Plan to raze 4 dams on California-Oregon line clears hurdle
PORTLAND, Ore. — A proposal to bring down four hydroelectric dams near the California-Oregon border cleared a major regulatory hurdle Thursday, setting the stage...
Cruise giant Carnival says customers affected by breach
Carnival Corp. said Thursday that a data breach in March might have exposed personal information about customers and employees on Carnival Cruise Line, Holland...
Can you mix and match COVID-19 vaccines?
Can you mix and match two-dose COVID-19 vaccines?
It's likely safe...
Foam containing ‘forever chemicals’ used against plant fire
A company hired to help extinguish a fire that gutted a northern Illinois chemical plant this week used foam containing toxic compounds that have...
Hong Kong’s stock exchange hit in latest wave of web outages
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange said it was hit by technical problems Thursday as a wave of brief internet outages appeared to hit dozens...
Spain hopes to jumpstart electric car industry with EU funds
BARCELONA, Spain — Daniel Sánchez is one of the luckier electric car owners in Spain. With a free recharging station less than a kilometer...
Self-driving car pioneer Waymo gets $2.5B to fuel ambitions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Waymo, the self-driving car pioneer spun off from Google, isn't allowing a recent wave of executive departures to detour its...
China says nuclear fuel rods damaged, no radiation leak
BEIJING — A Chinese nuclear power plant near Hong Kong had five broken fuel rods in a reactor but no radioactivity leaked, the government...
Amazon allots $300 million for housing near mass transit
ARLINGTON, Va. — Amazon is providing $300 million in low-interest loans to support housing located near mass transit in the Washington, D.C., area and...
Security flaw found in 2G mobile data encryption standard
BERLIN — Cybersecurity researchers in Europe say they have discovered a flaw in an encryption algorithm used by cellphones that may have allowed attackers...