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September 20, 2018

Puerto Rico marks 1 year since Maria with choirs, protests

The uplifting strains of one of Puerto Rico's most beloved songs filled the air at 6:15 a.m. on Thursday as a choir stood in ...

September 20, 2018

Floodwaters inundate lake at NC power plant, raising alarm

Duke Energy activated a high-level emergency alert at a retired coal-fired power plant in North Carolina as floodwaters from ...

September 20, 2018

Cornell review finds academic misconduct by food researcher

Cornell says a prominent professor of food research has resigned after an investigation found he committed academic ...

September 20, 2018

Study of puzzling fossils confirms they came from an animal

Scientists say they've confirmed that puzzling fossils from more than 500 million years ago are traces of an animal.

September 20, 2018

State-backed hackers target Gmail of US senators, aides

State-backed hackers are still trying to break into the personal email accounts of U.S. senators and their aides — and a ...

September 20, 2018

Bye bye bugs? Scientists fear non-pest insects are declining

A staple of summer — swarms of bugs — seems to be a thing of the past. And that's got scientists worried. Pesky mosquitoes, ...

September 20, 2018

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. MOON SAYS KIM ...

September 20, 2018

Politics, pride in leaders trip to 'sacred' N. Korea volcano

There is no more sacred place in North Korea than Mount Paektu — and getting South Korean President Moon Jae-in to such a ...

September 20, 2018

Regulators: NC flooding too bad to tally environmental harm

Aerial photographs show widespread devastation to farms and industrial sites in eastern North Carolina, with tell-tale trails ...

September 20, 2018

2 patients drown as van swept into floodwaters

As South Carolina rivers overflowed from Florence's torrential rain, deputies taking two women to a mental health facility ...

September 20, 2018

3 hackers get light sentences after working with the FBI

Three young computer hackers whose "botnet" known as Mirai virtually paralyzed chunks of the internet two years ago have ...

September 19, 2018

Massive 2013 oil spill in North Dakota finally cleaned up

Five years and almost $100 million later, cleanup is complete on a massive oil pipeline leak in North Dakota that has been ...

September 19, 2018

US agrees to improve worker safety at polluted nuclear site

The U.S. government will test and implement a new system to capture and destroy dangerous vapors released at the nation's ...

September 19, 2018

Biggest wildfire on record in California is fully contained

The U.S. Forest Service says the largest wildfire on record in California is 100 percent contained. The agency made the ...

September 19, 2018

Florence death toll climbs to 37; Trump visits stricken area

The death toll from Hurricane Florence climbed to at least 37, including two women who drowned when a sheriff's van taking ...

September 19, 2018

'Up in the air': If displaced by storm, where to call home?

As the pounding rains from Hurricane Florence finally ended, Lutrice Garcia left the shelter where she had spent several ...

September 19, 2018

Canadian crabs with bad attitude threaten coastal ecosystem

Canadians are known as friendly folks, but these crabby brutes migrating from Canadian waters are better suited for the ...

September 19, 2018

3.4 million poultry, 5,500 hogs drowned in Florence flooding

About 3.4 million chickens and turkeys and 5,500 hogs have been killed in flooding from Florence as rising North Carolina ...

September 19, 2018

1st private moon flight passenger to invite creative guests

After announcing that he'll take the first-ever commercial rocket trip around the moon, Yusaku Maezawa said he wants company ...