Science Jan 20 Following minor delays, Atlas V lifts off into night sky An unmanned Atlas V rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Tuesday night with a Navy communications satellite on board.
World Jan 20 Tiger population increases by 30 percent in India After decades of facing extinction and aggressive illegal trade practices, tiger populations in India saw a 30 percent increase since 2001, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters Tuesday.
Nation Jan 20 Without a warrant, police use radar device to peer inside homes More than 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have outfitted their officers with a new radar device that can detect movements within a building from as much as 50 feet away, USA Today reported Tuesday.
Nation Jan 16 News organizations form coalition to test drones Ten news organizations, including The New York Times and the Associated Press, formed a coalition with Virginia Tech to test unmanned aircraft systems, UAS, for news gathering, the media companies said in a joint statement Thursday.
Science Jan 16 Missing Mars probe Beagle 2 found after 11 years Missing since 2003, British scientists said Friday new high-resolution images revealed that their Mars probe, Beagle 2, had landed safely on the surface of the Red Planet, but failed to fully deploy.
Arts Jan 15 The 2015 Oscar nominations are in "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Birdman" led the pack of Oscar nominations, nabbing nine each, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Thursday morning. Check out the full list of nominations.
World Jan 14 Photo essay: Haiti’s earthquake victims wonder where the reconstruction money went On Jan. 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake reduced the impoverished island country of Haiti to rubble, leaving 220,000 dead, another 300,000 injured, and more than a million homeless. Among those that survived also lost limbs to falling walls and…
World Jan 14 Syrians now largest refugee group in Brazil Syrians fleeing the ongoing civil war in their country now make up the largest group of refugees in Brazil, the EFE reported.
World Jan 09 Photo essay: Remnants of the trillion-dollar war in Afghanistan rust in the desert At its peak, the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan swelled to 140,000 in 2010 when Obama ordered a "surge" to counter the growing insurgency. Now, the U.S. is tasked in dismantling its operations throughout Afghanistan to house the incoming…
Nation Jan 08 Cleveland police forced Tamir Rice’s sister to the ground, footage reveals According to new security footage released Thursday, Cleveland police handcuffed the 14-year-old sister of Tamir Rice and kept her nearby in a patrol car after a police officer shot the boy within seconds of arriving to the scene.