Sci/Tech News

October 21, 2019

APNewsBreak: DOJ takes step to require asylum-seekers' DNA

The Trump administration is planning to collect DNA samples from asylum-seekers detained by immigration officials and will ...

October 21, 2019

Researchers find second warship from WWII Battle of Midway

A crew of deep-sea explorers and historians looking for lost World War II warships have found a second Japanese aircraft ...

October 20, 2019

California relishes role as liberal trendsetter, Trump foe

The Democrats who rule California took on homegrown tech giants Uber and Lyft over their workforces, convinced some of the ...

October 20, 2019

Where you die can affect your chance of being an organ donor

If Roland Henry had died in a different part of the country, his organs might have been recovered. And lives could have been ...

October 19, 2019

US officials propose less paperwork for mineral royalty cuts

A U.S. Bureau of Land Management proposal published Friday would make it easier for mining companies to request lower ...

October 19, 2019

Deep-sea explorers find Japanese ship that sank during WWII

Deep-sea explorers scouring the world's oceans for sunken World War II ships are focusing in on debris fields deep in the ...

October 18, 2019

Illegal BASE jumper calls police after cell tower mishap

A BASE jumper who jumped illegally from a northwestern Wisconsin cellphone tower ended up calling the police on himself after ...

October 18, 2019

Plans pushed back to explode 2 cranes in New Orleans

Plans have been pushed back a day to bring down two giant, unstable construction cranes in a series of controlled explosions ...

October 18, 2019

False alarm: Retail tag prompts suspicious package response

A discarded security tag has caused a scare in downtown Atlanta. An employee reported a beeping sound coming from a trash bin ...

October 18, 2019

UK agrees further talks over disposal of old Shell oil rigs

Britain has agreed to hold further talks with other European countries before deciding whether to approve Shell's plans to ...

October 18, 2019

Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd is dead at 62

Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd, who led two Silicon Valley giants, has died at 62. Oracle confirmed his death Friday, but gave no ...

October 18, 2019

First all-female spacewalking team makes history

The world's first all-female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, replacing a broken part of the ...

October 18, 2019

UK royal couple returns home after 5-day visit to Pakistan

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate wrapped up their five-day visit to Pakistan on Friday, in which they dined with ...

October 18, 2019

Hurricane Center: Tropical storm likely along Gulf Coast

A disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is likely to become a tropical storm that will strike the northern U.S.

October 18, 2019

Study: California's big July quakes strain major fault

The earthquakes that hammered the Southern California desert near the town of Ridgecrest last summer involved ruptures on a ...

October 18, 2019

Facebook CEO defends refusal to take down some content

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday defended the social media platform's refusal to take down content it considers ...

October 17, 2019

Space station's 2 women prep for 1st all-female spacewalk

Men have floated out the hatch on all 420 spacewalks conducted over the past half-century. That changes Friday with spacewalk ...

October 17, 2019

J&J agrees to $117M settlement over pelvic mesh devices

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to a $117 million multistate settlement over allegations it deceptively marketed its pelvic mesh ...

October 17, 2019

Weather Service winter forecast: A bit warmer, but chaotic

Expect big swings in weather this winter, government forecasters say. The National Weather Service says the large global ...

October 17, 2019

Groups: Saving Mexican gray wolves requires new approach

Dozens of environmental groups and scientists have asked U.S. wildlife managers to rethink how they plan to ensure the ...