WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
Officials also said they were investigating several troubling outbreaks of drug-resistant H1N1 but noted they were ...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Three years after a billionaire divorce gone terribly wrong, this is what is left: unfinished plans for America's largest home, several bankruptcies and an auction featuring a talking moose head.
Bargain hunters will get the chance to bid on Saturday on the leftovers from ...
The sentence for Narseal Batiste was handed down by a federal court judge in Miami, who earlier this week announced lighter prison terms ranging from five to eight years for Batiste's four co-conspirators.
The case was touted as a major blow against terrorism and a victory in government efforts to ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of marijuana bud displayed like candy.
Hundreds of pot shops have sprung up in the last couple of years ...
The law that took effect in July allowed handgun owners with permits to pack their pistols in places serving alcohol, providing the establishments made more than half their profits from food.
Nashville Judge Claudia Bonnyman said the law was "fraught with ambiguity" and ruled in favor of ...
People with an allergy or sensitivity to sulfites run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume the products, the company said.
Unilever said it has received one report of four family members who had adverse reactions associated with the product, which was ...
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - Minnesota businessman Tom Petters made a final push on Friday to convince a federal jury he was not responsible for a $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme that bankrupted his company.
Petters testified for a little over half an hour on Friday, after previously testifying for ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City and the state both want to cut expenses by trimming public employees but so far they are using different strategies.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is encouraging agencies to prune workers by giving them credit for saving money on health care and pension benefits, ...
The Federal Court of Canada threw out a February decision that had denied a refugee claim by Bethany Lanae Smith, and directed refugee authorities to grant her a new hearing that takes proper account of her sexual orientation.
Smith, now 21, testified that while at Fort Campbell in Kentucky she ...
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE, said businesses served with audit notices were selected for inspection because they have connections to "public safety and national security."
The agency declined to identify the businesses because of what it said was the ...
