UC San Francisco will build a state-of-the-art laboratory that will bring together some of the world's leading scientists in the field. Seeking to advance stem cell research in California, philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad announced Wednesday they will donate $25 million to UC San Francisco for a state-of-the-art laboratory that will bring together some of the world's leading scientists in ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) seeks public comment on a petition to deregulate corn genetically engineered (GE) for tolerance to glyphosate herbicides and acetolactate synthase-inhibiting herbicides.

Arctic Oil & Gas Corp., a resources development company, is pleased to announce the Company's precious metals division is securing updated ore reserves reports on its Alaska gold projects and finalizing summer 2009 mining development plans.

The United States can gain security by adding more troops in Afghanistan, but only if they work to gain the trust of locals, Sen. John Kerry told The Associated Press

Patrick Welsh -- an English teacher at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va. -- writes in a Washington Post outlook piece that he is "amazed and concerned" about the "apparently nonchalant" attitude in the U.S. toward teen pregnancy, which "is still a major concern in this country.

By JAMES PHILLIPS and PETER BROOKES UPI Outside View Commentator WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Iran's continued support for terrorism and its prospective emergence as a nuclear power threaten many countries.

Professors routinely give advice to students but usually while their charges are still in school. Arthur Landy, a distinguished professor of molecular and cell biology and biochemistry at Brown University, recently decided, however, that he had to remind a former premed student of his that “without evolution, modern biology, including medicine and biotechnology, wouldn’t make sense.” The ...

The State Department faces serious challenges protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq and may no longer be able to rely on Blackwater Worldwide to do the job, according to an internal report.

BENTON COUNTY — When Deputy Corey Coggin of the Benton County Sheriff's Office's Crime Suppression Unit started seeing the same business cards on traffic stops across the county, he began to wonder what was going on. (Benton County Daily Record)

It sounds like an invented story. And indeed it is. In this tale, an American politician gets up and declares: The United States is an Anglo-Saxon Protestant state.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The state saves millions of dollars through a program that diverts corporate income taxes to private school vouchers for low-income students, the Florida Legislature's watchdog agency said in a report released Tuesday.

Uruguay's Senate has passed a bill allowing people aged 12 and older to legally change their name and gender on their identity papers, a move that opens the doors to gay marriage.

Two things emerge from last month’s horrendous attack on Mumbai: one is how interconnected South Asia is with the rest of the world. The other is how the Carter Administration’s ill-conceived strategy in Afghanistan more than 30 years ago still reverberates throughout the region.