s Terminal for $2.1 billion, making it the anchor of its Hudson Square campus

President Joe Biden is betting on millions more rapid, at-home tests to help curb the latest deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Johnson & Johnson says a booster dose to its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people receive a first dose

Several small earthquakes have shaken the Spanish island of La Palma off northwest Africa

The launch of iOS 15 will give some users the option to share health data directly with their doctors.

Twitter said Monday it will pay $809.5 million to settle a consolidated class action lawsuit alleging that the company misled investors about how much its user base was growing and how much users interacted with its platform

Young people are sharing their reactions to the investigation online.

A ransomware attack hit a cooperative of Iowa corn and soy farmers.

Officials are touting faint progress on money, but little on pollution at a United Nations world leader summit on climate change

Giant rivers of lava are tumbling slowly but relentlessly toward the sea after a volcano erupted on a Spanish island off northwest Africa

The head of the United Nations is warning of a potential new Cold War if the United States and China don't repair their relationship

Authorities say four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s Sequoia National Park

Computer-maker HP, consumer goods business Procter & Gamble and coffee capsule company Nespresso have joined a corporate pledge to sharply cut their greenhouse gas emissions over nearly two decades

The U.N.’s intellectual property agency says innovation marched forward last year despite the impact of the coronavirus outbreak

The company's latest operating system for iPhones and iPads offers new features like the ability to Facetime Android users.

A volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma has erupted after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of residents

Spanish scientists say the volcano on La Palma island in the Canary Islands Atlantic archipelago has erupted

Iron-laden nutrients in algae were seen thousands of kilometers away.

Officials in both the U.S. and the European Union are struggling with the same question

A trailblazing tourist trip to orbit has ended safely with a splashdown in the Atlantic

SpaceX's 1st tourists splash down in the Atlantic off Florida after 3 days in orbit

Aluminum wraps designed to protect homes from flames are getting attention as wildfires burn in California

California wildfires have burned into at least four groves of gigantic ancient sequoias in national parks and forests

Cambodia’s prime minister has boasted of barging uninvited into a video conference call hosted by his political opponents

A Pakistan resident has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a conspiracy to “unlock” phones from AT&T's network, a scheme that the company says cost it more than $200 million

SpaceX's first private crew is taking in sweeping views of Earth that few have witnessed

Jacobo Rendon knows dozens of birds by name and grew up drawing them

A trio of Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after a 90-day stay aboard their nation’s first space station in China’s longest mission yet

Chinese regulators have set up a platform that allows the public to report on gaming companies they believe are violating restrictions on online game times for children

Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 90-day stay aboard nation's space station in China's longest mission yet

Elsewhere, two California fires that have caused extensive destruction.

With a wildfire no longer threatening Lake Tahoe, residents, tourists and scientists drawn to its clean alpine air, clear blue waters and fragrant pine trees now wonder about the long-term effects that remain

Facebook has removed nearly 150 accounts and pages linked to anti-lockdown demonstrators in Germany Thursday under a new policy focused on addressing groups that work together to spread harmful content

An earthquake swarm in Spain’s Canary Islands has put authorities on alert for a possible volcanic eruption

Oregon farmers who grow 60% of the world’s carrot seed have been without irrigation water for weeks as drought ravages the American West

Chinese state media say an earthquake destroyed homes, killed at least three people and injured dozens in the southwestern province of Sichuan

Account holders can use Microsoft's authenticator app or Windows Hello, which uses a fingerprint or facial recognition for access.

The crew's capsule will parachute to a location in the Gobi Desert.

It is expected to be the farthest any civilian has traveled from Earth.

Chinese state media say an earthquake collapsed homes, killed at least 2 people and injured dozens in Sichuan province

The four people on SpaceX's first private flight are fairly ordinary, down-to-Earth types brought together by chance

SpaceX launches four amateurs on a private flight to circle Earth for three days.

SpaceX is on the verge of blasting a billionaire into orbit with his two contest winners and a health care worker who survived childhood cancer

Tesla has sidestepped car dealership laws by setting up shop on Native American land for the first time

An Australian man who pleaded guilty to securities fraud for cheating investors in his cryptocurrency fund of over $50 million has been sentenced to over seven years in prison

Los Angeles County’s board of supervisors voted unanimously on Wednesday to phase out oil and gas drilling and ban new drill sites in the unincorporated areas of the county

Tesla has sidestepped car dealership laws by setting up shop on Native American land for the first time

The retail giant is partnering with Ford and Argo AI to test out new driverless technology for deliveries.

U.S. government advisers will debate Friday if there’s enough proof that a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective

Federal officials have approved a plan that calls for cutting nontribal salmon fishing along the West Coast when the fish are needed to help the Northwest's endangered killer whales