Health Jul 07 FDA regulation can’t keep pace with new mobile health apps Although lawmakers have repeatedly called on Congress to create a special office within the FDA to regulate health apps available in the mobile marketplace, the idea was rejected at a roundtable discussion on medical device security in…
Arts Jul 03 Willie Nelson on his bloody first performance In an interview on his tour bus in June, country music legend Willie Nelson described to PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown how a nosebleed didn't stop him from completing his first performance.
World May 22 Russia and China block UN measure to investigate Syrian war crimes Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Thursday that would allow the International Criminal Court to investigate war crimes from both sides in Syria's ongoing civil war, a three-year conflict that has claimed more than 160,000…
Nation May 16 GM fined $35 million for ignition switch defects May 16, 12:50 p.m. EDT | Updated General Motors will pay a $35 million civil penalty for its failure to report a ignition switch defect in 2.6 million Chevrolet Cobalts and other small cars, the Department of Transportation announced…
Nation May 15 Entire state of California now in extreme drought, fueling wildfires As firefighters attempt to extinguish several fires across Southern California, 100 percent of the state is now in extreme drought or worse.
World May 14 Update: Violent protest erupts as death toll rises to 245 in Turkish coal mine explosion Turkish officials raised the death toll to 245 Wednesday as rescue units continue to search for 120 miners still trapped underground. A coal mine in western Turkey collapsed after a power distribution unit exploded Tuesday.
World May 13 Six Ukrainian troops killed in pro-Russian ambush At least 30 pro-Russian separatists ambushed Ukrainian troops Tuesday, killing six soldiers and wounding eight others. Armed with grenade launchers and automatic weapons, the pro-Russia insurgency attacked the troops nearby the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine’s defense ministry said…
Nation May 09 Model aircraft nearly collided with U.S. airliner in March The pilot told officials that he saw a small, camouflaged fixed-wing aircraft about 2,300 feet above the ground fly "so close to his jet that he was sure he had collided with it," said Jim Williams, manager of the FAA's…
World May 06 U.S. will send team to Nigeria to help search for kidnapped girls Islamist extremists known as Boko Haram have kidnapped eight girls, aged 12 to 15, from a village in northeastern Nigeria, local police said Tuesday. The group’s raid of the village comes a day after they claimed responsibility for the abduction…
Nation May 05 Drones take flight in Alaska to survey wildlife Alaska’s drone test site, one of six U.S. research locations selected to develop guidelines for “unmanned aircraft systems,” or drones, became operational Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The FAA authorized the University of Alaska in Fairbanks to conduct wildlife…