By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Six years after last landing on Mars, NASA is sending a robotic geologist to dig deeper than ever before to take the planet’s temperature. The Mars InSight spacecraft, set to launch this weekend, will also take the planet’s pulse by […]
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By Peter Dejong The Associated Press WEERIBBEN-WIEDEN NATIONAL PARK, Netherlands — The drone of his small outboard motor cuts through the early morning silence as Wout van de Belt navigates his flat-bottomed punt through the twisting waterways of the eastern Netherlands. The 57-year-old is one of a small remaining group […]
By David Crary The Associated Press NEW YORK — For 108 years, the Boy Scouts of America’s flagship program has been known simply as the Boy Scouts. With girls soon entering the ranks, the group says that iconic name will change. The organization on Wednesday announced a new name for […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — If you’ve ever been unable to find a bathroom in a moment of need, you know the gotta-go feeling. That’s nothing compared to the wood frog, which doesn’t urinate all winter. In Alaska, wood frogs go eight months without peeing. And scientists […]
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Wanted: A million people willing to share their DNA and 10 years of health habits, big and small, for science. On Sunday, the U.S. government will open nationwide enrolment for an ambitious experiment: If they can build a large enough database comparing […]
By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple’s tax break on its overseas profits is turning into a $102 billion boon for shareholders. The iPhone maker is raising its quarterly dividend by 16 per cent to 73 cents per share, matching the largest increase since Apple restored […]
By Lisa Rathke The Associated Press EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. — Producers of pure maple syrup and honey aren’t sweet on a plan to label their pure natural products as containing added sugars. They say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s upcoming requirement to update nutrition labels to tell consumers that […]
By Christopher Rugaber And Ken Thomas The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House is postponing a decision on imposing tariffs on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum from the European Union, Canada and Mexico for 30 days, avoiding the potential for a trade battle with Europe as the U.S. […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis, on Tuesday officially denied charges of sexual abuse spanning decades after his lawyers failed to sway a court to dismiss them. Australia’s […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press DENVER — For decades America’s air was getting cleaner as levels of a key smog ingredient steadily dropped. That changed about seven years ago when pollution reductions levelled off, a new study found. This means when tighter federal air quality standards go into effect […]
The Associated Press DALLAS — Attendees at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Dallas can carry their firearms ‚Äî except during the forum where President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence speak Friday. A White House official said Monday that Trump will attend Friday. Pence had already been slated […]
By Adina Bresge The Canadian Press TORONTO — It’s a whispered washroom ritual: smuggling sanitary products inside a shirt sleeve when that time of the months rolls around. Some, short on supplies, rummage for a quarter to feed the dispenser, or as a last resort, entreat a stallmate to borrow […]
