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September 30, 2020

California's wine country residents facing fire fatigue

Will Abrams and his family packed their pickup truck with laptops, clothes, sleeping bags and a tent and quickly left their ...

September 30, 2020

Some NYC voters receive incorrect absentee ballots

Some New York City voters have received absentee ballots with the wrong names and addresses on the return envelopes.

September 30, 2020

AP Top Stories September 29 P

Here are the top stories for Tuesday, Sept. 29th: Biden releases more tax return data; NYC elementary schools reopen; German ...

September 29, 2020

Wisconsin gov.: Trump can skip rally or wear mask

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said President Trump could skip his rallies or wear a mask to help prevent further spread of the ...

September 29, 2020

Microsoft resolves major Monday outage after five hours

Microsoft took five hours to resolve a major outage of its workplace applications on Monday, but has not clarified what ...

September 29, 2020

NYC elementary schools reopen amid pandemic

Hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms this week as New York City enters a ...

September 29, 2020

Dying winds give crews hope in Northern California fires

Easing winds gave California firefighters a break Tuesday as they battled a destructive wildfire that was driven by strong ...

September 29, 2020

Deadly water microbe warning after Texas boy dies

A Houston-area city manager says it will take 60 days to ensure a city drinking water system is purged of a deadly, ...

September 29, 2020

Malta U-turn: Prince George can keep his shark tooth fossil

Britain's young Prince George can keep his giant shark tooth fossil. Culture Minister Jose Herrera reversed himself after ...

September 29, 2020

United Arab Emirates to launch spacecraft to moon in 2024

The United Arab Emirates plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024, a top Emirati official said Tuesday, the ...

September 29, 2020

EPA ridicules California's proposed ban of new gas cars

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler on Monday ridiculed California Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to ban the ...

September 29, 2020

Trump, Biden line up attacks for heated 1st debate

In an election year like no other, the first debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, ...

September 29, 2020

Global toll: Deaths from coronavirus hit 1 million

The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has eclipsed 1 million. The milestone recorded by Johns Hopkins ...

September 29, 2020

Salty lake, ponds may be gurgling beneath South Pole on Mars

A network of salty ponds may be gurgling beneath Mars’ South Pole alongside a large underground lake, raising the prospect ...

September 29, 2020

Q&A: Will the Trump administration be able to ban TikTok?

A federal judge on Sunday postponed a Trump administration order that would have banned the popular video sharing app TikTok ...

September 29, 2020

NASA prepares to touchdown on asteroid Bennu

NASA's OSIRIS-REx is preparing to touch down on asteroid Bennu's surface on October 20th. The spacecraft will go down to ...

September 28, 2020

Lawyer for Huawei CFO says US evidence misleading

Lawyers for a senior executive for Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies argued in a Canadian courtroom Monday that U.

September 28, 2020

Trump: Millions of rapid virus tests for states

President Donald Trump announces that millions of rapid coronavirus tests will be sent to states this week and is urging ...

September 28, 2020

US judge dismisses New Mexico privacy claims against Google

A U.S. district judge has dismissed New Mexico’s privacy claims against Google over privacy concerns, but New Mexico's top ...

September 28, 2020

Surgeon General: COVID vaccine near 'finish line'

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said during a stop in Texas Monday that a vaccine against COVID-19 could be ready as soon ...