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January 16, 2020

Labor Department limits news outlets' use of embargoed data

The Labor Department will begin restricting news organizations' use of economic data by barring computers from the rooms ...

January 16, 2020

Rio police investigate utility, workers for malodorous water

Rio de Janeiro police are investigating workers at a state utility after foul-smelling tap water began flowing into dozens ...

January 16, 2020

Displaced families await post-quake housing in Puerto Rico

The Antonetti family sat in the shade of a tree eating orange slices while contemplating the long day ahead of them in a ...

January 16, 2020

Navy review backs planned expansion of Nevada bombing range

The U.S. Navy has concluded no significant environmental harm would come from its proposed tripling of the size of a Nevada ...

January 16, 2020

AP Top Stories January 16 A

Here's the latest for Thursday, January 16: Articles of impeachment go to the Senate; Ukrainian police open investigation ...

January 16, 2020

European carmakers build out charging network for electrics

European automakers' network of highway charging stations for battery-powered vehicles is taking shape ahead of an expected ...

January 16, 2020

Australia firefighters save rare trees from ruin

Australian authorities say a specialist firefighting team was able to help save prehistoric pine trees from wildfires which ...

January 16, 2020

First malaria vaccine given to babies in Africa

Babies in three African nations are getting the first and only vaccine for malaria in a pilot program. World health officials ...

January 16, 2020

Officials block villagers as quakes shake Philippine volcano

A Philippine volcano that erupted last weekend belched smaller plumes of ash but shuddered frequently with earthquakes ...

January 16, 2020

Germany agrees timeline, compensation for coal phase-out

Germany will pay utility companies billions of euros to speed up the shutdown of their coal-fired power plants as part of the ...

January 16, 2020

UK police use of facial recognition tests public's tolerance

When British police used facial recognition cameras to monitor crowds arriving for a soccer match in Wales, some fans ...

January 16, 2020

Rights group demands Israel rein in murky spyware company

An Israeli court heard a case Thursday calling for restrictions to be slapped on NSO Group, an Israeli company that makes ...

January 16, 2020

German parliament votes against new system for organ donors

German lawmakers on Thursday rejected a proposal that would have made most people potential organ donors unless they ...

January 16, 2020

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. STRIKING VISUALS ...

January 16, 2020

Despite danger, Filipinos made restive volcano their home

It's the second-most active volcano in the Philippines, a designated permanent danger zone long declared off-limits to human ...

January 16, 2020

Streaming service HBO Max to debut climate change series

HBO Max will debut an anthology series called “The Uninhabitable Earth” featuring fictional stories about what could result ...

January 16, 2020

News flash from Florida legislators: Telegraph era is over

Florida lawmakers are transmitting a news bulletin: The telegraph era is over. Before there was instant messaging, emails and ...

January 16, 2020

Smelly Rio de Janeiro water supply has residents on edge

There’s a creeping sense of alarm in Rio de Janeiro after more than a week of foul tasting and smelling tap water in dozens ...

January 15, 2020

Environmental groups challenge plastics complex permit

Conservation and community groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday, challenging environmental permits for a Taiwan ...

January 15, 2020

Fever chart: Earth had its hottest decade on record in 2010s

The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second-warmest year on record, ...