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Pope Francis and cardinals arrive at St. Peter's Basilica for the opening mass of the Amazon Synod on Oct. 6, 2019 in Vatican City.

Married Men In Remote Part Of Amazon May Soon Be Allowed To Become Priests

A group of Roman Catholic bishops from the Amazon called for married deacons to be allowed to become ordained priests to address a clergy shortage.

Online Bookselling

Borders Books has announced it is pulling out of the online bookselling business, allying its online brand with Amazon.com. And in hopes of increasing profits, Yahoo announced it is increasing its online retail presence by retailing pornography. Linda Wertheimer talks with Wendy Taylor of ZiffDavis' SmartBusiness online magazine about these Web developments.

Aerial view showing a fire at the Chapada Diamantina region, between the cities of Andarai and Mucuge, in Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, on October 7, 2020. - Chapada Diamantina National Park preserves areas of three Brazilian biomes: Mata Atlantica, Cerrado and Caatinga among its 152,000 hectares.

Brazil's president will try to rally more support to save rainforest at Amazon Summit

Leaders of the countries that make up the Amazon say it's time for the rich countries of the world to pay to protect the threatened rainforest. They are meeting Aug. 8 and 9 in Brazil.

The ringed antpipit (corythopis torquatus) was among the 77 species examined in the recent study.

Amazon birds are shrinking as the climate warms, prompting warning from scientists

A new study examined 77 bird species in the Amazon over a 40-year period. It found they were rapidly evolving due to rising temperatures because smaller birds shed heat more efficiently.

'The Man In The High Castle' Returns To Amazon For Season 2

The show imagines what it would be like if the axis countries had won World War II, and America was divided between Germany and Japan. The show's heroes struggle against totalitarianism.

Amazon operates — and is rapidly expanding into — places where marijuana is legal.

Amazon Will Stop Testing Job Seekers For Marijuana And Now Backs Legalizing Weed

The second-largest private employer in the U.S. is making the change as more states are moving to legalize cannabis or introduce laws banning employers from testing for it.

The original caption of this photo read: "The Netscape Navigator home page on the Internet's World Wide Web is seen Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1995."

The Big Internet Brands Of The '90s — Where Are They Now?

Verizon's purchase of Yahoo will close the book on one of the oldest Internet companies. What happened to the other famous '90s brands, like GeoCities, Netscape and CompuServe? A nerdy remembrance.

Europol said law enforcement agencies arrested the administrators of a website that allowed customers to launch DDoS attacks.

Distributed Denial Of Service Attacks-For-Hire Website Shut Down

European law enforcement agencies say they've arrested administrators and shut down a marketplace that allowed customers to pay to stage attacks and knock websites offline.

Ex-Top Aide To Chris Christie Testifies In 'Bridgegate' Trial

A former top staffer to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie testified in Federal court that she told Christie about planned lane closures on the George Washington Bridge weeks before it happened. Christie has long denied any involvement in the closures, which were designed to punish his political opponents.

Amazon's James Bond takeover is met with outrage by British fans of the spy franchise

News of Amazon's takeover of the 007 franchise has shaken and stirred James Bond fans in the secret agent's homeland of Britain.

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