New Orleans is known for its music. But 10 years ago, the music was drowned out by the howling winds and rising water brought by Hurricane K...

A big question mark remains on the list of U.S. presidential hopefuls – will Vice President Joe Biden enter the race on the Democratic side...

U.S. presidential candidates have scheduled meetings this weekend with groups supporting their respective parties. Democratic hopefuls are i...

Planned Parenthood, a U.S. government-funded women’s health care organization, has been making headlines after an anti-abortion group relea...

Despite better-than-expected U.S. growth in the second quarter, Wall Street finished a tumultuous week with key indexes mostly unchanged. Me...

Hope at last for girls in Somalia as the government signals its intentions to ban female genital mutilation, a brutal practice girls in Soma...

The deal struck between Iran and six world powers over its nuclear program should see sanctions against the country beginning to ease by nex...

As Russia's economy heads into recession, its defense industry is one of the few that seems to be prospering. And that was made clear at Ru...

A new study shows that redesigning medical services for tuberculosis can dramatically reduce the death rate. The research was conducted in a...

Many urologists agree that the current, so-called PSA test for detecting prostate cancer is often unreliable, but it remains widely used bec...

For over a hundred years, dentists have been repairing cavities by removing the decayed tooth tissue with a drill and filling the hole with ...

A new geopolitical “Great Game” is underway in earth’s northernmost region, the Arctic, where Russia has claimed a large area for resourc...

The United States and African nations hold the first conference this week in Gabon on the African Growth and Opportunities Act since Congres...

China cut interest rates a quarter of a percentage point Tuesday, to 4.6 percent, and eased bank reserve requirements, effectively pumping m...

Housing prices around the San Francisco Bay area are out of reach for many people, so some young entrepreneurs, artists and tech industry wo...

Wildfires have been raging in the western states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and California forcing thousands of residents from th...

Matthew Heineman’s documentary Cartel Land is made of the stuff we watch in Western movies. Only, this narrative is for real.

For many years Europe has welcomed refugees from Eritrea - a nation that has acquired a reputation among western powers as a totalitarian st...

Two unusual candidates, one Republican and one Democrat, dominate the early stages of the U.S. presidential campaign. It is far too early to...

Tanglewood Music Center – the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer program for young performers and composers - has been home to a Who’s Wh...