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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Stout handle mooring lines during the ship's return to home port at Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., in this Oct. 12, 2020, photo. The USS Stout showed rust as it returned from the 210-day deployment. The rust was quickly removed and the ship repainted. But the rusty ship and its weary crew underscored the costly toll of deferred maintenance on ships and long deployments on sailors. (Spc. Jason Pastrick/U.S. Navy via AP)
Navy says it's charting a new course after rash of problems

By David Sharp May. 24, 2021 07:39 AM EDT

A worker and visitors pass by an art work depicting the national flag being raised during an exhibition at the national art museum to mark the Year of the Ox in Beijing on Saturday, March 6, 2021. The catchword “rejuvenation” has been tucked into the major speeches at China's biggest political event of the year, the meeting of its 3,000-member legislature. Rejuvenation is repeated like a mantra, even woven into a sprawling exhibit at the national art museum marking the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
ANALYSIS: Communist Party seeking China's 'rejuvenation'

By Ken Moritsugu Mar. 09, 2021 10:32 PM EST

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends at a meeting of Central Committee of Worker’s Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korean, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
UN experts say North Korea still modernizing nuclear arsenal

By Edith M. Lederer Feb. 08, 2021 10:08 PM EST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, a woman types on a keyboard in New York. Following the disclosure of a global cyberespionage campaign that penetrated multiple U.S. government agencies and private organizations, governments and major corporations worldwide are scrambling to see if they, too, were victims. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Hack may have exposed deep US secrets; damage yet unknown

By Frank Bajak Dec. 15, 2020 06:33 PM EST

FILE - This Nov. 12, 2020 selfie photo provided by the Renown Regional Medical Center shows Dr. Jacob Keeperman, the Renown Transfer and Operations Center medical director who made the photo on the opening day of the Renown Regional Medical Center's alternative care site located in a parking garage. On Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting this photo at an auxiliary care site for COVID-19 patients proves that the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax. The photo, which shows empty hospital beds, was taken the day the site was opened, and patients had yet to arrive. (Jacob Keeperman/Renown Regional Medical Center via AP)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Dec. 04, 2020 02:31 PM EST

FILE - Officials sort ballots during an audit at the Floyd County administration building in Rome, Ga. on Friday morning, Nov. 13, 2020.  On Friday, Nov. 20, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that the identities of deceased residents in Georgia were used to illegally cast ballots in the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

The Associated Press Nov. 20, 2020 12:57 PM EST

This photo shows the outside of a Charleston, S.C., condominium belonging to Eugene Zurlo on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. The Trump administration recently gave the longtime Republican political donor seed money to test a possible COVID-19-fighting blood plasma technology, noting Zurlo's "manufacturing facilities" in Charleston. An AP investigation found no manufacturing facilities. The company operates out of Zurlo's condo. He and his partners may now be in line for as much as $65 million in taxpayer money. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Trump admin. funds plasma company based in owner's condo

By Richard Lardner And Jason Dearen Nov. 01, 2020 08:24 AM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 15, 2019, file photo, Palantir CEO Alex Karp arrives for the Tech for Good summit in Paris. Seventeen years after it was born with the help of CIA seed money, Palantir Technologies is finally going public. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Secretive, never profitable Palantir makes its market debut

By Frank Bajak Sep. 30, 2020 06:00 AM EDT

A sign stands at the road leading to the Raytheon facility in a Monday, June 10, 2019 photo, in Marlborough, Mass.Raytheon Technologies plans to eliminate more than 15,000 jobs this year in its corporate offices, jet engine-maker Pratt & Whitney and aviation and military equipment manufacturer Collins Aerospace. Chief Executive Officer Greg Hayes announced the revised job cut numbers Wednesday during a Morgan Stanley analysts conference.   (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)
Raytheon doubles job cuts to 15,000, citing airline downturn

Sep. 16, 2020 05:45 PM EDT

Kang Kuan, vice president of culinary at Chowbotics, holds a custom salad made by his company’s robotic salad-making kiosk at the company’s headquarters in Hayward, Calif., on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Prior to this year, Chowbotics had sold over 100 of its $35,000 robots, primarily to hospitals and colleges. But since the coronavirus hit, sales have jumped more than 60%, CEO Rick Wilmer said, with growing interest from grocery stores, senior living communities and even the U.S. Department of Defense. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
Demand for robot cooks rises as kitchens combat COVID-19

By Dee-Ann Durbin And Terence Chea Jul. 14, 2020 05:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 24, 2018, file photo, a Boston Dynamics SpotMini robot walks through a conference room during a robotics summit in Boston. Boston Dynamics on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 started selling its four-legged Spot robots online for just under $75,000 each. The agile robots can walk, climb stairs and open doors. But people who buy them online must agree not to arm them or intentionally use them as weapons, among other conditions. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Dog-like robots now on sale for $75,000, with conditions

By Matt O'brien Jun. 16, 2020 11:59 AM EDT

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