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2 dead in submerged car as California storm worries spread

Authorities rescued one driver early Thursday but were unable to save two more from a submerged car in a flooded underpass south of San Francisco as a storm rolled through California

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Pedestrians carry umbrellas as they walk past a large holiday tree outside of the Chase Center in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Rain and snow showers fell on Northern California on Wednesday in the first wave of a wet weather pattern that is expected to spread throughout the state and last through Christmas into next week, forecasters said. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski moved to prison medical facility

The man known as the "Unabomber" has been transferred to a federal prison medical facility in North Carolina after spending the past two decades in a federal Supermax prison in Colorado for a series of bombings that targeted scientists

December 23

FILE - Theodore Kaczynski looks around as U.S. Marshals prepare to take him down the steps at the federal courthouse to a waiting vehicle on June 21, 1996, in Helena, Mont. The man known as the "Unabomber" has been transferred to a federal prison medical facility in North Carolina after spending the past two decades in a federal Supermax prison in Colorado for a series of bombings targeting scientists. A U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate database shows seventy-nine-year-old Kaczynski has been moved to the bureau's Butner medical center in eastern North Carolina. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

EXPLAINER: Veteran Hubble vs. new Webb space telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope and its upcoming replacement are vastly different

December 23

This combination of images made available by NASA shows the Hubble Space Telescope orbiting the Earth and an illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope. With NASA and the European Space Agency's Hubble pushing 32 years in orbit, the bigger, 100 times more powerful Webb is widely viewed as its successor even though the two are vastly different. (NASA via AP)

Intel apologizes for asking suppliers to avoid Xinjiang

Intel Corp. has apologized for asking suppliers to avoid sourcing goods from Xinjiang after the chipmaker became the latest foreign brand attacked by state media over the region where authorities are accused of widespread abuses

December 23

In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores

Computers have become amazingly precise at translating spoken words to text messages and scouring huge troves of data for answers to complex questions – as long as you speak English or another of the world's dominant languages

December 23

COVID testing help from Google

The search engine has added a new feature to help mobile users find free testing locations.

December 23

NASA to kick off holidays with Christmas Day telescope launch

The space instrument has been in the works for 25 years.

December 23

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is secured on top of the Ariane 5 rocket that will launch it to space from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

Omicron less likely to put you in the hospital, studies say

Two new British studies provide some early hints that the omicron variant of the coronavirus may be milder than delta

December 23

A woman wears a face covering as she passes a Christmas lights, in London, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that his government reserves the "possibility of taking further action" to protect public health as Omicron spreads across the country. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Amazon drivers wait next to their delivery vans for their logistics systems to be back online at the Amazon Delivery Station in Rosemead, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage Wednesday. The company provides cloud computing services to individuals, universities, governments and companies, including The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

2021 Notebook: Climate change, weather crises and what next

Melting glaciers, deadly floods in Germany, record high summer temperatures in generally mild Oregon, more urgent pleas for help from Pacific island nations

December 22

FILE - A home is engulfed in flames as the Dixie fire rages south of Janesville in Northern California, on Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

2021 Notebook: Billionaires and the space race

Captain Kirk finally made it into space this past year

December 22

FILE - Oliver Daemen, from left, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, Wally Funk and Bezos' brother Mark pose for photos in front of the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket, left rear, after their launch from the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

NHTSA opens investigation over Tesla's touch-screen gaming feature

The gameplay function "may distract the driver and increase the risk of a crash," the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.

December 22

Research: Wreck of last US slave ship mostly intact on coast

Researchers studying the wreckage of the last U.S. slave ship on the Alabama coast have made a surprising discovery

December 22

This sonar image created by SEARCH Inc. and released by the Alabama Historical Commission shows the remains of the Clotilda, the last known U.S. ship involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Researchers studying the wreckage have made the surprising discovery that most of the wooden schooner remains intact in a river near Mobile, Ala. including the pen that was used to imprison African captives during the brutal journey across the Atlantic Ocean. (Alabama Historical Commission via AP)

Israeli archaeologists find treasures in ancient shipwrecks

The Israel Antiquities Authority says it's discovered remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds of silver and bronze coins and Roman and medieval artifacts

December 22

Roman gold ring, its green gemstone carved with the figure of a shepherd carrying a sheep on his shoulders is on display with coins that where found near the ancient city of Caesarea, dated to the Roman and Mamluk periods, around 1,700 and 600 years ago, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. The Israel Antiquities Authority says it discovered the remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast replete with a sunken trove of hundreds of silver and bronze coins and Roman and medieval artifacts. "The image, of the 'Good Shepherd', is one of the earliest and oldest images used in Christianity for symbolizing Jesus," the IAA said in its announcement, speculating that the owner may have been an early Christian. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Major tech companies opting out of world largest tech conference in 2022

Due to the spread of the omicron variant, companies like T-Mobile, Facebook, Amazon and Twitter say they will not be present at 2022 CES in Las Vegas.

December 22

VIDEO: Major tech companies opting out of world's largest electronics conference this year

US probes potential of drivers playing video games in Teslas

The US has opened a formal investigation into the potential for Tesla drivers to play video games on a center touch screen while the vehicle is in motion

December 22

FILE - Vince Patton, a new Tesla owner, demonstrates on Dec. 8, 2021, on a closed course in Portland, Ore., how he can play video games on the vehicle's console while driving. The U.S. has opened a formal investigation into a report that Tesla vehicles allow people to play video games on a center touch screen while they are driving. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

Check out NASA's new space telescope

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a successor to the Hubble, aims to blast off this week.

December 22

Japanese space tourist says he would love longer flight

A Japanese space tourist says he felt his 12-day mission to the International Space Station was too short and he would love to stay a week more

December 22

FILE - Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, right, space flight participants Yusaku Maezawa, center, and Yozo Hirano attend a news conference ahead of the expedition to the International Space Station at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Center in Star City outside Moscow, Russia, Oct. 14, 2021. During an interview with the Associated Press on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, Maezawa said he experienced motion sickness after arriving at the space outpost and it took him a few days to adapt to zero gravity. (Shamil Zhumatov/Pool Photo via AP)

China defends science exchange program following US arrest

China is defending its international scientific exchange programs in the wake of the conviction of a Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program

December 22

Harvard University professor Charles Lieber leaves federal court, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, in Boston. Lieber is charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program. His trial is the latest bellwether in the U.S. Justice Department's controversial effort to crackdown on economic espionage by China. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Harvard professor found guilty of hiding ties to China

A Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program has been found guilty on all counts in a federal court in Boston

December 21

Hubble telescope's bigger, more powerful successor to soar

The $10 billion successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is about to take flight

December 21

High wind postpones launch of NASA's newest space telescope

High wind will keep NASA's newest space telescope on the ground for at least another day

December 21

Police won't rule out DNA to solve 1996 JonBenet killing

Twenty-five years after JonBenet Ramsey was killed, police say DNA hasn't been ruled out to help solve the case

December 21

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 1997, file photo, a police officer sits in her cruiser outside the home in which 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in Boulder, Colorado. Twenty-five years after JonBenet Ramsey was killed, police say DNA hasn't been ruled out to help solve the case. The 6-year-old was found dead in the basement of her family's Boulder, home on Dec. 26, 1996. Her death was ruled a homicide, but nobody was ever charged in the case. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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December 21

EV start-up Nikola settles with US for $125 million

Electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup Nikola has agreed to a $125 million settlement over charges that it defrauded investors after misleading them about its products, technical advances, and financial prospects

December 21

FILE - Nikola founder Trevor Milton leaves a federal courthouse in New York, July 29, 2021. Electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup Nikola has agreed to pay $125 million to settle charges that it defrauded investors by misleading them about its products, technical advancements, and commercial prospects. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021 that its order finds that Nikola Corp. violated the antifraud and disclosure control provisions of the federal securities laws. In July, Trevor Milton, was freed on $100 million bail after pleading not guilty to charges alleging he lied about the company. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, file)

SpaceX launches Christmas presents, supplies to station

SpaceX has launched a load of Christmas gifts and supplies to the International Space Station

December 21

Operator files for approval of Fukushima plant water release

The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant says it has applied for approval from safety authorities to construct an undersea tunnel and other facilities needed for the planned release of large amounts of treated radioactive water into the sea

December 21

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2021, aerial file photo shows Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, north of Tokyo. The operator of a wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, it has applied for safety authorities' approval to construct an undersea tunnel and other facility needed for a planned release of treated radioactive water from the plant to sea.(Kyodo News via AP, File)

Biogen cuts the price tag on its Alzheimer's drug in half

Biogen is slashing the price of its Alzheimer's treatment months after the drug debuted to widespread criticism for an initial cost that can reach $56,000 annually

December 20

FILE - The Biogen Inc., headquarters is shown March 11, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass. Biogen is slashing the price of its Alzheimer's treatment months after the drug debuted to widespread criticism for an initial cost that can reach $56,000 annually. The drugmaker said Monday, Dec. 20, 2021 that starting in January it will cut the wholesale acquisition cost of the drug by about 50%. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

EXPLAINER: Boosters key to fight omicron, lot still to learn

The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how hugely contagious it is

December 20

City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

FAA license boosts Georgia spaceport, but more reviews ahead

A federal agency on Monday granted a license for a launchpad that would fly commercial rockets from coastal Georgia

December 20

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2008, file photo, a wild horse grazes next to the ruins of the Dungeness mansion in the south end of Cumberland Island in Camden County, Georgia National Seashore. On Monday, Dec. 20, 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration granted a license for a launchpad that would fly commercial rockets from Cumberland Island, located in coastal Georgia. (AP Photo/Chris Viola, File)

Hubble telescope's bigger, more powerful successor to soar

The $10 billion successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is about to take flight

December 20

EU approves 5th COVID-19 vaccine for bloc, one by Novavax

The European Union's executive commission has authorized a fifth COVID-19 vaccine for use in the 27-nation bloc Monday

December 20

FILE - An exterior view of the European Medicines Agency, EMA, in Amsterdam's business district, Netherlands, on April 20, 2021. The European Union's drugs regulator was meeting Monday, Dec. 20, 2021 to consider giving the green light to a fifth COVID-19 vaccine for use in the 27-nation bloc by granting conditional marketing authorization to the two-dose vaccine made by U.S. biotech company Novavax. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Biogen cuts the price tag on its Alzheimer's drug in half

Biogen is slashing the price of its Alzheimer's treatment months after the drug debuted to widespread criticism for an initial cost that can reach $56,000 annually

December 20

Insider Q&A: Arjuna Capital's Natasha Lamb

When Microsoft urges shareholders to reject an activist investor's proposal, shareholders almost always abide

December 20

Moderna: Initial booster data shows good results on omicron

Moderna said Monday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine should offer protection against the rapidly spreading omicron variant

December 20

A man receives Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the National Velodrome in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, west of Paris, France, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. The government is holding a special virus security meeting Friday to address growing pressure on hospitals in France from rising infections. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Japanese space tourists safely return to Earth

A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut have safely returned to Earth after spending 12 days on the International Space Station

December 20

FILE - Space flight participant Yusaku Maezawa attends a news conference ahead of the expedition to the International Space Station at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Center in Star City outside Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 14, 2021. During an interview with the Associated Press on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, Maezawa said he experienced motion sickness after arriving at the space outpost and it took him a few days to adapt to zero gravity. (Shamil Zhumatov/Pool Photo via AP)

Apple may be working on its biggest iPad yet

Bloomberg reports the 15-inch tablet will come with a power plug in the back and a support to mount it to the wall.

December 20

VIDEO: Apple may be working on its biggest iPad yet

Japanese space tourists have safely returned to Earth

December 19

Omicron may sideline two leading drugs against COVID-19

The rapidly-spreading omicron variant may soon leave U.S. doctors without two of the standard treatments they've used to fight COVID-19

December 19

Dr. Aldo Calvo, Medical Director of Family Medicine at Broward Health, shows a Regeneron monoclonal antibody infusion bag during a news conference, Aug. 19, 2021 at the Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. As strained U.S. hospitals brace for a new surge of omicron COVID-19 cases, doctors are warning of yet another challenge: the two standard drugs they've used to treat early coronavirus infections are unlikely to work against the new variant. For more than a year antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly have been the go-to treatments for COVID-19, thanks to their ability to head off severe disease and keep patients out of the hospital. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)

You'll never guess how many legs this millipede actually has

A new species has 1,306 legs, the most of any creature on Earth.

December 19

A female of the newly identified millipede species Eumillipes persephone discovered deep underground in Australia is seen in this undated photograph.

SpaceX launches 52 Starlink satellites from California base

A SpaceX rocket carried the internet satellites into orbit from California.

December 18

A SpaceX rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Falcon's first stage successfully returned and landed on a SpaceX droneship in the ocean. It was the 11th launch and recovery of the stage, marking a milestone in reusability. The second stage continued into orbit and deployed the satellites. (SpaceX via AP)

Elizabeth Holmes' fraud case heads to the jury

The jury that will weigh 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes finally got the case late Friday after a three-month trial that captivated Silicon Valley

December 17

Elizabeth Holmes walks into federal court in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. The lawyers for the opposing sides in the trial of former Theranos CEO are expected to wrap up their closing arguments Friday, paving the way for a jury to begin their deliberations over criminal charges accusing her of turning her blood-testing startup into a massive scam. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

FAA: Georgia spaceport decision near, but more study needed

A federal agency expects to announce its decision Monday on whether to allow a launchpad that would fly commercial rockets from coastal Georgia

December 17

NASA confirms next Friday for Webb Space Telescope launch

NASA is shooting for next Friday to launch its newest space telescope

December 17

FILE - In this April 13, 2017 photo provided by NASA, technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. NASA announced Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, that next week's launch of its new space telescope is delayed for at least two days because of a communication problem between the observatory and the rocket. Liftoff of the James Webb Space Telescope is now targeted for no earlier than Dec. 24. (Laura Betz/NASA via AP, File)

Since 1980s US chances of a white Christmas melt a bit

A white Christmas is going from reality to more of a dream for chunks of the United States

December 17

FILE - A resident digs out from a holiday snow storm on Dec. 25, 2009, in Lawrence, Kan. A white Christmas seems to be slowly morphing from reliable reality to a bit more of a movie dream for large swaths of the United States in recent decades, weather data hints. An analysis of two different sets of 40 years of December 25 snow measurements in the United States shows that less of the country now has snow on the ground on Christmas than in the 1980s. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

TikTok posts referencing violence raise anxiety at schools

Some parents kept their children home, police stepped up patrols and educators tightened security protocols Friday in response to viral TikTok posts alluding to unconfirmed threats of violence that raised anxiety levels at schools nationwide

December 17

Alibaba to grow Southeast Asia e-commerce arm to $100b

Alibaba this week revealed an ambitious vision to quintuple its Southeast Asian e-commerce business to $100 billion in transacted sales, as well as a pledge to reach carbon neutrality in its operations by 2030

December 17

CDC endorses schools' coronavirus 'test-to-stay' policies

U.S. health officials are endorsing "test-to-stay" policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative

December 17

FILE - Katie Lucey administers a COVID-19 test on her son Maguire at a PCR and Rapid Antigen COVID-19 coronavirus test pop up on Wall Street in New York on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. U.S. health officials are endorsing 'test-to-stay' policies that will allow close contacts of infected students to remain in classrooms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, Dec. 17, decided to more firmly embrace the approach, after research of such policies in the Chicago and Los Angeles areas found COVID-19 infections did not increase when schools switched to test-to-stay. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Rare Rocky Mountain insects will need snowfields to survive

Federal wildlife officials say two species of rare, winged insects in the Rocky Mountains will need several thousand acres of glaciers and snowfields if they are to survive a warming world that's threatening them with extinction

December 17