Marcio Cabral's The Night Raider won him honors as a 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year — but judges disqualified the photo Friday, saying the raider in question, an anteater, was really stuffed.
Read More »EU To ‘Completely Ban’ Outdoor Use Of Pesticides Blamed For Devastating Bees
Citing concerns for food production, the environment and biodiversity, the European Union moves to protect bees from a popular insecticide.
Read More »NASA Mars Mission Faces Setback After Heat Shield Cracks Under Pressure
The heat shield, made of material that is as light as balsa wood but can withstand temperatures of nearly 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, broke during testing earlier this month.
Read More »Emergency Evacuation Finally Lifted After Huge Oil Refinery Fire In Superior, Wis.
The evacuation zone had extended for miles. The Canadian-owned refinery processes crude from the Canadian tar sands in Alberta and from North Dakota's Bakken shale oil fields.
Read More »U.S. Economic Growth Slowed To 2.3 Percent
Consumers didn't keep up with the blistering pace of spending, which meant slower economic growth. But recently, growth has tended to pick up momentum later in the year.
Read More »Amazon Reports Huge Quarterly Profits, Hikes Prime Membership Fee
Amazon's first quarter sales reached $51 billion, a 43 percent increase over last year. Its net income was $1.6 billion. Amazon also increased its annual Prime membership fee to $119 a year from $99.
Read More »Former NBC Correspondent Accuses Tom Brokaw Of Sexual Misconduct
Linda Vester, who spent a decade at NBC before going to Fox News, says the legendary news anchor groped her and forcibly tried to kiss her in the 1990s. Brokaw denies the allegations.
Read More »Kim, Moon Pledge Denuclearization Of Peninsula And End To Korean War
North Korea's Kim Jong Un and South Korea's Moon Jae-in met at the border village of Panmunjom for the first inter-Koreas summit in more than a decade.
Read More »Militia Leader Who Tried to Bomb a Remote Federal Cabin Pleads Guilty
A Utah man who the government said tried to blow up a Bureau of Land Management cabin in Arizona has pleaded guilty in federal court in Salt Lake City.
Read More »IAAF Sets New Limits On Testosterone Levels In Women
Track and field's world governing body announced new restrictions on female athletes who naturally produce higher-than-normal levels of testosterone.
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