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October 01, 2016

Mega-Hurricane Matthew threatens Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba

Hurricane Matthew is roaring across the Caribbean Sea as a monster Category 5 storm on a course that puts Jamaica, as well ...

September 30, 2016

Matthew strengthens into Category 5 hurricane in Caribbean

Hurricane Matthew grew into a powerful Category 5 storm late Friday as it crossed the Caribbean Sea on a course that could ...

September 30, 2016

The Latest: Matthew strengthens to Category 5 hurricane

The Latest on Hurricane Matthew (all times local): 11 p.m. Forecasters say Matthew has become a Category 5 hurricane, the ...

September 30, 2016

California opens pathway for cars that lack steering wheel

California regulators have changed course and opened a pathway for the public to get self-driving cars of the future that ...

September 30, 2016

Volkswagen reaches $1.2B settlement with dealers in scandal

Volkswagen has agreed to pay its U.S. dealers up to $1.2 billion to compensate them for losses they said they suffered as a ...

September 30, 2016

Doctor's letter says Gary Johnson 'extremely physically fit'

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, a triathlete who has climbed Mount Everest, released a letter Friday from ...

September 30, 2016

Feds list 7 Hawaii bee species as endangered, a first in US

Federal authorities on Friday added seven yellow-faced bee species, Hawaii's only native bees, for protection under the ...

September 30, 2016

California OKs self-driving vehicles without human backup

A new California law allows self-driving vehicles to be tested on public roads with no human backup. The San Jose Mercury ...

September 30, 2016

US official: Hackers targeted election systems of 20 states

Hackers have targeted the voter registration systems of more than 20 states in recent months, a Homeland Security Department ...

September 30, 2016

Crash Ending for Comet-Chaser Rosetta

Europe's comet-chasing space probe Rosetta performed its final task on Friday, dipping out of orbit for a slow-motion crash ...

September 30, 2016

Gabon gets anti-poaching helicopter from South African group

A South African foundation is providing a helicopter and other anti-poaching equipment to Gabon, whose forest elephants have ...

September 30, 2016

South African rangers kill 3 suspected poachers

South African authorities used a helicopter to recover the bodies of three suspected poachers who were fatally shot by ...

Francois Hollande, Laurent Fabius, Christiana Figueres, Ban Ki-moon

September 30, 2016

EU nations approve ratification of climate change pact

The European Union's environment ministers on Friday approved the ratification of the landmark Paris climate change pact, ...

September 30, 2016

A timeline of comet probe's 12-year space odyssey

The European Space Agency's comet-chasing probe Rosetta is performing a final maneuver Friday that will end its 12-year ...

September 30, 2016

World's deepest underwater cave found in the Czech Republic

A team of explorers say they've discovered that a cave in the eastern Czech Republic is the world's deepest flooded fissure, ...

September 30, 2016

Europe's comet probe Rosetta ends 12-year mission with crash

After 12 years of hurtling through space in pursuit of a comet, the Rosetta probe ended its mission Friday with a slow-motion ...

September 29, 2016

China reports 6 dead, 23 missing in typhoon landslides

Six people are reported dead and at least 23 people are still missing after two landslides triggered by a major typhoon swept ...

September 29, 2016

California wildfire destroys 8 homes, injures firefighter

A wildfire in a mostly remote area of California's Santa Cruz Mountains has now destroyed eight homes and sent a firefighter ...

September 29, 2016

Researchers sample unusually rich deep-sea area off Hawaii

Federal researchers have just returned from an expedition to study the biodiversity and mechanisms of an unusually rich ...

September 29, 2016

NJ train crash raises many familiar safety issues

The investigation into a New Jersey commuter train that hurtled into a station building Thursday raises many familiar issues ...