Bezos’s comments on workers after spaceflight draws rebuke
NEW YORK — The world's richest man wanted to say thanks to the people who made his brief trip into space Tuesday possible.
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Blue Origin brings space tourism to tiny Texas town
VAN HORN, Texas — For years, the official letterhead for the small town of Van Horn, tucked neatly among the foothills of the Guadalupe...
California fire prompts evacuations; Oregon blaze balloons
SAN FRANCISCO — A rapidly growing wildfire south of Lake Tahoe jumped a highway, prompting more evacuation orders and the cancellation of an extreme...
Nightclubs elated, but doubts cloud England’s ‘Freedom Day’
LONDON — Sparkling wine, confetti, a midnight countdown: It’s not New Year’s Eve, but it might as well be for England’s clubbers. After 17...
EXPLAINER: How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. No test...
Unstable weather will continue to fuel huge Oregon blaze
PORTLAND, Ore. — Dry, unstable and windy conditions will keep fueling a massive wildfire in southern Oregon, forecasters said, as the largely uncontained blaze...
Why the Anthony Bourdain voice cloning creeps people out
The revelation that a documentary filmmaker used voice-cloning software to make the late chef Anthony Bourdain say words he never spoke has drawn criticism...
Experts: Europe floods shows need to curb emissions, adapt
BRUSSELS — Just as the European Union was announcing plans to spend billions of euros to contain climate change, massive clouds gathered over Germany...
Events expanding to mark 100 years since John Glenn’s birth
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A three-day celebration of what would have been history-making astronaut John Glenn's 100th birthday began Friday in his birthplace and childhood...
Just 7% of our DNA is unique to modern humans, study shows
WASHINGTON — What makes humans unique? Scientists have taken another step toward solving an enduring mystery with a new tool that may allow for...