The government has determined that hundreds of levees nationwide are no longer reliable enough to ensure protection during major floods, a decision ...

President Obama challenged the GOP on Wednesday to join him in expanding business tax breaks, repairing infrastructure, and cutting taxes.

A pilot program in five Chinese provinces will let some couples have an additional child.

What's a few thousand miles between two people in love? Easy travel, bad economy have made these increasingly common romances fodder for studies. ...

A 15-year-old boy damaged his eyes while playing with a laser pointer he'd bought over the Internet, say doctors who warn that dangerously high-powered ...

Federal health regulators are warning doctors that a class of injectable drugs used in MRI medical imaging scans can cause a rare and sometimes ...

Most Americans still don't eat enough vegetables, and fruit consumption is actually dropping a little, according to a new government report released ...

Police and federal officials stepped up surveillance at Pastor Terry Jones' Dove World Outreach Center on Thursday as concern grew for safety ...

Pastor Terry Jones prepared to burn Qurans despite protests from the White House, fellow Christian evangelicals, veterans' groups and others ...

The group of Muslims planning to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque near ground zero appears plagued by divisions that raise questions ...

Universities are buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they'll be used.

Arizona's education chief says the federal government has launched an investigation into whether the state discriminates against teachers who ...

Some professors believe Wikipedia has no place in the footnotes of a college paper. But could it have a place on the syllabus?

Describing the creator as "not necessary" in his latest book is just another day at the office for that whimsical scamp Stephen Hawking, better ...

The La Nina climate phenomenon is strengthening, increasing the likelihood an active hurricane season could get even busier.