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Federal government: No threatened species listing for walrus
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will not list the Pacific walrus as a threatened species based on diminished Arctic Ocean sea ice, concluding that the marine mammal...
Oct 06, 2017
Nobel-winning technique like "Google Earth for molecules"
NEW YORK - Three researchers won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for developing a microscope technique that lets scientists see exquisite details of the molecules that drive life - basically providing a fr...
Oct 06, 2017
The Latest: Nobel winner 'like Google Earth for molecules'
STOCKHOLM - The Latest on the Nobel Chemistry Prize (all times local): 2 p.m. The president of the American Chemical Society says the microscope imaging technique honoured by this year’s Nobel C...
Oct 06, 2017
German woman says Polanski sexually assaulted her in 1972
GENEVA - Swiss authorities said Wednesday that a German woman has filed a complaint alleging Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski sexually assaulted her 45 years ago in a Swiss resort town while she ...
Oct 06, 2017
Gunman's secret life thwarts investigators' hunt for motive
LAS VEGAS - The gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history led a secret life that has so far thwarted investigators trying to figure out a motive for the attack. In an effort to ...
Oct 06, 2017
Amazon must pay $295 million in back taxes, EU says
BRUSSELS - Amazon has to pay $295 million in back taxes to Luxembourg, the European Union ordered Wednesday, in its latest attempt to tighten the screws on multinationals it says are avoiding taxes th...
Oct 06, 2017
Trump offers prayers, condolences during stop in Vegas
LAS VEGAS - Solemn in the face of tragedy, President Donald Trump visited hospital bedsides and a vital police base in stricken Las Vegas, offering prayers and condolences to the victims of Sunday nig...
Oct 06, 2017
Russia says its airstrikes wounded al-Qaida leader in Syria
MOSCOW - Russia said Wednesday it carried out airstrikes in Syria this week that critically wounded the leader of an al-Qaida-linked group and killed 12 other militant commanders, a report that was ca...
Oct 06, 2017
Woman seeks revival of defamation suit against Bill Cosby
BOSTON - A woman who says Bill Cosby raped her in a Michigan hotel room more than four decades ago should be allowed to sue for defamation, because the comedian “knows she is not lying about the...
Oct 06, 2017
Country star Jason Aldean cancels tour dates after shooting
Country star Jason Aldean is cancelling three upcoming tour dates after a mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas out of respect for the victims and to take time to mourn. The singer wa...
Oct 06, 2017