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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 ...

September 29, 2016

Ex-CIA official to head new bureau for background checks

The CIA's former security director has been chosen to head the National Background Investigations Bureau, set up after last ...

September 29, 2016

NJ Medical Center: 3 Serious Injuries in Train Crash

New Jersey Medical Center says three patients are in the trauma center being treated for serious injuries sustained in the ...

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

September 29, 2016

Scientists: World likely won't avoid dangerous warming mark

A team of top scientists is telling world leaders to stop congratulating themselves on the Paris agreement to fight climate ...

September 29, 2016

CDC: No Excuse Not To Get Flu Vaccination

Health officials are urging people to get their flu vaccines and get them early to prevent serious conditions brought on by ...

September 29, 2016

Scientists bid farewell to Rosetta space probe before crash

Scientists began saying their final farewells to the Rosetta space probe Thursday, hours before its planned crash-landing on ...

September 29, 2016

World's first 4-seater fuel-cell plane takes off in Germany

Aircraft engineers in Germany have successfully tested the world's first four-seater plane that uses emission-free hybrid ...

September 29, 2016

Identical girl triplets born in Poland are doing well

A spokeswoman for a hospital in southwestern Poland says extremely rare identical girl triplets were born earlier this month ...

September 29, 2016

Beijing's latest answer to pollution: the Smog Free Tower

In a city where smog routinely blankets the streets, a Dutch artist has offered an eccentric solution: a 7-meter (23-foot) ...

September 29, 2016

Amnesty alleges Sudan army used chemical weapons in Darfur

Amnesty International accused the Sudanese military on Thursday of using chemical weapons against civilians, including very ...

September 29, 2016

Cellphones spill into Yellowstone's wilds despite park plan

Adventure seekers encounter untamed wilderness when they enter the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park. Howling wolves.

September 28, 2016

32 people missing in China landslides following typhoon

At least 32 people were reported missing Thursday after rain-saturated hillsides collapsed onto villages in southeastern ...

September 28, 2016

Utah man may have contracted Zika from dying father's tears

A Utah man who mysteriously contracted Zika from his infected father may have got it by touching his dad's tears or sweat ...

September 28, 2016

HP promises fix for printer software that barred outside ink

HP Inc. has apologized to customers for a software update that made some of its printers stop working with ink cartridges ...

September 28, 2016

FBI Director Defends Clinton Email Investigation

Members of the House Judiciary Committee grilled FBI Director James Comey Wednesday over the Bureau's handling of the ...

September 28, 2016

Feds change signage on trailhead named after black cowboy

Though local officials decided not to change the name of eastern Utah's Negro Bill Canyon, federal land managers have decided ...

September 28, 2016

UN says EU may ratify Paris Agreement soon

The Paris Agreement on Climate Change appears likely to enter into force with India announcing that it has ratified the ...