US Scientist, 96, is Oldest to Win Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Latest on the awarding of the Nobel Prizes (all times local): 7 p.m. Scientist Arthur Ashkin thought he might have a chance to win a Nobel Prize a few decades ago. But the 96-year-old from Rumson, New Jersey, said he had "given up worrying" about such things a long time ago.…
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Desperation Grows as Death Toll Soars From Indonesia Quake
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Trucks carrying food for desperate survivors of the earthquake on Indonesia's Sulawesi island rolled in with a police escort Tuesday to guard against looters, while the death toll from the disaster soared past 1,200. Four days after the magnitude 7.5 earthquake and tsunami struck, supplies of food, water, fuel and medicine…
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Melania Trump Opens Africa Tour With Wave and Baby in Arms
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Melania Trump opened her first big solo international trip as U.S. first lady on Tuesday with a wave, a smile and a baby in her arms, aiming to promote child welfare during a five-day tour of Africa. She arrived in the West African nation of Ghana after an overnight flight from…
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McConnell: Democrats are Aiming ‘Mud and Muck’ at Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Democrats on Tuesday of opening "the flood gates of mud and muck" against Brett Kavanaugh as Republicans sought to portray efforts to derail the Supreme Court nominee over accusations of sexual assault in the 1980s as "the politics of personal destruction." The Kentucky Republican's combative remarks…
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Tesla 3Q Production Numbers Up as Musk Rallies Workers
TOKYO (AP) — Tesla is reporting encouraging production figures for its third quarter as founder Elon Musk tells employees to work hard to prove "the naysayers wrong." Tesla announced Tuesday that it produced 80,142 vehicles in the third quarter, which is 50 percent more than the previous quarter. The company made 53,239 Model 3 vehicles,…
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