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October 18, 2018

Wet and mild: Warm winter predicted for much of the US

Winter looks wet and especially mild for much of the country, thanks to a weak El Nino brewing, U.S. meteorologists said.

October 18, 2018

Child of the storm: Homeless baby, family shelter at Walmart

Their home full of soggy furniture and mosquitoes, Wilmer Capps was desperate to find shelter for his wife and their son ...

October 18, 2018

Startup plans to launch small satellites from Virginia coast

A California-based startup has announced big plans to go small as it reaches into space, rocketing satellites the size of ...

October 18, 2018

Environmentalists file 3rd lawsuit over Trump wall plans

Environmental groups filed another lawsuit Thursday challenging the Trump administration's use of waivers to speed up ...

October 18, 2018

London's black cabs soon to be seen on the streets of Paris

London's black cabs will be seen on the streets of Paris next year as the company that makes them begins selling its wares ...

October 18, 2018

Volkswagen offers more incentives to unload old diesels

German automaker Volkswagen says it is offering more incentives to trade in older diesel models in an effort to improve air ...

October 18, 2018

Banksy posts video saying incomplete shredding a malfunction

Banksy posted a new video to his website Tuesday implying the partial shredding of his "Girl With Balloon" at a London ...

October 18, 2018

West Coast quake warning system now operational, with limits

Automated alerts from the fledgling West Coast earthquake early warning system are ready to be used broadly by businesses, ...

October 18, 2018

Experts urge gulf refuge for endangered vaquita porpoise

Experts called on Mexico's government Wednesday to use floating barriers to enclose a small area of the Gulf of California ...

October 17, 2018

Conservationists ask court to step in as red wolf plan looms

Conservationists told a federal judge Wednesday that an imminent government plan to shrink the territory of the only red ...

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October 17, 2018

Amid squalor and debris, Michael's survivors cling to motel

Simply getting through the day is a struggle at the American Quality Lodge, a low-rent motel where dozens of people are ...

October 17, 2018

Beaches closed on the French Riviera due to oil pellets

France's Ecology Ministry says pellets of oil have reached Mediterranean beaches near Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera ten ...

October 17, 2018

EPA puts off final say on science transparency rule

The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it is putting off for at least a year any final announcement on a ...

October 17, 2018

Tornadoes are spinning up farther east in US, study finds

Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting — decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more in ...

October 17, 2018

US defense secretary sees the enduring costs of Vietnam War

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is getting a firsthand look at the enduring costs of fighting the Vietnam War.

October 17, 2018

Slovak PM: Foreign hackers targeted foreign ministry

Slovakia's prime minister says hackers have attacked his country's foreign ministry from abroad in an attempt to get data and ...

October 17, 2018

Tesla secures land for Shanghai factory, first outside US

Electric auto brand Tesla Inc. says it has secured land in Shanghai for its first factory outside the United States, pushing ...

October 17, 2018

Shanghai airport automates check-in with facial recognition

It's now possible to check in automatically at Shanghai's Hongqiao airport using facial recognition technology, part of an ...

October 17, 2018

After storm shuts down radio stations, 2 hosts carry on

First Hurricane Michael damaged the radio station where they worked and then the owner shut the station down permanently — ...