Sci/Tech News

September 18, 2017

Parents of Ga. Tech Student Outraged by Killing

The father of a Georgia Tech student who was fatally shot by campus police said his child had a history of depression but he ...

September 18, 2017

Saudi authorities pressure Snapchat to block Al-Jazeera

Snapchat has blocked Al-Jazeera's Discover channel in Saudi Arabia amid an ongoing dispute between Gulf states and Qatar, ...

September 18, 2017

Intel, Waymo, expand self-driving car collaboration

Intel says it is expanding its relationship with Google spinoff Waymo in the development of self-driving cars. The world's ...

September 18, 2017

Correction: Georgia Tech Student Killed story

In a story Sept. 17 about the death of Georgia Tech student Scout Schultz, The Associated Press incorrectly quoted Schultz's ...

September 18, 2017

Earth sweltered to 3rd hottest August, summer on record

Earth just sweated through the third hottest August and summer on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

September 18, 2017

Fierce storms haven't slowed growth along US coastlines

Rising sea levels and fierce storms have failed to stop relentless population growth along U.S. coasts in recent years, a new ...

September 18, 2017

Activist urges walrus rafts in absence of Arctic sea ice

An environmental activist is calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider placing anchored rafts in the ocean ...

September 18, 2017

Strengthening Hurricane Maria a threat to Irma-hit Caribbean

The islands of the eastern Caribbean prepared Sunday to face another potential disaster, with forecasters saying newly formed ...

September 18, 2017

Mars research crew emerges after 8 months of isolation

Six NASA-backed research subjects who have been cooped up in a Mars-like habitat on a remote Hawaii volcano since January ...

September 18, 2017

Hard to spot: criminals find new ways to smuggle rhino horns

International traffickers have tried many ways to smuggle African rhino horns to Asia, concealing them inside wooden Buddha ...

September 17, 2017

Warm waters off West Coast has lingering effects for salmon

The mass of warm water known as "the blob" that heated up the North Pacific Ocean has dissipated, but scientists are still ...

September 17, 2017

Key Equifax executives departing after huge data breach

Equifax announced late Friday that its chief information officer and chief security officer would leave the company ...

September 17, 2017

Uproar in Turkey over removing evolution from biology class

Students in Turkey are returning to school Monday where they will be taught evolution for the last time in their biology ...

September 17, 2017

Tropical storm warning for Los Cabos, Mexico due to Norma

Hurricane season roared on as Jose threatened heavy surf along the U.S. East Coast on Saturday, Tropical Storm Norma neared ...

September 17, 2017

US coastal growth continues despite lessons of past storms

Rising sea levels and fierce storms have failed to stop relentless population growth along U.S. coasts in recent years, a new ...

September 17, 2017

World leaders face crises in North Korea and Myanmar at UN

Facing an escalating nuclear threat from North Korea and the mass flight of minority Muslims from Myanmar, world leaders ...

September 17, 2017

Officials: Returning Keys residents must be self-sustaining

As the devastated Florida Keys began reopening to residents who fled Hurricane Irma, officials warned the returning islanders ...

September 16, 2017

Union: Thousands of firefighters didn't work during Harvey

Thousands of Houston firefighters were told to stay home at the height of Harvey's flooding even as calls for help ...

September 16, 2017

'Red flag' calls signaled post-Irma deaths at nursing home

The first 911 call from the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills didn't sound ominous: A nursing home patient had an ...