MATT O'BRIEN
AP Technology Writer
BOSTON (AP) — The first cargo-carrying robot marketed directly to consumers is on sale this holiday season. But how many people are ready to ditch their second car to buy a two-wheeled rover that can follow them around like a dog?
Corporate giants like Amazon, FedEx and Ford have already been experimenting with sending delivery robots...
RACHEL D'ORO
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For generations, people in Alaska's far-north villages have relied on hand-built ice cellars dug deep into the permafrost to age their whale and walrus meat to perfection and keep it cold throughout the year.
Scores of the naturally refrigerated food caches lie beneath these largely Inupiat communities, where many rely on hunting and...
LONDON (AP) — Four African countries have reported new cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine, as global health numbers show there are now more children being paralyzed by viruses originating in vaccines than in the wild.
In a report late last week, the World Health Organization and partners noted nine new polio cases caused by the vaccine in...
KELVIN CHAN
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — London's transit authority on Monday refused to renew Uber's operating license over concerns about impostor drivers, with the ride-hailing company vowing to appeal the decision as it struggles to secure its future in the British capital.
It's the latest chapter in Uber's rocky history with London transport officials, who have subjected the San Francisco-based...
TEMECULA ─ BYOC! Bring Your Own Chairs and bundle up because you will not want to miss the biggest event of the year! Join us for Temecula’s 30th Anniversary Community Celebration on Sunday, Dec. 1 from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Civic Quad at the Temecula City Hall (41000 Main Street) in Old Town Temecula.Celebrate our community’s loving...
COLLIN BINKLEY and LARRY FENN
Associated Press
More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for treatment or find help elsewhere as campus clinics struggle to meet demand, an Associated Press review of more than three dozen public universities found.
On some campuses, the number of...
ROBERT BURNS
AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that President Donald Trump gave him a direct order to allow a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes to retire without losing his SEAL status.
Esper told reporters at the Pentagon that Trump's order was the reason he announced Sunday that Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher...
MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — After two weeks of public hearings, Democrats could soon turn the impeachment process over to the House Judiciary Committee. They're moving "expeditiously" ahead as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has instructed.
In the coming weeks, the House intelligence panel will submit a report to the Judiciary panel, and then Democrats will consider drafting articles...
The Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) — A brazen burglary Monday at a German museum holding priceless treasures is another in a long history of daring European heists over the years.
German police said it was too early to estimate the value of the items stolen from Dresden's Green Vault, one of the world's oldest museums, and museum officials called the objects...
DAVID RISING and FRANK JORDANS
Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) — Thieves broke into Dresden's Green Vault, one of the world's oldest museums, early Monday morning, making off with three "priceless" sets of 18th century jewelry that German officials said would be impossible to sell on the open market.
The treasury of Augustus the Strong of Saxony was established in 1723 and...