Stocks lurched lower again in midday trading on Wall Street Thursday, extending a streak of losses and putting the market on track for its second big weekly decline in a …
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US Agriculture Department Takes on Invasive Species
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced $17.5 million in emergency funding to fight the spread of the spotted lanternfly in Pennsylvania. The invasive species was first spotted in District …
your ads here!Mars on Earth: Simulation Tests in Remote Desert of Oman
Two scientists in spacesuits, stark white against the auburn terrain of desolate plains and dunes, test a geo-radar built to map Mars by dragging the flat box across the rocky …
your ads here!Twitter Turns First Profit, But Problems Remain
Twitter says it had first quarterly profit in history and returned to revenue growth in the fourth quarter. Its stock increased in pre-market trading Thursday. Though the results …
your ads here!It’ll be Lights Out at Statue of Liberty for Electrical Work
It will be lights out on part of the Statue of Liberty as work is done on the monument’s electrical system. The National Park Service says the lights that …
your ads here!World’s Most Popular Dinosaur on the Move at Chicago’s Field Museum
When she emerged from obscurity in the rock formations of South Dakota in the early 1990s, the world’s largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton was only beginning a long legal and physical …
your ads here!China’s January Exports, Imports Surge; US Trade Deficit Grows
China’s export growth accelerated in January amid mounting trade tension with Washington while imports surged as factories stocked up ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Exports rose 11.1 percent …
your ads here!Elder Care Nurses Needed as Boomers Age
In the years after World War II, the United States’ birth rate skyrocketed. This generation of Americans became known as baby boomers. They’re a huge population segment in the U.S., …
your ads here!Egyptian Start-Up Tackles Social Issues with Video Games
An Egyptian startup is designing video games in which the object is not just to win, but to become aware of social issues. Faith Lapidus reports. …
your ads here!Dutch Bank to Pay $369 Million in Drug Cartel Money-Laundering
Dutch lender Rabobank’s California unit agreed Wednesday to pay $369 million to settle allegations that it lied to regulators investigating allegations of laundering money from Mexican drug sales and organized …
your ads here!Child With Down Syndrome Chosen as Gerber Spokesbaby
Since 1931, the Gerber baby food baby has been one of the world’s most familiar and ubiquitous trademarks. This year’s Gerber spokesbaby is extra-special, he is 18-month-old Lucas Warren from …
your ads here!International Aid Group, Intel to Launch Job Training Program for Refugees in Germany
The International Rescue Committee has announced Project Core — a $1 million job training program for refugees in Germany. The IRC is collaborating with computer giant Intel to to equip …
your ads here!Aid Group Launches Job Training Program for Refugees in Germany
The International Rescue Committee on Wednesday announced the creation of Project Core, a $1 million job training program for refugees in Germany. The IRC said it would collaborate with computer …
your ads here!SpaceX Successfully Launches Largest Rocket Yet
The private space company SpaceX has launched its largest rocket yet Tuesday, sending a cherry red Tesla Roadster into an elliptical Earth-Mars orbit. The Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from …
your ads here!Report: Social Media Surveillance Unfairly Targeted Muslims
A social media monitoring tool used by the Boston Police Department to identify potential threats swept up the posts of people using the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter and a lawmaker’s Facebook update …
your ads here!500-Year-Old Skeletons Sought by 3 Native American Tribes
Somewhere in Boise, the 500-year-old skeletons of two Native Americans found last year when a badger apparently unearthed them from their resting place in Idaho’s high desert sagebrush steppe are …
your ads here!SPECIAL REPORT: Why ‘Higher Risk’ Human Targets Get Shocked With Tasers
The maker of the Taser says the electroshock weapon is the safest tool on a police officer’s belt – with a few caveats. In pages of warnings, Axon Enterprise Inc …
your ads here!WHO to Set Up Health Reserve Army to Tackle Emergencies
The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he is establishing what he calls a health reserve army to tackle emergencies and newly emerging diseases. Ghebreyesus …
your ads here!SpaceX Sports Car Now Flying Toward Asteroid Belt Beyond Mars
The world’s first space sports car is cruising toward the asteroid belt, well beyond Mars. SpaceX chief Elon Musk confirmed the new, more distant route for his rocketing Tesla Roadster, …
your ads here!Bollywood’s ‘Period’ Drama Boosts Menstrual-solution Entrepreneurs
Bollywood’s first film on menstrual hygiene, due for release on Friday, has boosted business for entrepreneurs providing affordable sanitary pads to women in India, manufacturers said. Even the trailer for …
your ads here!Russian Hackers Hunt Hi-Tech Secrets, Exploiting US Weakness
Russian cyberspies pursuing the secrets of military drones and other sensitive U.S. defense technology tricked key contract workers into exposing their email to theft, an Associated Press investigation has found. …
your ads here!Female Songwriters in Nashville Say ‘Time’s Up’
Female musicians in Nashville have long complained about the lack of representation on country radio, but now a collective of female songwriters are singing “Time’s Up.” The Song Suffragettes were …
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