Emotion-sensing robot launches to assist space station astronauts
An intelligent robot equipped with emotion-sensing voice detectors was headed to the International Space Station after launching from Florida on Thursday, becoming the latest artificial intelligence-powered astronaut workmate in orbit.
Trump administration sued over new social media disclosure rules
Two documentary film groups on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging Trump administration rules adopted this year that require nearly all visitors to the United States to disclose social media user information from the last five years.
At Iowa event, Biden gets into spat over Ukraine
On a day when Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden sought to fortify his foreign policy credentials in his quest to take on Donald Trump next year, he mixed it up with an Iowa voter over his son’s alleged role in the Ukraine scandal that has bee…
TPC Port Neches, Texas blast due to ‘fundamental failure’: U.S. safety board
A Nov. 27 explosion at the TPC Group petrochemical plant in Port Neches, Texas, was due to a “fundamental failure in the system,” U.S. Chemical Safety Board member Manuel Ehrlich said on Thursday.
Texas City lifts evacuation after air levels of cancer-causing chemical drop: officials
Thousands of residents of an East Texas city who fled elevated air levels of cancer-causing petrochemicals were allowed to return to their homes on Thursday after leaks at a chemical plant were halted, officials said.
Police swoop on Latin King gang, scores arrested on East Coast
Dozens of members of the Latin Kings gang, one of the world’s largest criminal organizations, were arrested on Thursday in Massachusetts and along the East Coast on federal racketeering, gun and drug charges, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to 48, cases of illness to 2,291
U.S. health officials on Thursday reported one new case and one more death from a respiratory illness tied to vaping over a two-week period, taking the total death toll to 48.
Dozens of Latin King gang members arrested on federal charges: U.S. Justice Department
Dozens of members of the Latin Kings gang were arrested on Thursday on the East Coast on federal racketeering, gun and drug charges, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
U.S. homeland security abandons plan for face scans for U.S. citizens
The Trump administration said Thursday it no longer plans to propose a regulation next year that would require all travelers – including U.S. citizens – to be photographed when entering or leaving the United States.
GM, LG Chem to build $2.3 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Ohio
General Motors Co and South Korea’s LG Chem said on Thursday they will invest $2.3 billion to build an electric vehicle battery cell joint venture plant in Ohio, creating one of the world’s largest battery facilities.
