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September 28, 2016

32 people missing in China landslides following typhoon

At least 32 people were reported missing Thursday after rain-saturated hillsides collapsed onto villages in southeastern ...

September 28, 2016

Utah man may have contracted Zika from dying father's tears

A Utah man who mysteriously contracted Zika from his infected father may have got it by touching his dad's tears or sweat ...

September 28, 2016

HP promises fix for printer software that barred outside ink

HP Inc. has apologized to customers for a software update that made some of its printers stop working with ink cartridges ...

September 28, 2016

FBI Director Defends Clinton Email Investigation

Members of the House Judiciary Committee grilled FBI Director James Comey Wednesday over the Bureau's handling of the ...

September 28, 2016

Feds change signage on trailhead named after black cowboy

Though local officials decided not to change the name of eastern Utah's Negro Bill Canyon, federal land managers have decided ...

September 28, 2016

UN says EU may ratify Paris Agreement soon

The Paris Agreement on Climate Change appears likely to enter into force with India announcing that it has ratified the ...

September 28, 2016

Study may give new respect to our Milky Way neighborhood

Our corner of the Milky Way galaxy may be a bigger deal than scientists thought. The galaxy is shaped like a disk, with four ...

September 28, 2016

VW chief: Working on settlement with US for emissions fraud

Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller says the company is cooperating with U.S. authorities and hopes to reach a settlement on a ...

September 28, 2016

Apple partners with Deloitte in pitch to business

Apple is extending its push into selling business technology by forging a partnership with the Deloitte consulting firm to ...

September 28, 2016

Study: As a species, humans inherit murderous tendencies

Evolution and genetics seem to have baked a certain amount of murder into humans as a species, but civilization has tamed ...

September 28, 2016

BlackBerry, once a phone innovator, to stop making its own

BlackBerry plans to stop making its signature smartphones internally, signaling a strategic shift for a company that built ...

September 28, 2016

Pro-Assad Syrian pleads guilty in US to role in hacking

A Syrian national pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges for his role in a scheme that hacked computers and targeted ...

September 28, 2016

The Latest: Chemical board drafts West Virginia spill report

The Latest on the U.S. Chemical Safety Board releasing its report on the 2014 West Virginia chemical spill (all times local): ...

September 28, 2016

Europol: Ransomware now top cybercrime threat

European police agency Europol says the threat from ransomware has now eclipsed other forms of online theft, a sign of how ...

September 28, 2016

Russian man suspected of breaking law with drone in Warsaw

Warsaw prosecutors have officially informed a Russian citizen that he is suspected of violating Polish aviation law by flying ...

September 28, 2016

German consumer confidence falls amid Brexit, terror fears

A closely watched survey shows German consumer confidence has dropped slightly amid concerns over Britain's decision to leave ...

September 28, 2016

Some evacuation orders lifted in California wildfire areas

Some evacuations were lifted Wednesday as cooler weather gave firefighters a boost in their fight against a wildfire that is ...

September 28, 2016

FBI director again defends integrity of Clinton email probe

Republican lawmakers may question the decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton for using a private email server as secretary ...

September 28, 2016

Migratory bird struggles for shelter as chimneys torn down

A crowd of several hundred people gathered in the growing darkness outside Chapman Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, ...

September 28, 2016

Disabled man gets license, shows driverless tech's potential

Former Indy Racing League driver Sam Schmidt has done a lot in the 16 years since an accident left him paralyzed from the ...