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WHO: US experts not needed to fight Ebola outbreak in Congo 03 Dec 2018 - 10:03 pm

GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization says it doesn't need experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or any...

NASA spacecraft arrives at ancient asteroid, its 1st visitor 03 Dec 2018 - 10:03 pm

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of...

Musk’s SpaceX launches more than 60 small satellites into orbit 03 Dec 2018 - 10:03 pm

SpaceX notched its 19th launch of the year Monday, lofting 64 small spacecraft from 34 organizations into low Earth orbit. A Falcon 9...

Young people get tough with older generations over 'messed-up planet' 03 Dec 2018 - 08:44 pm

KATOWICE, Poland: Older generations have "messed up the planet", letting down younger people, who are "angry" about it and want it to stop,...

Dutchman, 69, loses legal bid to be 20 years younger 03 Dec 2018 - 06:48 pm

The Hague: A Dutch court Monday slapped down an attempt by a self-described "young god" just shy of his 70th birthday to slash...

Saving Clark's neck? Panic at 'Lampoon's Christmas' display 03 Dec 2018 - 03:20 pm

Austin: A holiday display meant to re-create a scene from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" looked a little too real and caused a veteran...

Finland's 'ode' to a new era in libraries 03 Dec 2018 - 02:55 pm

Helsinki: What do you give the world's most literate country for its 100th birthday? For Finland's politicians and public, the answer was simple:...

Here's why lying to doctors is common 03 Dec 2018 - 12:28 pm

New York, If you tend to stretch the truth while answering your doctor on questions related to exercise or diet, you have company....

Where are the drones? Amazon's customers are still waiting 03 Dec 2018 - 09:21 am

Jeff Bezos boldly predicted five years ago that drones would be carrying Amazon packages to people's doorsteps by now. Amazon customers are still...

George and Barbara Bush, a 'storybook' 73-year marriage 02 Dec 2018 - 09:32 pm

HOUSTON: They met at a Christmas dance. She was 16. He was 17. Three years later they were married. The couple stayed together...

Espionage, ID theft? Myriad risks from stolen Marriott data 02 Dec 2018 - 07:56 pm

NEW YORK: The data stolen from the Marriott hotel empire in a massive breach is so rich and specific it could be used...

Defying violence, hikers head for the hills in central Nigeria 02 Dec 2018 - 07:55 pm

JOS, Nigeria: The old car number plates still carry the inscription beloved of the people of Plateau State in central Nigeria: "Land of...

Lost idol: New wave of Myanmar youth activists look beyond Aung San Suu Kyi 02 Dec 2018 - 07:37 pm

YANGON: Myanmar youth activist and television host Thinzar Shun Lei Yi would once have called herself one of Aung San Suu Kyi's greatest...

In Louisiana, an appetite for oysters shields retreating shores 02 Dec 2018 - 07:21 pm

POINTE-AUX-CHENES, Louisiana: Brendan Causgrove's first encounter with an oyster did not go well. He choked on the plump specimen at the bottom of...

Google to retire Hangouts by 2020 02 Dec 2018 - 03:06 pm

San Francisco: Google will shut its popular Hangouts service for consumers by 2020, 9to5Google has reported, citing sources aware of the product's roadmap....

Male ballet dancer hopes to break stereotypes in Jordan 02 Dec 2018 - 02:30 pm

AMMAN: When Rabee Shrouf put on his first pair of ballet shoes two years ago, he knew he had found his calling. The...

A skier's circuit: The so-called 'Powder Highway' through the Canadian Rockies 02 Dec 2018 - 12:55 pm

The Billy Goat is gone. He was here, red coat vibrant against a canvas of white, when I turned to take in our...

This school cafeteria manager has gone bananas, and the kids love it 02 Dec 2018 - 11:01 am

Early each morning, while students who attend Kingston Elementary in Virginia Beach are still asleep, school cafeteria manager Stacey Truman sits down at...