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September 18, 2019

Trump gives California grief - but also takes its money

President Donald Trump rarely passes up the chance to throw a sharp elbow at left-leaning California, but he showed Tuesday ...

September 18, 2019

Houston area preparing for heavy rain, flooding from Imelda

Officials in the Houston area were preparing high-water vehicles and staging rescue boats Tuesday as Tropical Storm Imelda ...

September 18, 2019

Teen activist to lawmakers: Try harder on climate change

Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg offered a blunt message to Congress on Tuesday as she brought her campaign for urgent action ...

September 18, 2019

Apple awards $250 million to supplier of glass for iPhones

Apple on Tuesday deepened its ties with a Kentucky manufacturing plant by awarding $250 million to support Corning Inc.

September 18, 2019

Facebook to name first oversight panel members by year-end

Facebook said Tuesday that it expects to name the first members of a new quasi-independent oversight board by year-end.

September 18, 2019

EPA set to end California's ability to regulate fuel economy

The Trump administration is poised to revoke California's authority to set auto mileage standards, asserting that only the ...

September 17, 2019

Protests gather as Trump visits San Francisco area

More than 100 protestors greeted President Trump's motorcade on his way to a private fundraiser during his first visit to the ...

September 17, 2019

'Blood money'? Purdue settlement would rely on opioid sales

The tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma would raise money to help clean up the opioid ...

September 17, 2019

Researchers: AI surveillance is expanding worldwide

A growing number of countries are following China's lead in deploying artificial intelligence to track citizens, according ...

September 17, 2019

Facebook to train AI systems using police video

Facebook will work with law enforcement organizations to train its artificial intelligence systems to recognize videos of ...

September 17, 2019

Surfer avoids shark after alert from drone user

Drone footage emerged on Tuesday of a large shark swimming very near a surfer off Werri Beach in New South Wales, Australia.

September 17, 2019

Indonesia sends more people, aircraft to battle forest fires

Indonesia's president traveled to the area hardest hit by forest fires, as neighboring countries urged his government to do ...

September 17, 2019

Counterfeit pot vapes flood market amid illnesses

Want to make a counterfeit cannabis vape that looks like the real thing? The easy availability of replica packaging helps ...

September 17, 2019

US alleges visa fraud scheme targeting American research

A Chinese government employee was arrested Monday after the Justice Department linked him to a visa fraud scheme intended to ...

September 16, 2019

Many US women say 1st sexual experience was forced in teens

The first sexual experience for 1 in 16 U.S. women was forced or coerced intercourse in their early teens, encounters that ...

September 16, 2019

Can Purdue Pharma's opioid settlement win judge's approval?

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has embarked on a multibillion-dollar plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the nation's ...

September 16, 2019

Big global climate protests on Friday get union support

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to join worldwide demonstrations this week ahead of a U.N. climate summit in New ...

September 16, 2019

Bermuda to face lashing from Hurricane Humberto

Weather forecasters say Hurricane Humberto will lash Bermuda with high winds and heavy rain later this week. The U.S.

September 16, 2019

Volkswagen to pay up to $87 million in Australia for scandal

Volkswagen has agreed to pay up to 127 million Australian dollars ($87 million) to settle an Australian class action stemming ...

September 16, 2019

Aramco attacks show company entanglement in Saudi politics

The weekend drone attack on the world's largest crude oil processing plant in Saudi Arabia that dramatically cut into global ...