SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Apple CEO Tim Cook announces updates to the Apple Watch and iPad at a virutal event on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. / Credit: Apple
Apple has unveiled a lower-cost version of its popular smart watch and expanded health-tracking features, including a blood oxygen tracker and an altimeter.
The technology company announced the latest round of updates to...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn looks on as Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar addresses the media. - Pete Marovich/Getty Images
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar led an escalating pressure campaign against his own Food and Drug Administration this spring and summer, urging the agency to abandon its responsibility for ensuring the safety and accuracy of...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
A tanker drops retardant as smoke from the SQF Complex Fire billows Monday, September 14, 2020, east of Springville. - Ron Holman
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – Intense smoke from historic wildfires that is filling emergency rooms in the West is now clouding skies all the way across the nation.
AccuWeather Meteorologist Matt Benz says you can draw a line from California...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
A health worker draws blood from a patient for a COVID-19 antibody test on May 5 in DeLand, Fla. - John Raoux, AP
When Lisa Robertson sought coronavirus testing for her college athlete daughter, a pediatrician recommended a small, independent pharmacy in Arlington, Virginia.
Preston’s Pharmacy charged $35 to take a nasal swab specimen and sent it off to...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Britain's Prince William will be one speaker at free TED talks on climate change
The prestigious TED talks series is to hold its first-ever free live event next month, with Prince William and other prominent figures calling for action on climate change, the group announced Monday.
Known for thought-provoking speeches recorded at exclusive events, the nonprofit behind TED will stream...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
President Donald Trump on Monday shared a tweet describing him as "fanboying for dictators."
"I didn't even know there would be a question about this!" Trump tweeted in response to a columnist who referenced his comments that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin are more mentally fit than Democratic presidential nominee...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Photograph: Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, on 14 September. - Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Record-setting wildfires in the western US forced their way into the presidential campaign on Monday, with Donald Trump and Joe Biden making competing remarks.
The historic fires in California, Oregon and Washington have killed at least 35, forced tens of thousands to evacuate and subjected...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
An image of Venus, made with data recorded by Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft in 2016. So close, so similar and very mysterious, the planet is surprising scientists with a chemical signature spotted in its clouds. - PLANET-C Project Team/JAXA
High in the toxic atmosphere of the planet Venus, astronomers on Earth have discovered signs of what might be...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Brief Scorecard: Australia 294 for 9 (Maxwell 77, Marsh 73, Wood 3-54) beat England 275 for 9 (Billings 118, Bairstow 84, Hazlewood 3-26) by 19 runs
Australia began their World Cup Super League campaign with a hard-fought victory over the world champions at Emirates Old Trafford. A century stand between Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh helped salvage a...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
FAIRFAX, VA — Virginia's largest school system has been hacked and the attackers are seeking a ransom payment to keep them from disclosing stolen personal information.
WRC-TV in Washington reports that the internet hacking group Maze posted some of the data stolen from Fairfax County Public Schools, including student disciplinary records and grades, to prove its hack was...
