Nation May 15

Men who are incarcerated and released are more than twice as likely to die prematurely as those who have not been imprisoned. Georgia State University criminologist William Pridemore has found that ex-prisoners are more likely die early from disease, drug…

Health May 14

Diet and exercise fads you see on TV or online usually sell themselves by featuring trim, athletic men and women in their 20s. But as the average age in the U.S. shifts older, there is a growing need for workouts…

World May 13

The European Union's highest court has ruled against Google, upholding the "right to be forgotten" for Europeans on the Internet. Court of Justice of the European Union's decision means Google and other search engines must now remove links to…

World May 13

Bountiful buffets can make many people’s eyes too big for their stomachs as they pile too much food onto their plates. For customers at one Swiss restaurant, wasting food is going to cost them. Petrizietta, a restaurant in Losone, Switzerland,…

World May 12

Weeks before the May 25 elections in Ukraine, residents of Donetsk and Luhansk regions voted for self-rule, independent of the Ukrainian government. Pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk reported Monday that 90 percent of voters in Sunday’s referendum voted in favor of…

Nation May 09

Don’t drink the water in Jingjiang. Due to high levels of an unnamed contaminant, authorities have cut off the tap water in the Yangtze River city of about a half million people. “We don’t have the results yet and…

Politics May 08

At its annual spring meeting in Memphis, the Republican National Committee formally launched a grassroots field program called Victory 365, which is designed to enable Republican campaigns to better use voter data across their efforts.

World May 08

The Climate Prediction Center, an agency that is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced Wednesday in their monthly report that chances for an El Niño weather system have reached 65 percent, up from a 50 percent chance…

Science May 07

A team at MIT has created a simulation that traces the evolution of dark matter, dark energy gas and dust, as well as stars, galaxies and black holes -- beginning around 12 million years after the Big Bang.

Nation May 07

A bipartisan group of death penalty opponents and proponents can agree on this: when it comes to carrying out a death sentence, states should only use U.S. government-approved single-drug cocktails. That is just one of the several recommended reforms outlined…