The guided missile destroyer USS Decatur, right, pulls into position behind the Military Sealift Command Matthew Perry, during an exercise in the South China Sea.Petty Officer 2nd Class Will Gaskill…
Manchester, New Hampshire-based Dyn, Inc. said its server infrastructure was hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack, which works by overwhelming targeted machines with junk traffic. Dyn said in a series…
From the ground, the cigar-shaped replacements look much like their predecessors. Though they still use helium and bear the blue-and-gold Goodyear logo, they aren’t technically blimps because they have a…
A man fills out a job application at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla.Lynne Sladky/Associated Press file The Labor Department said Friday employers cut jobs in four swing states…
Scientists want to get better understanding of ice loss
But most presidential losers have respectfully conceded their loss
Members of Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism forces joined Iraqi and U.S. troops in an attack on a town east of Mosul, Iraq. Iraq is preparing for an assault to retake Mosul…
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency had sufficient authority and information to issue an emergency order to protect residents of Flint, Michigan, from lead-contaminated water as early as June 2015…
A photo from the National Transportation Safety Board shows damage to the Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, N.J., after a commuter train crash that killed one person and injured more than…
Trump has spent the days leading up to third and final presidential debate warning voters that the election will be “rigged.” Asked whether he would accept the outcome if Clinton…
European Space Agency hopes to regain contact with spacecraft
WASHINGTON – Facing new challenges to a legacy law, the Obama administration on Wednesday set modest expectations for the president’s final health care sign-up season. The biggest worry: rising premiums…
Iraqi army soldiers celebrate on the outskirts of Qayyarah, Iraq, as Iraqi troops move closer to launching their assault to retake Mosul, Iraq, from the Islamic State militants.Marko Drobnjakovic/Associated Press…
Health and Human Service Secretary Sylvia Burwell said she expects 13.8 million people to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act when the new enrollment begins next…
New generation rushing to fill prospectors’ dusty waders
$50 million expansion to include interactive exhibits, theater
Federal researchers believe feces from the legions of feral cats roaming Hawaii is spreading a disease that is killing Hawaiian monk seals, some of the world’s most endangered marine mammals.…
Millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get only tiny increases in benefits next year, the fifth year in a row that older Americans will have to settle…
GOP candidate renews his claim that the election is ‘corrupt’
People who identify as journalists on federal campaign finance reports overwhelmingly donated to the Clinton campaign over the Trump campaign. The margin is 430 journalists combining to give $382,000 to…
Vallejo Police Chief Andrew Bidou called it an “attempted assassination” of the two officers, who were on break when the confrontation occurred. The officers were caught off-guard and “were ambushed…
Move comes only after airstrikes kill 36 people
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the Republican Party is “so naive” to believe that election fraud is a serious issue.Evan Vucci/Associated Press Trump’s claims were part a Monday morning…
A group of workers at the C.C. Filson Co. manufacturing facility work at their sewing machines in Seattle.Ted S. Warren/Associated Press file The Federal Reserve said Monday that factory production…
WASHINGTON – FBI Director James Comey says the absence of reliable data about how often police use force is fueling a regrettable narrative about law enforcement. He says videos of…
He believes the solar-powered glass pavers his company makes could transform thousands of miles of pavement into a new energy source. His business, Solar Roadways, recently unveiled its first public…
