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Alan Tennyson is curator of vertebrates at The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa  The emperor penguin is an impressive bird – but it would have been relatively small in comparison with some of the giant penguins that lived in the distant past. In a paper published today we reveal […]

QUANTICO, Va. — Fighting wars may soon change forever. On Tuesday, the military showed off a helicopter that doesn’t need a pilot in the cockpit — or on the ground. The Huey helicopter has been around since the Vietnam War, but this one could start a revolution. It can fly itself, […]

BOSTON — Five women said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that female kitchen workers at the McCormick & Schmick’s seafood restaurant in downtown Boston were subjected to constant groping and lewd comments from male supervisors and co-workers. They allege their complaints to the company were routinely ignored.  The lawsuit highlights the […]

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. —  A San Bernardino couple who have lived in their neighborhood since the 1960s say they’ve always heard the planes overhead going to both Ontario and Los Angeles. So they never imagined something like what happened Sunday could happen to them, CBS Los Angeles reports. Claudell Curry and […]

BARBERTON, Ohio — Authorities say an Ohio woman shot her husband multiple times earlier this year, dismembered his body and lived with the remains in their home for months. Forty-nine-year-old Marcia Eubank has been charged with murder in the death of 54-year-old Howard Eubank. Records don’t show an attorney for […]

In response to our six-month investigation into sexual assault allegations at the United States Air Force Academy, current superintendent Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria said he’s “disgusted” by the reports, but also said the academy doesn’t have “problems” when it comes to handling the cases. More than a dozen current and […]

A well-known daredevil climber’s death has spurred warnings by Chinese state media against the perils of live streaming, Reuters news agency reports. Wu Yongning, 26, died in November after falling from a 62-story building in the city of Changsha. A China Daily editorial said Tuesday that the climber’s death was a […]

Last Updated Dec 12, 2017 1:09 PM EST Republican Roy Moore, the embattled former chief justice on the state’s supreme court, and Democrat Doug Jones, a widely respected former U.S. attorney, are running for Jeff Sessions old Senate seat today in a special election that’s being watched closely across the […]

NEW YORK — An immigrant from Bangladesh arrested on charges of using a weapon of mass destruction in the New York City subway system in an attempted suicide attack has been charged in federal court. Akayed Ullah was expected to appear before a magistrate judge after a criminal complaint was […]

BERLIN — An explosion Tuesday at a major natural gas facility near Austria’s border with Slovakia left one person dead and 21 injured, and caused some gas flow disruptions to other countries, authorities said. One person was seriously injured and 20 others slightly hurt in the morning blast at the […]