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September 29, 2016

Scientists bid farewell to comet probe, eye more discoveries

Scientists are saying their final farewells to the Rosetta space probe ahead of its planned crash-landing on a comet.

September 29, 2016

World's first 4-seater fuel-cell plane takes off in Germany

Aircraft engineers in Germany have successfully tested the world's first four-seater plane that uses emission-free hybrid ...

September 29, 2016

Identical girl triplets born in Poland are doing well

A spokeswoman for a hospital in southwestern Poland says extremely rare identical girl triplets were born earlier this month ...

September 29, 2016

Beijing's latest answer to pollution: the Smog Free Tower

In a city where smog routinely blankets the streets, a Dutch artist has offered an eccentric solution: a 7-meter (23-foot) ...

September 29, 2016

Amnesty alleges Sudan army used chemical weapons in Darfur

Amnesty International accused the Sudanese military on Thursday of using chemical weapons against civilians, including very ...

September 29, 2016

Cellphones spill into Yellowstone's wilds despite park plan

Adventure seekers encounter untamed wilderness when they enter the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park. Howling wolves.

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 ...