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September 25, 2018

NASA's Mars Opportunity rover seen, but still not heard

NASA's Mars rover, Opportunity, has been seen, but still not heard. A spacecraft around Mars has sent back a photo of ...

September 25, 2018

Automakers seek flexibility at hearing on mileage standards

Automakers sought flexibility while environmental groups blasted the Trump administration's proposal to roll back fuel ...

September 25, 2018

California ballot initiative seeks to end high speed rail

Opponents of the California gas tax increase passed by state legislators last year on Tuesday proposed a new ballot measure ...

September 25, 2018

After the hurricane comes the deluge on South Carolina coast

Eleven days ago, Lee Gantt was at a Hurricane Florence party in her neighborhood in Georgetown, where the story goes that ...

September 25, 2018

Grizzlies get back US protections, Rockies hunts blocked

The first public grizzly bear hunts in the Northern Rockies in almost three decades have been blocked by a U.S. judge who ...

September 25, 2018

Instagram co-founders resign from social media company

The co-founders of Instagram are resigning their positions with the social media company without explanation. Chief Executive ...

September 25, 2018

Florence is nation's second wettest storm, behind Harvey

Hurricane Florence was the nation's second rainiest storm in 70 years, a top rainfall meteorologist calculated. Only last ...

September 25, 2018

What's yogurt? Industry wants greater liberty to use term

If low-fat yogurt is blended with fatty ingredients like coconut or chocolate, is it still low-fat? Is it even yogurt? The U.

September 25, 2018

Soggy South Carolina to get more rain as flooding continues

The soggy remnants of Florence keep causing chaos in coastal South Carolina long after the hurricane swirled ashore, with ...

September 25, 2018

Archaeologists discover 'massive' ancient building in Egypt

Egypt says archaeologists have discovered a "massive" ancient building in the town of Mit Rahina, 20 kilometers, or 12 miles, ...

September 25, 2018

Home break-ins by black bears surge in Connecticut suburbs

Tom Bradley had grown accustomed to seeing black bears walk through his Connecticut neighborhood, but this month he was ...

September 25, 2018

California urges Trump to drop plan for weaker fuel standard

California officials demanded Monday that the Trump administration back off a plan to weaken national fuel economy standards ...

September 24, 2018

10 days after Hurricane Florence, fresh chaos in S. Carolina

More than a week ago, pastor Willie Lowrimore and some of his congregants stacked sandbags around their South Carolina church ...

September 24, 2018

Keystone XL developer plans to start construction in 2019

The developer of the Keystone XL oil pipeline plans to start construction next year, after a U.S. State Department review ...

September 24, 2018

Agency says two-headed snake may go to educational facility

A wildlife and conservation research hospital says a two-headed snake recently found near the nation's capital may be sent ...

September 24, 2018

Apple, Salesforce teaming up on mobile apps for business

Customer relations software company Salesforce says it will join with Apple to create new business apps exclusively for ...

September 24, 2018

Oklahoma astronaut corn maze photographed from space

It's apt that a maze cut into an Oklahoma cornfield featuring the likeness of a former NASA astronaut can be seen from space ...

September 23, 2018

NC river swirls with gray muck near coal ash dump

Gray muck is flowing into the Cape Fear River from the site of a dam breach at a Wilmington power plant where an old coal ash ...

September 23, 2018

Tackling climate change to be key talking point at UN summit

With global temperatures rising, superstorms taking their deadly toll and a year-end deadline to firm up the Paris climate ...