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Thursday, February 14, 2019

After year of action, silence to mark Florida school shooting

One year after the Valentine's Day massacre inside a Florida school, students and families leading a nationwide push for gun safety will pause on Thursday for the anniversary of the deadliest U.S. high school shooting.

Britain's Prince Philip, 97, will not be prosecuted over car crash

Prince Philip, the 97-year-old husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, will not face prosecution over a car crash last month that injured two women and left his Land Rover flipped on its side.

With eyes on China, EU lawmakers back investment screening

EU lawmakers overwhelmingly backed a far-reaching system on Thursday to coordinate scrutiny of foreign investments, notably from China, to protect strategic technologies and infrastructure in Europe.

Austria's competition authority launches probe into Amazon

Austria's competition authority has initiated an investigation into whether Amazon is exploiting its market dominance in relation with other retailers that use its website as a marketplace, it said on Thursday.

NASA bids adieu to Opportunity, the Mars rover that kept going and going

Opportunity, a remarkably durable NASA rover designed to roll along the surface of Mars for three months, has stopped communicating with Earth after 15 years of service, officials said on Wednesday, ending a mission that astounded the U.S. space agency.

NBA roundup: Russell lifts Nets over Cavs in 3 OTs

D'Angelo Russell took over in the third overtime, scoring 14 of his 36 points, and the short-handed Brooklyn Nets outlasted the host Cleveland Cavaliers for a wild 148-139 victory on Wednesday.

We've got this mountain of trash - why don't we ski down it?

What to do with the mountain of garbage a major metropolitan area produces is an age-old question. Copenhagen has come up with a brand-new answer: ski down the mountain.