Category Archives: World

HOLMDEL, N.J. - It’s one of the most universal recommendations in all of public health: Floss daily to prevent gum disease and cavities. Except there’s little proof that flossing works. St...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has lamented that children are being taught at school that gender can be a choice, adding that his predecessor, Benedict XVI has labeled current times “the epoch of s...

LOS ANGELES - The parents of “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the makers of Jeep Grand Cherokees, claiming the company manufactured unsafe gea...

WASHINGTON - The chief executive of the Democratic National Committee and two other top officials have resigned in the wake of an email hack that embarrassed the party on the eve of its presidential n...

WASHINGTON - North Carolina’s top public health official acted unethically and possibly illegally by telling residents living near Duke Energy coal ash pits that their well water is safe to drin...

BELMOPAN, Belize - Earl strengthened into a hurricane Wednesday as it roared toward a nighttime landfall in the Caribbean nation of Belize, brushing by Honduras’ northern coast and leaving felle...

New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton is leaving the nation’s largest police force, after getting credit for keeping crime down but grappling with tension between officers and minori...

WASHINGTON - Mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported net income of $993 million for the second quarter, down from the same period of 2015. The company said Tuesday its income from fees received from lende...

SAN FRANCISCO - A New Jersey man is going to federal court to keep “Pokemon Go” players away from his house. Jeffrey Marder, of West Orange, says strangers began lingering outside of his h...

WASHINGTON - American consumers turned in another strong month of spending in June despite a decline in spending on autos. Consumer spending rose a solid 0.4 per cent in June after an identical increa...