Sci/Tech News

November 13, 2018

Internet traffic hijack disrupts Google services

An internet diversion that rerouted data traffic through Russia and China disrupted several Google services on Monday, ...

November 13, 2018

Rohingya fearful of doctors keep faith healers in business

Abul Kalam sits cross-legged on the floor of his tiny mud hut and whispers prayers into a small plastic bottle filled with ...

November 13, 2018

US analysts locate secret North Korean missile sites

U.S. analysts said Monday they have located 13 secret North Korean missile development sites, underscoring the challenge that ...

November 12, 2018

Tech giants slide, pulling US stock market sharply lower

A broad sell-off in technology companies pulled U.S. stocks sharply lower Monday, knocking more than 600 points off the Dow ...

November 12, 2018

Scientists: Wind, drought worsen fires, not bad management

Both nature and humans share blame for California's devastating wildfires, but forest management did not play a major role, ...

November 12, 2018

50 countries vow to fight cybercrime - US and Russia don't

Fifty nations and over 150 tech companies pledged Monday to do more to fight criminal activity on the internet, including ...

November 12, 2018

Cargo mission to space station is set to launch this week

An unmanned cargo rocket is scheduled to blast off this week from Virginia's coast to the International Space Station.

November 12, 2018

Rivers leads Chargers to 6th straight win, 20-6 over Raiders

Philip Rivers took nearly 20 minutes to complete his first pass, the Los Angeles Chargers got gashed on a long fake punt and ...

November 12, 2018

China's annual shopping frenzy shatters records again

Online shoppers in China have shattered last year's record by making $30.8 billion in sales on the country's annual buying ...

November 11, 2018

Warming hurting shellfish, aiding predators, ruining habitat

Valuable species of shellfish have become harder to find on the East Coast because of degraded habitat caused by a warming ...

November 11, 2018

Trump visit to US cemetery in France canceled due to rain

President Donald Trump canceled a planned visit to a cemetery for Americans killed in World War I, the White House said, ...

November 11, 2018

The Latest: Sheriff: 110 people missing in N. California

The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 7:15 p.m. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea says his department has ...

November 11, 2018

2 dead, homes destroyed in Southern California wildfires

Two people were found dead as a pair of wildfires stretched from inland canyons to the Pacific in Southern California on ...

November 10, 2018

Egypt's newly discovered tombs hold mummies, animal statues

A top Egyptian antiquities official says local archaeologists have discovered seven Pharaonic Age tombs near the capital ...

November 10, 2018

Jordan opens shelter as flash flood death toll climbs to 12

The death toll from flash floods in Jordan rose to 12 on Saturday and the kingdom's main tourist attraction, the ancient city ...

November 10, 2018

Trapper captures record-setting python in Everglades

Officials say a Florida trapper has captured a record-setting python as part of a program to remove the invasive species from ...

November 10, 2018

The Latest: Trump threatens to withhold federal payments

The Latest on California's wildfires (all times local): 1:30 a.m. President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal ...

November 10, 2018

Teacher: Bus drivers evacuated students amid California fire

Teachers, aides and bus drivers in Northern California loaded more than 100 school students into cars and school buses as a ...

November 10, 2018

At least 9 dead as fire incinerates N. California town

A fierce wildfire in Northern California incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people with flames that moved so fast ...