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November 15, 2018

Storm: 2 dead, 44 hurt in bus crash on icy road near Memphis

An Alabama tour bus bound for a Mississippi casino overturned Wednesday on an icy highway, leaving two people dead and 44 ...

November 15, 2018

As wildfires grow deadlier, officials search for solutions

Creating fire buffers between housing and dry brush, burying spark-prone power lines and lighting more controlled burns to ...

November 15, 2018

The Latest: Dead identified in bus crash near Memphis

The Latest on the winter storm hitting parts of the South (all times local): 6 p.m. A Mississippi official is identifying two ...

November 15, 2018

Dozens plead with Trump administration to keep air rules

Dozens of people who live near oil and gas wells pleaded with the Trump administration Wednesday not to roll back rules for ...

November 15, 2018

Draft EPA study finds newer nonstick compound may be harmful

Long-term exposure to a chemical compound currently used for making nonstick coatings appears to be dangerous, even in minute ...

November 14, 2018

Next generation of biotech food heading for grocery stores

The next generation of biotech food is headed for the grocery aisles, and first up may be salad dressings or granola bars ...

November 14, 2018

Volkswagen to devote 3 German plants to electric car push

German automaker Volkswagen will convert three factories in Germany to manufacture electric cars, ramping up production of ...

November 14, 2018

Houston skyscrapers may have worsened Hurricane Harvey rain

Humans helped make recent devastating U.S. hurricanes wetter but in different ways, two new studies find. Hurricane Harvey ...

November 14, 2018

Rare conservation win: Mountain gorilla population ticks up

There are more gorillas in the mist — a rare conservation success story, scientists say. After facing near-extinction, ...

November 14, 2018

CIA considered using 'truth serum' on post-9/11 detainees

Shortly after 9/11, the CIA considered using a drug it thought might work like a truth serum and force terror suspects to ...

November 14, 2018

Nigerian ISP's configuration error disrupted Google services

A Nigerian internet service provider said Tuesday that a configuration error it made during a network upgrade caused a ...

November 14, 2018

CIA considered potential truth serum for terror suspects

Shortly after 9/11, the CIA considered using a drug it thought might work like a truth serum and force terror suspects to ...

November 14, 2018

Juul halts store sales of some flavored e-cigarettes

The nation's leading e-cigarette maker is halting store sales of some flavors to deter use by kids. The move by Juul Labs Inc

November 14, 2018

Southern California wildfire roars to life in wilderness

Southern California's huge wildfire roared to life again Tuesday in a mountain wilderness area. But in a sign of significant ...

November 14, 2018

The Latest: Sheriff: Death toll raises to 48 in wildfire

The Latest on wildfires in California (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Authorities have reported six more fatalities from a blaze ...

November 13, 2018

Northern Arizona-Sacramento State game canceled

Northern Arizona University's game against Sacramento State that was postponed last weekend because of poor air quality has ...

November 13, 2018

EPA seeks new truck pollution rules; says air won't suffer

The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to rewrite rules that limit pollution from heavy ...

November 13, 2018

State says permit for refinery near national park justified

North Dakota's Health Department did not improperly discount its own concerns about pollution from a proposed oil refinery ...

November 13, 2018

The Latest: Ocasio-Cortez speaks at Pelosi's office protest

The Latest on new members of Congress (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New ...