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NASA delays next-generation space telescope until 2020
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is delaying the launch of its next-generation space telescope - its highest science priority - until at least 2020. Top officials said Tuesday that more time is needed to a...
Mar 28, 2018
Retired justice urges repeal of Second Amendment
WASHINGTON - Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation. The 97-year-old Stevens says in an essa...
Mar 28, 2018
3 people face charges in waterslide death of Kansas boy, 10
TOPEKA, Kan. - A water park company co-owner accused of rushing the world’s tallest waterslide into service and a designer accused of shoddy planning have been charged in the decapitation of a 1...
Mar 28, 2018
Russian ex-spy likely poisoned at front door, UK police say
LONDON - The Russian ex-spy and his daughter left critically ill in a nerve agent attack three weeks ago were probably poisoned at the front door of their home in southwestern England, British police ...
Mar 28, 2018
Political tensions cloud tribute to slain Holocaust survivor
PARIS - The silent decorum of a march to honour an 85-year-old woman who survived Nazi horrors only to be stabbed to death last week in an alleged anti-Semitic attack was shattered Wednesday, with cro...
Mar 28, 2018
Russia mourns victims of deadly mall fire in Siberia
MOSCOW - Flags flew at half-staff across Russia on Wednesday as the country mourned 64 victims - many of them children - of a shopping mall fire in Siberia. The blaze engulfed the four-story mall in t...
Mar 28, 2018
Egyptians wrap up voting, with all eyes on turnout
CAIRO - Egyptian election authorities started counting ballots after polls closed Wednesday in a lacklustre vote virtually guaranteed to hand President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi a second four-year term. P...
Mar 28, 2018
Firm tracks Nassar coverage, bills Michigan State $500K
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University spent roughly $500,000 for a public relations firm in January to track media coverage and social media activity related to the case of disgraced former ...
Mar 28, 2018
Man charged with shipping explosives to military sites
SEATTLE - A Seattle area man suspected of sending suspicious packages to multiple government agencies and military installations around the nation’s capital was charged Tuesday with shipping exp...
Mar 28, 2018
Facebook revamps privacy tools as tighter EU rules draw near
Facebook is giving its privacy tools a makeover as it reels from criticisms over its data practices and faces tighter European regulations in the coming months. The changes won’t affect Facebook...
Mar 28, 2018