Sci/Tech News

December 18, 2018

Former VW boss Winterkorn leaves Bayern supervisory board

German soccer champion Bayern Munich says former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has left its supervisory board, three years ...

December 18, 2018

Missouri poacher ordered to repeatedly watch 'Bambi'

A Missouri poacher has been ordered to repeatedly watch the movie "Bambi" as part of his sentence in a scheme to illegally ...

December 18, 2018

Report: Russia still using social media to roil US politics

Russia's sweeping political disinformation campaign on U.S. social media was more far-reaching than originally thought, with ...

December 18, 2018

Democrats fight over who owns data ahead of 2020

Democratic National Committee officials and a group of state party leaders are trying to resolve an increasingly ugly dispute ...

December 18, 2018

Hulking hog captured near school bus stop in Florida

A hefty hog has been captured near a school bus stop in Florida. Florida Today reports the nearly 400-pound (181-kilogram) ...

December 18, 2018

Groups sue to block oil production in Alaska's Beaufort Sea

Five conservation groups filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block oil production from a proposed artificial gravel island in ...

December 18, 2018

Huge barrier isn't trapping plastic waste in Pacific Ocean

A floating device sent to corral a swirling island of trash between California and Hawaii has not swept up any plastic waste ...

December 17, 2018

ICYMI: California withdraws 'text tax' after FCC ruling

California regulators have canceled a plan to charge a fee for text messaging on mobile phones. The California Public ...

December 17, 2018

Farout: Scientists spot solar system's farthest known object

Astronomers have spotted the farthest known object in our solar system — and they've nicknamed the pink cosmic body "Farout.

December 17, 2018

First private Israeli lunar mission will launch in February

An Israeli nonprofit on Monday said it has pushed back the launch of what it hopes will be the first private spacecraft to ...

December 17, 2018

US, China spar again over respective trade policies

China and the United States clashed again over their respective trade policies Monday at a time the two countries are trying ...

December 17, 2018

Most teen drug use is down, but officials fret vaping boom

Twice as many high school students used nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes this year compared with last year, an ...

December 17, 2018

Talks adopt 'rulebook' to put Paris climate deal into action

Almost 200 nations, including the world's top greenhouse gas producers, China and the United States, have adopted a set of ...

December 16, 2018

1 dead, 44 injured in Switzerland bus crash

Zurich police say a tour bus on its way to Germany has crashed in Switzerland, killing one person and injuring 44 others.

December 16, 2018

Frogs, fish and small birds die in English zoo fire

A zoo in northwest England says insects, frogs, fish and small birds perished in a fire that broke out in an enclosure ...

December 16, 2018

4 die in crash of Portuguese medical emergency helicopter

Portuguese authorities say four people have died when a helicopter in the country's medical emergency service crashed.

December 16, 2018

Bus crash in snowy Serbia kills 3, injures 32

A bus skidded off the road and overturned amid wintry weather in southern Serbia, killing three people and injuring 32 ...

December 16, 2018

Indonesia's Soputan volcano erupts, ejecting thick ash

A volcano in central Indonesia has erupted, ejecting columns of thick ash as high as 7,500 meters (24,606 feet) into the sky.

December 16, 2018

The Latest: Zinke says 'attacks' led to his resignation

The Latest on the departure of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (all times local): 5:25 p.m. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is ...