Four Pakistani soldiers killed in roadside blast
Four soldiers were killed and another four were wounded by a roadside bomb blast in a tribal area of northwestern Pakistan on Friday, in the...
A week late, but India’s monsoon arrives in southern Kerala
India’s annual monsoon, which delivers about 70 percent of the country’s rainfall, officially arrived on the coast of southern Kerala state on Saturday, the weather...
USDA investigates unapproved GMO wheat found in Washington state
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the discovery of unapproved, genetically modified (GM) wheat plants growing in an un-planted agricultural field in Washington state....
Co-owner, ex-employee of pharmacy in U.S. meningitis outbreak acquitted
A federal judge on Friday tossed the convictions of a co-owner and former employee of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy accused of conspiring to help it...
Brian Wilson postpones summer tour, says he feels ‘mentally insecure’
Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson has indefinitely postponed a U.S. summer tour that was due to open on Friday, saying he felt “mentally insecure” in...
Brazil will not change Amazon fund without asking donors: development bank BNDES
Brazil will make no changes to the governance of the billion-dollar Amazon Fund without consulting the donors Norway and Germany, the president of the fund’s...
Under pressure, Biden drifts leftward on abortion, climate change
The Joe Biden Express to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination went a bit off track this week....
In Harlem and on Broadway, The Temptations get their due
The Temptations, whose string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s are being celebrated in a Tony-nominated show on Broadway, got a star on the...
Apollo Theater honors The Temptations
The group’s only surviving, original and founding member, Otis Williams, called the Harlem theater his second home. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)...
Medicaid expansion tied to fewer heart disease deaths
(Reuters Health) – With increased access to insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as Obamacare, fewer middle-aged people are dying from heart disease,...