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A 6.9 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami waves off northeastern Japan

7:38 PM on Thursday, December 11

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage, days after a stronger quake in the same region

Chase Sui Wonders poses for a portrait in New York on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Chase Sui Wonders’ Harvard astrophysics detour led her to Hollywood

6:08 AM on Thursday, December 11

Chase Sui Wonders always thought she was “kind of funny,” but it was officially confirmed after booking “The Studio” after just one audition

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4:00 AM on Thursday, December 11

The flooding Snoqualmie River has closed NE 124th St., which connects W. Snoqualmie Valley Rd. NE on the Redmond side, and SR-203 on the Duvall and Carnation side, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, near Novelty, Wash. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)

Blend of unusual weather conditions brings trillions of gallons in persistent rain to the Northwest

3:27 PM on Wednesday, December 10

A powerful atmospheric river has drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons of rain over the past week

FILE - A census taker's briefcase is visible as she knocks on doors, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Scores of government statisticians are gone, leaving data at risk, report says

2:12 PM on Wednesday, December 10

A new report reveals that the U.S. government's statistical system is struggling due to staff layoffs, reduced funding, and political interference

This combination of ultraviolet spectrum images provided by NASA shows atmospheric features of the planet Mars in July 2022, left, during the southern hemisphere’s summer season, and the planet’s northern hemisphere in January 2023 after Mars had passed the farthest point in its orbit from the Sun, captured by the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft. (NASA/LASP/CU Boulder via AP)

NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the past decade

12:14 PM on Wednesday, December 10

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars for more than a decade

Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thought

9:27 AM on Wednesday, December 10

Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 years ago

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4:29 AM on Wednesday, December 10

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4:00 AM on Wednesday, December 10

Dr. Robert Malone chairs a meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in Atlanta on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 to consider changes in hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for infants. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

What are parents to do as doctors clash with Trump administration over vaccines?

2:29 PM on Tuesday, December 9

The nation’s leading doctors groups are in a standoff with federal health officials over vaccines

FILE - Construction is underway on two new nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, S.C., on April 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)

South Carolina's abandoned nuclear plants could be revived as company offers $2.7 billion

9:05 AM on Tuesday, December 9

A private company is offering South Carolina's state-owned utility $2.7 billion to complete two abandoned nuclear plants

FILE - A meteor streaks over an Orthodox church during the annual Geminid meteor shower near the village of Zagorie, some 110 kms. (69 miles) west of Minsk, Belarus, Dec. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

How to watch one of the year's best meteor showers, the Geminids

6:06 AM on Tuesday, December 9

It's time for the Geminid meteor shower, one of the strongest of the year

This aerial photo shows a vehicle sitting on a damaged road in Tohoku town, Aomori prefecture, northern Japan Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, following a powerful earthquake on late Monday. (Kyodo News via AP)

Why Japan issued an advisory for a possible megaquake in the country's north

3:11 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Japan has issued a megaquake advisory after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture on the main island

A man clears the debris from a powerful earthquake at a commercial facility in Hachinohe, Aomori prefecture, northern Japan Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Ren Onuma/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan assesses damage from 7.5 magnitude quake that injured 34

7:45 PM on Monday, December 8

Japan is assessing damage and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities

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