U.S. News

  • By RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — It’s a robot unlike any other: inspired by the world’s fastest land animal, controlled by video game technology and packing nifty sensors — including one used…

    December 02, 2014
  • By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After nearly a decade in legal wrangling, a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit over Apple’s iPod music players heads to trial on Tuesday in a California federal…

    December 02, 2014
  • By JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press Traveling by plane, train or automobile can be a headache. Mixing in Thanksgiving can make it a throbbing migraine. Technology provides some pain relief in the form of apps to…

    November 28, 2014
  • By JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Against the team of hackers, the poor car stood no chance. Meticulously overwhelming its computer networks, the hackers showed that — given time — they would…

    November 26, 2014
  • SUE MANNING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pet owners looking to launch the next Internet sensation or just longing for a new view of their dog’s dashing and digging won’t have to shop for…

    November 20, 2014
  • MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The largest solar power plant of its type in the world — once promoted as a turning point in green energy — isn’t producing as much…

    November 19, 2014
  • DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pay phones on New York City streets would become a thing of the past under a plan announced Monday that would replace them with stand-alone devices offering…

    November 19, 2014
  • JOHN ROGERS LOS ANGELES (AP) — With his infant son clinging to life, Chris Picco picked up a guitar and sang softly to the boy, urging him to “mend those broken wings and learn to…

    November 15, 2014
  • JACK GILLUM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — AT&T Mobility, the nation’s second-largest cellular provider, said Friday it’s no longer attaching hidden Internet tracking codes to data transmitted from its users’ smartphones. The practice made it…

    November 15, 2014
  • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The director of the Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs Healthcare System has been fired. The move comes a month after officials determined that she had committed “conduct unbecoming a senior executive,” along with wasteful…

    November 13, 2014
  • NEW YORK (AP) — Google is launching a campaign to help fight Ebola by contributing $2 for every dollar people donate to a slew of nonprofits such as Save the Children and the Doctors Without…

    November 11, 2014
  • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — So, what exactly is 4Chan? 4chan’s roots date back to a pre-Facebook age of the Internet, where anonymity ruled and rules were few to come by.…

    November 10, 2014
  • MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Can Old Faithful compete with Netflix? The prospect of streaming wireless service deep inside Yellowstone National Park is re-igniting the debate over whether there should be any…

    November 05, 2014
  • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The National Park Service says it has found more graffiti in some of the West’s most scenic locations in a case that sparked an uproar on social media last week.…

    October 31, 2014