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Black space engineer, housing advocate Ken Kelly dies at 92

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Kenneth C. Kelly, a Black electronics engineer whose antenna designs contributed to the race to the moon, made satellite TV and radio possible and...

Transcript: President Joe Biden on the coronavirus pandemic

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Transcript of President Joe Biden's speech Thursday, March 11, 2021, on the coronavirus pandemic, as provided by CQ: ...

Fire at French cloud computing firm disrupts websites

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PARIS — Numerous companies and websites in France suffered outages and disruptions to services after a fire swept through a cloud computing provider's facility. ...

Crocodile hunt: Search on for escaped reptiles in S. Africa

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Police and conservation officers were searching Friday for an unknown number of young crocodiles that escaped earlier in the...

Luxury seller Saks to spinoff website into separate company

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NEW YORK — Saks Fifth Avenue is spinning off its website into a separate company, with the hopes of expanding that business at a...

Exxon Mobil ordered to pay $14.25M penalty in pollution case

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HOUSTON — A federal judge ordered Exxon Mobil to pay a $14.25 million civil penalty Tuesday in an 11-year-old lawsuit alleging it violated the...

Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice

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When President Joe Biden made environmental protection a key element of his campaign, he promised to overhaul the federal office that investigates complaints from...

Louisiana challenges California ban on alligator products

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NEW ORLEANS — In the Trump administration’s last days, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a change to rules protecting alligators - a...

AP names Justin Myers as data editor

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NEW YORK — Justin Myers, a veteran data journalist whose work has driven some of the top investigative stories done by The Associated Press...

Timeline: Yemen war began in 2014 when Houthis seized Sanaa

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CAIRO — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire....