Douglas Ernst

Navy drone passes historic milestone: X-47B conducts first aerial refueling

The U.S. Navy made aviation history on Wednesday when its X-47B drone was able to successfully complete an aerial refueling.

April 23, 2015

Clint Eastwood denies threat to kill Michael Moore — but jokes: ‘It isn’t a bad idea’

Oscar winner Clint Eastwood finally spoke out about decade-old allegations he once threatened to kill Michael Moore, but his response is likely to further enrage the liberal filmmaker.

April 23, 2015

Bank denied woman money after chemotherapy for breast cancer erased her fingerprints

A case study released by the New England Journal of Medicine cites a 65-year-old woman who was denied a bank transaction after chemotherapy for breast cancer erased her fingerprints.

April 22, 2015

Jewell Turner, armed Texas grandma, stops would-be robber

An attempted robbery in Fort Worth, Texas, was thwarted when a gun-toting grandmother told her would-be assailant to "back off or I'll blow your head off."

April 22, 2015

Army recruiters now like ‘The Biggest Loser’ trainers for growing pool of obese applicants

Youth obesity in American has forced U.S. Army recruiters to increasingly take on a role similar to that of a trainer from the television show "The Biggest Loser."

April 22, 2015

Shinzo Abe aides find drone with radioactive material on Japanese prime minister’s roof

Aides to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe found a drone with radioactive material on the roof of his office Wednesday.

April 22, 2015

‘Full gay’ Iceman: Marvel changes ‘X-Men’ character’s sexuality after decades as straight man

Marvel Comics has decided to make a famous "X-Men" character gay after decades of relationships with women as a straight man.

April 22, 2015

PayPal’s future: Injectable and ingestible password technology

PayPal sees a future where there is no need to memorize passwords because each individual will be a password — with the help of injectable and ingestible devices.

April 22, 2015

Bill Nye’s Earth Day trip with Obama on Air Force One skewered after Twitter announcement

Television personality and climate change activist Bill Nye was skewered online for announcing an Air Force One flight with President Obama on Earth Day.

April 22, 2015

Halliburton cuts workforce by 9K jobs, or 10 percent, due to falling oil prices

Falling oil prices have prompted energy company Halliburton to cut roughly 10 percent of its global workforce: 9,000 employees.

April 21, 2015

Life-like humanoid robot greeting customers at Japanese department store

A department store in Japan is impressing customers with a life-like humanoid robot that greets and interacts with customers.

April 21, 2015

Olive Fowler, 70, arrested at JFK with cocaine in her underwear

A passenger search at John F. Kennedy International Airport of a 70-year-old woman turned up 4 pounds of cocaine — in her underwear.

April 21, 2015

Islamic State bans archaeology due to fears of idol worship

Official documents issued by the Islamic State group show that the Sunni terrorist group's control over everyday life stretches as far as a banning hotel management and archaeology.

April 21, 2015

North Korea threatens U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert with ‘something far worse’ than knife attack

North Korea's propaganda arm threatened U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert on Monday with "something far worse" than the knife attack that sent him to the hospital on March 4.

April 21, 2015

Army ROTC program allegedly pushed men to wear high heels for ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes’ event

Army ROTC cadets are complaining on message boards that they were pressured to walk in high heels on Monday for an Arizona State University campus event designed to raise awareness of sexual violence against women.

April 21, 2015

‘Star Wars’ plane with R2-D2 theme unveiled by Japan’s All Nippon Airways

One day after Disney's new "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" teaser trailer was released, Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced plans for an R2-D2-themed aircraft.

April 17, 2015

Slacker Chinese officials sent to military-style ‘boot camp’

A county in China's southern Guizhou province has come up with a unique way of punishing lazy and insubordinate officials: military-style "boot camps."

April 17, 2015

‘Minority Report’-like eye scanner works from 40 feet away

The technology from the Tom Cruise movie "Minority Report" is finally coming to fruition.

April 17, 2015

Navy’s experimental drone submarine readies for West Coast test

An experimental U.S. Navy underwater drone is prepping for a test that will take it down the West Coast from San Francisco to San Diego.

April 17, 2015

White House complex to get ‘anti-climb’ fencing

The National Park Service and the Secret Service plan to begin installing "anti-climb" fencing at the White House complex by summer of fall 2016.

April 17, 2015