Scorpion stings woman on airplane
LOS ANGELES — A scorpion stung a woman on the hand just before her flight from Los Angeles to Portland took off.
Flight 567 was taxiing...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — If his Facebook page is any indication, Craig Hicks doesn’t hate Muslims. An avowed atheist, his online posts instead depict a man who despises relig...
Special sign-up period urged
WASHINGTON — The official sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health care law may be over, but leading congressional Democrats say mi...
New measuring brought change
WASHINGTON — Government surveyors have determined a new height for the Washington Monument that’s nearly 10 inches shorter than what has been...
LOS ANGELES — Louis Jourdan, the dashingly handsome Frenchman who starred in “Gigi,” “Can-Can” and “Three Coins in the Fountain” has died. He was 93.
Jourdan’s biographe...
Remote craft part of future
WASHINGTON — Drone on, the government says.
Just not through the night sky. Or close to an airport. Or out of the operator’s sight. And proba...
Collection amassed over last 40 years
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Whenever an endangered animal dies at the San Diego Zoo, researchers race out, regardless of the hour, to remove...
Despite benefits, mistrust remains
NEW YORK — They’re considered one of mankind’s greatest medical achievements, yet people have balked at vaccines almost since the time ...
HACKENSACK, N.J. — An SUV driver swerving to avoid striking another vehicle on a highway on Friday hit a snowbank along a guardrail and catapulted 60 feet off a bridge. ...
Technology moves forward
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A brighter ray of hope is on the horizon for the blind, as scientists improve electronic hardware that creates sight — making ...
