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States volunteer to take more cuts in Colorado River water

Water leaders in California, Arizona and Nevada have signed an agreement to further reduce their take of Colorado River water to help stave off wider, mandatory cuts in the future

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FILE - A buoy rests on the ground at a closed boat ramp on Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Boulder City, Nev., on Aug. 13, 2021. To help stave off another round of mandatory cutbacks, water leaders for Arizona, Nevada and California are preparing to sign an agreement on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, that would voluntarily reduce water to the lower Colorado River basin states by 500,000 acre-feet for both 2022 and 2023. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

US officials eye fuel supply for advanced nuclear reactors

U.S. officials say the development of commercial advanced nuclear reactors intended to help combat global warming and enhance national security will need a better supply of the right type of nuclear fuel

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Sources: Rivian to build $5B electric truck plant in Georgia

Sources briefed on the decision say electric truck maker Rivian Automotive will announce Thursday that it's building a $5 billion battery and assembly plant east of Atlanta projected to employ 7,500 workers

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FILE - Large crowds turned out to look at Rivian Automotive's R1S prototype during a public rollout of the company's new vehicles in Normal, Illinois, Sunday, Oct. 13,2019. Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive will announce Thursday, Dec. 15, 2021 that it's building a $5 billion battery and assembly plant east of Atlanta that's projected to employ 7,500 workers, sources briefed on the decision told The Associated Press. (David Proeber/The Pantagraph via AP)

Volunteers raise oyster gardens to help restore reefs

Volunteers along U.S. coasts are raising oysters from tiny translucent spat to hard-shelled bivalves that can help restore depleted reefs

December 15

India unveils $10.2B plan to attract semiconductor makers

India has announced a $10.2 billion incentive plan in an attempt to attract global chipmakers and transform the country into a semiconductor production hub

December 15

Nations renew talks on 'killer robots' as deal hopes narrow

The countries behind a U.N. agreement on weapons have been meeting this week on the thorny issue of lethal autonomous weapons systems

December 15

After 3 tense months, Spanish volcano eruption may be over

Residents on the Spanish island of La Palma are daring to hope that a volcanic eruption is over after almost three months

December 15

FILE - Ash covers the streets and houses in Las Manchas village as lava flows from the volcano, on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain, Dec. 6 2021. A volcanic eruption in Spain's Canary Islands shows no sign of ending after 85 days. It became the island of La Palma's longest eruption on record on Sunday, Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, file)

2021 Notebook: Billionaires and the space race

Captain Kirk finally made it into space this past year

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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)

SiriusXM sued for allegedly failing to provide podcast transcripts for deaf users

The lawsuit claims the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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VIDEO: SiriusXM sued for failing to provide podcast transcripts for deaf users

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

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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)

NASA: Webb telescope launch delayed by communication problem

Next week's launch of NASA's new space telescope is delayed for at least two days because of a communication problem between the observatory and the rocket

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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)

Montana advances grizzly bear plans that could allow hunting

Montana wildlife officials have advanced plans that could allow grizzly bear hunting in areas around Glacier and Yellowstone national parks if states in the U.S. northern Rockies succeed in their attempts to end federal protections for the bruins

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FILE - In this undated trail camera photo provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, a grizzly bear walks in the North Fork of the Flathead River drainage in Montana. Montana wildlife officials on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, advanced plans that could allow grizzly bear hunting in areas around Glacier and Yellowstone national parks, if states in the U.S. northern Rockies succeed in their attempts to lift federal protections for the animals. (Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks via AP, File)

NASA craft 'touches' sun for 1st time, dives into atmosphere

A NASA spacecraft has officially "touched" the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona

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FILE - This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. On Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, NASA announced that the spacecraft has plunged through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona in April, and will keep drawing ever closer to the sun and diving deeper into the corona. (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP)

Harvard professor's trial a test of DOJ's China prosecutions

The trial of a Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program is the latest bellwether in the Justice Department's controversial effort to crackdown on economic espionage by China

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FILE - Harvard University professor Charles Lieber departs federal court, in Boston, Jan. 30, 2020, following his arrest on allegations he hid his involvement in a program designed to recruit people with knowledge of foreign technology and intellectual property to China. Jury selection is slated to start Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, in the trial of Lieber, the former chair of Harvard's department of chemistry and chemical biology. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

US officials eye fuel supply for advanced nuclear reactors

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2021 Notebook: Billionaires and the space race

Captain Kirk finally made it into space this past year

December 14

US study: Record highs, rain and beaver damage in Arctic

The Arctic continues to deteriorate as global warming increases

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FILE - A drop of water falls off an iceberg melting in the Nuup Kangerlua Fjord near Nuuk in southwestern Greenland, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. According to a report by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, the Arctic continues to deteriorate from global warming, not setting as many records this year as in the past, but still changing so rapidly that federal scientists call it alarming. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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UN weather agency affirms 2020 Arctic heat record in Siberia

The U.N. weather agency has certified a 38-degree Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) reading in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk last year as the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic

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FILE A man rides his bicycle through smoke from a forest fire covers Yakutsk, the capital of the republic of Sakha also known as Yakutia, Russia Far East, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. The U.N. weather agency has certified a 38-degree Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) reading in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk last year as the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic. The World Meteorological Organization said the temperature "more befitting the Mediterranean than the Arctic" was recorded in June 2020 during a heat wave that swept across Siberia and stretched north of the Arctic Circle. Average temperatures were up to 10 degrees Celsius more than usual in Arctic Siberia. (AP Photo/Ivan Nikiforov, File)

Apple adds feature aimed at protecting children

Technology included with the new operating system will scan text messages for explicit images.

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VIDEO: Apple adds feature aimed at protecting children

Scientists cautious as erupting Spanish volcano falls quiet

The volcano has been spewing lava in Spain's Canary Islands for months.

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FILE - A fissure is seen next to a house covered with ash on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain, Dec. 1 2021. A volcanic eruption in Spain's Canary Islands shows no sign of ending after 85 days. It became the island of La Palma's longest eruption on record on Sunday, Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, file)

California may cut rooftop solar incentives as market booms

Californians who decide to install home solar panels and storage systems would get lower discounts on their energy bills under a proposal released by state regulators that would lengthen to a decade the time it takes to recoup the costs of installation

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FILE - This photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, shows solar panels on rooftops of a housing development in Folsom, Calif. State regulators at the California Public Utilities Commission are expected to propose reforms that would lower the financial incentives for homeowners who install solar panels. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Huge Ma, Asian American activist and TurboVax founder, is running for Assembly

Ma's vaccine-tracking site helped hundreds of thousands find shots.

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Huge Ma, a software engineer, in New York on Jan. 31, 2021. Ma built his own vaccine appointment site to help New Yorkers in less than two weeks.

Vehicle emission declines decreased deaths, study finds

Researchers who study the environment and public health say that thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars have been saved in the United States by recent reductions in emissions from vehicles

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FILE - Traffic travels along the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 2018. According to a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, researchers who study the environment and public health say that thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars have been saved in the United States by recent reductions in emissions from vehicles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Japanese tourist says space trip 'amazing'

Yusaku Maezawa said he was struck by the reality of space travel.

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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)

One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost

The first full year of the biggest vaccination drive in American history has saved many lives but has left many behind

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Banned decades ago, PCBs still posing threat to wildlife

Researchers on an idyllic New Hampshire lake popular with tourists are hunting for what's inhibiting the loon population growth

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Harley takes its electric motorcycle company public via SPAC

Harley-Davidson will take its electric motorcycle division public through a blank-check company, valuing the enterprise that has been part of the Harley for 10 years at $1.77 billion

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FILE - This June 18, 2014 photo shows the control screen on Harley-Davidson's new electric motorcycle, at the company's research facility in Wauwatosa, Wis. Special purpose acquisition company AEA-Bridges Impact Corp. is buying Harley-Davidson's LiveWire unit in a deal that will makes the division the first publicly traded electric motorcycle company in the U.S. (AP Photo/M.L. Johnson, file)

Experts say possibly biggest hack in computing history could be underway

Experts say hackers are taking advantage of a vulnerability in a widely used software tool, then accessing computer systems and servers without a password.

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VIDEO: Experts say possibly biggest hack in computing history could be underway

Satellite images, expert suggest Iranian space launch coming

Iran appears to be preparing for a space launch as negotiations continue.

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In this satellite photo by Planet Labs Inc., a support vehicle stands parked alongside a massive white gantry that typically houses a rocket on the launch pad as activity is seen at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Semnan province, Iran, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Iran appears to be preparing for a space launch as negotiations continue in Vienna over its tattered nuclear deal with world powers, according to an expert and satellite images. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)

Spanish island volcano eruption hits local record of 85 days

A volcanic eruption in Spain's Canary Islands shows no sign of ending after 85 days

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Lava flows from a volcano as seismic activity increases in recent days in the area on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Spain's National Geographic Institute registered 341 earthquakes over the past 24 hours. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Was tornado outbreak related to climate change?

Unusually warm temperatures and a storm system moving east linked to the La Nina weather pattern helped create the conditions necessary for the monstrous tornadoes and severe weather that tore through parts of the the Midwest and South

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Kenny Sanford exits his mother-in-law's apartment through a collapsed wall Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in Mayfield, Ky. Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across several states Friday, killing multiple people overnight. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

People are seen running during the running of the bulls, July 12, 2019, in Pamplona, Spain.

'The internet's on fire' as techs race to fix software flaw

Computer security experts around the world are racing to patch one of the worst software vulnerabilities discovered in years

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FILE - Lydia Winters shows off Microsoft's "Minecraft" built specifically for HoloLens at the Xbox E3 2015 briefing before Electronic Entertainment Expo, June 15, 2015, in Los Angeles. Security experts around the world raced Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, to patch one of the worst computer vulnerabilities discovered in years, a critical flaw in open-source code widely used across industry and government in cloud services and enterprise software. Cybersecurity experts say users of the online game Minecraft have already exploited it to breach other users by pasting a short message into in a chat box. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Denver gets first snowfall after breaking 87-year-old record

Denver finally got its first snowfall of the season, shattering an 87-year-old record for the latest first snow

December 10

A light coating of snow covers holiday ornaments hung on the fence outside a home after a storm swept over the region and deposited the first snow of the season Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, in Denver. The snowfall was the first in 232 consecutive days in Denver, the second-longest snowless streak in city history only eclipsed by the mark of 235 days set in 1887. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

FAA: No more commercial astronaut wings, too many launching

The Federal Aviation Administration says it will no longer give out commercial astronaut wings starting next year because too many people are launching into space

December 10

FILE - Oliver Daemen, from left, Mark Bezos, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, and Wally Funk, right, participates in a post launch briefing where they discussed their flight experience aboard the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket at its spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, on July 20, 2021. The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, they are no longer present commercial astronaut wings starting next year, too many people are launching into space. All 15 people who rocketed into space this year on private flights from the U.S. will still receive their wings from the FAA. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Gaming while driving: Tesla allows it, Mercedes does recall

Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Tesla allows drivers to play video games on dashboard touch screens while vehicles are moving

December 10

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID's animal origins

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery

December 10

FILE - A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Mountain lion kittens found under picnic table

Two mountain lion kittens that survived after a litter of four was found under a picnic table are being cared for at a California veterinary hospital

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This image provided by the National Park Service, shows mountain lion kittens that were discovered in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 30, 2021. Two mountain lion kittens that survived after a litter of four was found under a picnic table in Southern California are being cared for at a veterinary hospital, authorities said. The four tiny cats estimated to be about six weeks old were spotted Nov. 29 outside an office building near foothills in Thousand Oaks, according to a statement from the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. The animals will be temporarily housed at the Orange County Zoo until a permanent home can be found for them. (National Park Service via AP)

Uber helping detectives solve Florida 'grandparent scams'

Detectives in Tampa are asking Uber to help solve a "grandparent scam" that conned $10,000 from a 75-year-old man who was told his granddaughter needed the money to get out of jail

December 10

The doors of 'Horizon Worlds' are officially open

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has officially opened its virtual world to anyone over 18.

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VIDEO: The doors of 'Horizon Worlds' are officially open

DNA match solves case of California waitress killed in 1996

A DNA match has helped detectives solve the killing of a San Francisco Bay Area waitress whose body was found in a basement bathroom 25 years ago

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This March 25, 2019 photo provided by Contra Costa Sheriff's Office shows Danny Lamont Hamilton, currently an inmate the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. A DNA match has helped detectives solve the killing of a San Francisco Bay Area waitress whose body was found in a basement bathroom 25 years ago. Authorities in Contra Costa County said Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, that the prison inmate has been charged with murder in the killing of Priscilla Lewis. (Contra Costa Sheriff's Office via AP)

Comedian Lewis Black battles Spotify over royalties

ABC News' Mireya Villarreal speaks with legendary comedian Lewis Black and Spoken Giants CEO Jim King on efforts to gain royalty payments from the streaming service for comedic work.

December 09

VIDEO: Comedian Lewis Black battles Spotify over royalties

Darwin in a lab: Coral evolution tweaked for global warming

Scientists are trying to speed up coral's evolutionary clock to build reefs that can better withstand the impacts of global warming

December 09

NASA's newest X-ray telescope rockets into orbit

NASA's newest X-ray observatory is circling the world after launching from Kennedy Space Center

December 09

Photographers follow a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during a time exposure as it lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. The Falcon 9 will deploy into orbit NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft, an X-ray astronomy mission to study black holes and neutron stars.(AP Photo/John Raoux)

Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile

Scientists say fossilized tracks from 120 million years ago show two-legged dinosaurs ran fast

December 09

In this October 2020 photo provided by Alberto Labrador, a researcher measures a 120 million year-old fossilized dinosaur footprint the in the La Rioja region in northern Spain, while doing research about dinosaur running speeds. Scientists discovered one of the quickest sets of theropod tracks in the world through this research. (Alberto Labrador via AP)

CEO of Instagram testifies to Senate

Adam Mosseri, the CEO of Instagram, testifies in front of the Senate about how the app's new features will affect kids' hours on the social media platform.

December 09

VIDEO: CEO of Instagram testifies to Senate

GM exec: Cruise to start autonomous taxi service next year

General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary plans to start running a fully autonomous taxi service in San Francisco next year

December 09

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Cruise AV, General Motor's autonomous electric Bolt EV is displayed in Detroit. General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary plans to start running a fully autonomous taxi service in San Francisco next year. Product development chief Doug Parks told analysts Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, that he has ridden in a Cruise vehicle with no driver, and the company is very close to deploying the service. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

To learn about climate quality, scientists turn to drones

Three ocean drones were launched from Rhode Island to travel along the Gulf Stream, collecting data in tough winter conditions that would be challenging for traditional ships with crews

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