The Trump administration is updating safety guidelines for self-driving cars in an attempt to clear barriers for automakers and tech companies who want to get test vehicles on the road. …
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Abrams to Write, Direct ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’
J.J. Abrams is returning to Star Wars and will replace Colin Trevorrow as writer and director of Episode IX, pushing the film’s release date back seven months. Disney announced Abrams’ …
your ads here!Black-and-white Emmys Reflect TV’s Narrow Ethnic View
When cameras pan across the faces of anxious Emmy Award nominees at Sunday’s ceremony, TV viewers will see a record 12 African-Americans vying for comedy and drama series acting honors. …
your ads here!Former US CDC Director Takes Aim at Outbreaks, Heart Disease
Former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Tom Frieden on Tuesday announced the start of a new public health initiative funded by private philanthropies to fight heart …
your ads here!UN: More Than a Billion People Live on Degraded Land, At Risk of Hunger
More than 1.3 billion people live on agricultural land that is deteriorating, putting them at risk of worsening hunger, water shortages and poverty, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification …
your ads here!Syria Signs Aleppo Power Plant Contract With Iran
Syria’s government signed a contract with an Iranian company on Tuesday to import five gas-fired power plants to the war-battered city of Aleppo, in an early sign of the major …
your ads here!Child Heart Patients Treated for Rare Surgical Infection
At least a dozen children who had heart surgery at Children’s Hospital New Orleans between late May and July have infected incisions, apparently from contaminated equipment. The hospital’s chief medical …
your ads here!Apple Introduces Major Upgrades to Trademark iPhone
Apple released the latest in smartphone technology Tuesday — the $1,000 iPhone X (the X stands for the number 10, not the letter X) — a gadget Apple calls the …
your ads here!Survivors, Relatives, Volunteers Connect Online for Irma Aid
Worried relatives, generous volunteers, frantic neighbors, even medical providers are turning to social media now that Hurricane Irma wiped out electricity and cell service to communities across Florida, cutting off …
your ads here!In Persian Gulf, Computer Hacking Now a Cross-Border Fear
State-sponsored hacks have become an increasing worry among countries across the Persian Gulf. They include suspected Iranian cyberattacks on Saudi Arabia to leaked emails causing consternation among nominally allied Arab …
your ads here!Macron’s Big Test: France-Wide Protests Over Labor Overhaul
Eiffel Tower employees planned a walkout, angry carnival workers snarled traffic around Paris’ Arc de Triomphe, and Paris police girded for potential violence as unions and others hold nationwide protests …
your ads here!A Successful Saturn Probe Ends its Mission
The end of this week will also see the end of a glorious decades-long space mission that thrilled space scientists, sending huge amounts of data about a distant alien world. …
your ads here!New Study Links Long NFL Career with Brain Injuries
The past few years have seen a drastic decline in the number of kids who play American football. One of the main reasons is the fear of brain injuries due …
your ads here!While Stock Market Soars, US Farmers Struggle
While U.S. stock indexes continue to see record breaking gains and U.S. employment numbers are encouraging, American farmers continue to struggle with high costs for fertilizer and seed at a …
your ads here!Eric Clapton Says ‘Not Easy’ Watching his Own Documentary
A documentary about the life of renowned guitarist Eric Clapton does not attempt to whitewash over the darker side of the hard-drinking musician’s life, even though it is directed by …
your ads here!US to Unveil Streamlined Autonomous Vehicle Guidelines
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao will unveil on Tuesday streamlined safety guidelines for automakers that want to deploy self-driving vehicles, a person briefed on the matter said Monday, as members …
your ads here!Hemingway Museum and Six-toed Cats Ride Out Irma Unscathed
Hurricane Irma may have shattered homes and flooded communities across Florida, but the Key West museum dedicated to acclaimed American author Ernest Hemingway and descendants of his beloved six-toed cats …
your ads here!Directing Allows Angelina Jolie to ‘Champion Other People’
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie says she never intended to step behind the camera, but traveling around the world for the United Nations opened her eyes to the conflicts that have …
your ads here!Reports: Patty Jenkins to Direct ‘Wonder Woman’ 2019 Sequel
Patty Jenkins will return to direct the 2019 sequel to this year’s hit superhero movie “Wonder Woman,” film trade publications said on Monday, after she became the highest-grossing female director …
your ads here!JFK’s Granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg Gets Married
President John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter and Caroline Kennedy’s daughter Tatiana Schlossberg has gotten married at the family’s Martha’s Vineyard home. The New York Times reports the 27-year-old Schlossberg married 28-year-old …
your ads here!Scientists Say DNA Tests Show Viking Warrior Was Female
Scientists say DNA tests on a skeleton found in a lavish Viking warrior’s grave in Sweden show the remains are those of a woman in her 30s. While bone experts …
your ads here!Cardi B. on Meeting Beyonce, Plans to Release Album in October
Cardi B. has a breakthrough hit with “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” and the rapper said she’s ready to follow the single’s success with an album next month. “I have …
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