WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers should study more children and pregnant women in trying to figure out if cell phones or other wireless devices could damage health, the U.S. National Research Council advised on Thursday. A few studies have...

U.S. President George W. Bush told Iran on Wednesday to ''come clean'' about its nuclear activities or else face isolation by the international community. Bush issued the stern warning as he sought to keep pressure on Iran...

U.S. intelligence agencies have showed independence from the Bush administration with a skeptical assessment of Iran's nuclear capabilities that is far from the ''slam dunk'' case against Iraq...

The number of obese children will grow dramatically in the coming years and so will their death rates from heart disease, according to a pair of studies from the United States and Denmark published on Wednesday.

Pope Benedict, in a new encyclical released on Friday, said atheism was responsible for some of the ''greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice'' in history. The 75-page ''Spe Salvi'', which takes...

More Americans believe in a literal hell and the devil than Darwin's theory of evolution, according to a new Harris poll released on Thursday. It is the latest survey to highlight America's deep level of...

Topps Meat Co, which in September recalled 21.7 million pounds of beef linked to E. coli-related bacteria, has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to liquidate. The company, once one of the largest U.S. makers of frozen hamburgers, filed on Wednesd

If anyone thinks the current U.S. housing downturn is bad now, things would get far worse if Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac were to suddenly stop buying mortgages, a move that would drive up the costs of home loans and devastate the economy. Fannie Mae and

By Ljilja Cvekic PLOCNIK, Serbia (Reuters) - If the figurines found in an ancient European settlement are any guide, women have been dressing to impress for at least 7,500 years. Recent excavations at the site -- part of the Vinca culture which was...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Got some leftover drugs -- the kind that someone else might want to use, such as painkillers or stimulants? Wrap them up in used kitty litter or other pet droppings, the government advises. A pilot program at the Substance...