The new health care reform law in the United States will require everyone to have health insurance. People who avoided going to the doctor because they had no insurance will be more likely to visit primary care physicians for minor illnesses. But the...
Sellers of fresh seafood are starting to feel the effects of the oil leak that continues in the Gulf of Mexico, but experts say imported fish will keep supermarkets nationwide stocked. At Captain White's Seafood City, one of a cluster of fresh seafoo...
Opposition to offshore drilling grows even though oil slick is still far from Florida Brian Wagner | Key Largo, Florida 14 May 2010 The gulf oil spill is still hundreds of kilometers from Florida, but local businesses worry about the impact it could...
President Barack Obama, standing with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, center, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, delivers remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington following his closed meeting with his Cabinet a...
The political atmosphere, obviously, has been toxic and it is very clear that some of the votes that I have cast have added to the toxic environment, said Utah Senator Bob Bennett. 2010 is a congressional election year in the United States, and alrea...
President Barack Obama, left, and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, right, shake hands following their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, 12 May 2010 Afghan President Hamid Karzai wrapped up an extended trip...
A senior U.S. State Department official said Thursday that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's visit to Tehran this weekend probably is the last chance for Iran to respond to international concerns about its nuclear program before more U....
Farm workers in a field near the city of Udon Thani in Thailand's impoverished northeast, 14 May 2010 Thai Government Concerned Over Rising Casualties, Blames Militias for Violence Many of the red shirt protesters who have been battling the army for...
Anti-government protesters build barricades around the perimeter of their encampment, 14 May 2010 Thai Government Concerned Over Rising Casualties, Blames Militias for Violence Leaders of an anti-government protest in Thailand are asking for a ceasef...
Animals in many large livestock-raising operations around the world get a small but steady dose of certain antibiotics in their feed. Doctors around the world are finding it harder and harder to cure some infections. Bacteria are developing resistanc...
The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster comes during spring spawning season, an especially bad time for aquatic life making them extraordinarily vulnerable to the toxic effects of the oil itself, says Doug Rader, chief oceans scientist for the Environmental...
Popular US public diplomacy efforts of the late 20th century, Jazz Ambassadors, remains an important part of its cultural outreach Art and culture can often be effective instruments of global diplomacy. They can transcend political and economic diffe...
Just about everybody in Winter, Wisconsin knows about their local boy who made good. Col. Jeffrey Williams has logged more days in space than almost any other American. The International Space Station, where the astronaut spent a great deal of time,...
Children sit in an overcrowded classroom at Dixin Centre 2 primary school in Conakry, Guinea, 6 May 2010 Guinea's Political Parties Debate Deposit to Run in Next Month's Presidential Poll In Guinea, the number of children attending school has dropped...
Across the Sahel, more than 10 million people are affected by poor rains that have led to the collapse of agricultural and livestock production in many parts of Chad, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso. Sixty percent of Niger's population is facing severe...
