A vehicle in a fatal crash last week in California was operating on Autopilot, making it the latest accident to involve a self-driving vehicle, Tesla has confirmed. The electric car …
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AP Analysis: Blacks Largely Missing From High-Salary Positions
Jonathan Garland’s fascination with architecture started early: He spent much of his childhood designing Lego houses and gazing at Boston buildings on rides with his father away from their largely …
your ads here!Scientists Track Chinese Space Station’s Final Hours in Orbit
Scientists are monitoring a defunct Chinese space station that is expected to fall to Earth sometime this weekend — the largest man-made object to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in a decade. …
your ads here!Australian Project to Probe Links Between Head Injuries in Sport, Disease
Researchers in Australia have begun an ambitious task to learn more about the long-term impacts of head injuries suffered by athletes. This week, the Australian Sports Brain Bank was launched …
your ads here!Helping the Planet, One Burger at a Time
Chef Rob Morasco didn’t set out to make a planet-friendly burger. But the 25 percent mushroom burger he created at food service company Sodexo not only has a lower carbon …
your ads here!These Burgers Are Better for the Planet, but You’d Never Know It
As the world’s population heads toward 10 billion by midcentury, experts are wrestling with how to feed the world without wrecking the planet. It’s not easy to find foods with …
your ads here!Kids, Candymakers Look Forward to Easter Holiday
The Easter holiday is synonymous with symbols of spring, and for kids, it means candy in their Easter baskets. From Washington, VOA’s Jill Craig finds out how much sales increase …
your ads here!Traditional Pakistani Bamboo Curtains Gaining Popularity
Traditional handicrafts from Pakistan are exported to many countries around the world. One item that appears to be gaining in popularity are the country’s hand-made bamboo curtains. VOA’s Saman Khan …
your ads here!NY’s Immigrant Taxi Drivers Despair as Taxi Industry Slumps
A financially distraught yellow cab driver from Romania recently hanged himself in his New York garage, marking the fourth suicide among city taxi drivers in as many months. In the …
your ads here!Could Enemies Target Undersea Cables That Link the World?
Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables, causing the U.S. and its allies to worry the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths. Is Moscow interested in …
your ads here!Trump EPA Expected to Roll Back Auto Gas Mileage Standards
The Trump administration is expected to announce that it will roll back automobile gas mileage and pollution standards that were a pillar in the Obama administration’s plans to combat climate …
your ads here!UN Blacklists Dozens of Ships, Businesses Over N. Korea Smuggling
The U.N. Security Council on Friday blacklisted 27 ships, 21 companies and a businessman for helping North Korea circumvent sanctions, keeping the pressure on Pyongyang despite its recent diplomatic opening …
your ads here!Air France, Lawyers Strike as Macron Labor Woes Grow
French lawyers staged a walkout Friday while Air France staff went on strike over pay, adding to a growing wave of industrial unrest that threatens to slow President Emmanuel Macron’s …
your ads here!Facebook ‘Ugly Truth’ Memo Triggers New Firestorm Over Ethics
Was a leaked internal Facebook memo aimed at justifying the social network’s growth-at-any-cost strategy? Or simply a way to open debate on difficult questions over new technologies? The extraordinarily blunt …
your ads here!People With Sinus Infections Stay on Antibiotics Too Long, Study Indicates
Most people prescribed antibiotics for sinus infections are on treatment courses of 10 days or longer even though infectious-disease doctors recommend five to seven days for uncomplicated cases, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers …
your ads here!Science: What We Know About Cancer Risk and Coffee
Trouble is brewing for coffee lovers in California, where a judge ruled that sellers must post scary warnings about cancer risks. But how frightened should we be of a daily …
your ads here!Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 31
We’re airborne with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending March 31, 2018. Last week, we had a big new …
your ads here!South Sudan Dispute With Mobile Firm Disrupts Service
Hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese remained without mobile phone service Friday, as network operator Vivacell continued a standoff with the government over a licensing dispute. The government cut the …
your ads here!Jennifer Lopez Visits Alex Rodriguez During Opening Day
Alex Rodriguez received a special opening day visit during his first official broadcast with the ESPN Sunday night baseball team. His girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, dropped by the booth at Dodger …
your ads here!Cosby’s Defense Strategy Hinges on Judge His Team Attacked
Bill Cosby’s lawyers first pressured the judge in his sexual assault retrial to quit, and now they are counting on him to make rulings critical to their plan to portray …
your ads here!China’s Defunct Space Lab Hurtling Toward Earth for Re-Entry
China’s defunct and reportedly out-of-control Tiangong 1 space station is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere sometime this weekend. It poses only a slight risk to people and property on the …
your ads here!Johnny Hallyday’s Children Start Battle Over Father’s Will
Lawyers for the children of the late French rock singer Johnny Hallyday have started to contest the will that leaves everything to his widow. Hallyday’s eldest children are contesting the …
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