Automakers from around the world take the stage this weekend at the 45th annual Tokyo Motor Show. Designers will showcase electronic cars with advanced artificial intelligence and at least one concept car with safety features for the world around it. Arash Arabasadi reports. …
your ad hereTech Companies Get Ready to Face Congress Over Foreign Interference in U.S. Election
Facebook, Google and Twitter are heading to Washington to answer questions about how their services were used by Russia-based operatives to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In Silicon Valley, there’s concern that the scrutiny may bring new regulations, as VOA’s Michelle Quinn reports. …
your ad hereWho Will Be the Next Fed Chief?
President Trump says he is “very close” to picking a person for the most important economic post in the country: the head of the US Federal Reserve. Current Chair Janet Yellen, whose term expires early next year, is one of at least five candidates under consideration. Regardless of the president’s …
your ad hereAdvocates Welcome Trump’s Emergency Declaration on Opioid Crisis as Good First Step
U.S. public health advocates welcomed President Donald Trump’s decision to declare the U.S. opioid epidemic a national public health emergency, but say the crisis needs additional funds to be addressed. The 90-day order enables states to use federal emergency funds to fight the crisis, but, although it can be extended, …
your ad hereMSNBC Takes Halperin Off Air After Harassment Claims
MSNBC said Thursday that journalist Mark Halperin had been suspended from his role as network contributor following charges from five women that he sexually harassed them while he was an ABC News executive. The network said it found Halperin’s conduct as described in a CNN story “very troubling” and that …
your ad hereExperts Say Measles Victims Dropped Below 100,000 in 2016
The World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the rate of deaths from measles has dropped 84 percent since the beginning of a global vaccination campaign in 2000. Experts say the number of people who died from measles in 2016 was about 90,000, …
your ad hereHawaii: No Screen Time While Crossing a Street
Police in Hawaii will ticket people who get caught looking at digital devices while crossing a street in the state capital, Honolulu. The law, passed in July, came into effect this week, making Honolulu the first major city in the U.S. to pass such a law. The only exemption to …
your ad hereGreater Scrutiny Set for Nonimmigrant Work Visa Renewals
The United States has announced changes to its nonimmigrant work visa policies that are expected to make renewals more difficult. In the past, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services would generally approve the renewals unless the visa holder had committed a crime. Now, renewals will face the same scrutiny as the …
your ad hereTrump Ponders New Head for Federal Reserve
President Donald Trump says he is “very close” to picking a person for the most important economic post in the United States, the head of the Federal Reserve. Current Chair Janet Yellen’s term expires early next year and she is one of at least five candidates for the job. Besides …
your ad hereN. Korean Debt to Sweden Remains Unpaid After Four Decades
More than four decades after selling 1,000 Volvos to North Korea, Sweden is still trying to get paid for the cars. The vehicles were part of a $131 million trade package delivered to North Korea in 1974, during a period of openness. But Pyongyang never paid anything on the deal, …
your ad hereUS House of Representatives Approves a $4T Fiscal 2018 Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday approved a $4 trillion fiscal 2018 budget blueprint, a major step forward toward the introduction of a Republican tax cut bill. The measure narrowly passed (216-212) despite last-minute resistance from the ranks of Republicans. House passage makes enactment of an eventual tax bill more …
your ad hereAshley Judd Says A ‘Deal’ Helped Her Flee from Weinstein
Actress Ashley Judd says she escaped Harvey Weinstein’s sexual advances by making a deal. She says she told him, yes, she would submit to him only after winning an Oscar in one of his movies. Then she says she fled from his hotel room where, two decades ago, she …
your ad hereAP Source: Drake Did Not Submit Latest Album to Grammys
Drake’s “More Life” album won’t earn him more Grammy Awards: The rapper didn’t submit the album for consideration at the 2018 Grammys. A person close to the nomination process, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to publicly talk about the topic, said …
your ad hereTwitter Surprises With Third Quarter Earnings
Twitter is reporting a loss of $21.1 million in its third quarter, but turned in a better-than-expected profit when one-time charges and benefits are removed. Shares of Twitter Inc. soared almost 9 percent before the opening bell Thursday. The San Francisco company had a loss of 3 cents, …
your ad hereTwitter Toughens Abuse Rules – and now has to Enforce Them
Twitter is enacting new policies around hate, abuse and ads, but creating new rules is only half the battle – the easy half. The bigger problem is enforcement, and there the company has had some high-profile bungles recently. That includes its much-criticized suspension of actress Rose McGowan while she was …
your ad hereJessica Alba Reveals She’s Expecting Her First Baby Boy
Jessica Alba and husband Cash Warren are expecting their first baby boy. The actress and Honest Company founder announced her pregnancy on Instagram in July and revealed on the platform Wednesday that the baby is a boy. She chatted about her pregnancy later with Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight …
your ad hereYoung Scientist Invents Device that Detects Lead in Water
What looks like clean drinking water can contain harmful chemicals, like lead, and there is no easy, reliable way to detect it. So, a young scientist invented one, in the process, winning the 2017 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Faith Lapidus reports. …
your ad hereLung Transplant Recipient Singing Again
The extent to which organ transplants can allow recipients to not only survive but thrive was on display this week at a medical conference in the U.S. A former opera singer who received a double lung transplant five years ago returned to the stage, to sing with her donor’s daughter. …
your ad hereAncient Origami Art Becomes Engineers’ Dream in Space
Robert Salazar has been playing with origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, since he was 8 years old. When he sees a sheet of paper, his imagination takes over and intricate animals take shape. “Seeing the single uncut sheet, it has everything you need to create all of the origami …
your ad hereAncient Art of Paper Folding Becomes Engineers’ Dream in Space
Paper folding known as origami is widely considered a Japanese art form. From a single piece of paper, an animal, a flower or even a boat can take shape. Besides the fun and artistic side of origami, the art of paper folding also has applications that can take it to …
your ad herePhotography Exhibit Highlights Human Trafficking
It seems unreal in this 21st century, but an astonishing number of people are bought and sold around the world. The U.S. Department of State estimates between 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders each year. Millions more are enslaved within national borders. A grass- roots effort to …
your ad hereA Tale of Tesla Seats Hints at Why So Few Cars Built
Elon Musk was fed up. The seats on Tesla Inc’s new Model X SUV were a mess. An outside contractor was having trouble executing the complicated design, spurring frustration and finger-pointing between Tesla and its supplier. How would Tesla ever pull off mass production of the upcoming Model 3, the …
your ad hereTrump Orders Test Program for More Drones
U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday ordered the Transportation Department to launch a test program to increase the number of drones for commercial and civil use. “The program will help tackle the most significant challenges in integrating drones into the national airspace while reducing risks to public safety and security,” the …
your ad hereEx-President George H.W. Bush Apologizes After Actress Accuses Him of Groping
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush apologized through a spokesman on Wednesday for what an actress described as a sexual assault but which Bush said was intended as a friendly pat and a joke to put her at ease during a picture-taking session. Heather Lind, who starred in the AMC …
your ad hereGiant Sequoia Doing Well 4 Months After Idaho Uprooting
A 10-story-tall tree moved two city blocks on giant rollers last summer has new growth and appears happy in its new location, a tree expert said Wednesday. Tree mover David Cox of Environmental Design examined the 800,000-pound (363,000-kilogram) sequoia in Boise, Idaho, and pronounced the tree fit. “She looks pretty …
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