A senator is asking the government to prevent the sale of so-called “electronic cigarettes” until more is known about them.
New Jersey Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg sent the Food and Drug Administration a letter Monday saying that the agency should ensure e-cigarettes are not sold until they’ve been studied more.
Missile defense will be at the center of a new set of security talks between Washington and Moscow and could become “a positive political tool” rather than an impediment to better U.S.-Russian relations, a leading Senate Democrat said Monday.
But Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., who is expected to be nominated soon as arms control chief at [...]
A Hutu man was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday for the slaying of two Tutsi mothers and at least four of their children during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide .
The judges said there was compelling evidence that Mpambara ordered the two Tutsi mothers and their children hauled out of an ambulance they were [...]
The White House is reviewing a finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that global warming is a threat to public health and welfare.
Congressional officials familiar with the EPA’s views say the agency’s finding was sent to the White House office of Management and Budget for review.
The EPA action is the first step to regulating carbon [...]
Prostate cancer has been left behind in the race for personalized medicine but that may be changing: Doctors are starting to attempt gene-guided treatment for men with advanced disease.
These are the men who ultimately wind up dying of prostate cancer, some 28,000 a year.
It’s an approach already offered in treating breast and certain other cancers.
It was bound to happen sooner or later.
The morning began with Geithner briefing reporters on his new bank bailout proposal, which would use $75 billion to $100 billion in taxpayer dollars, plus money from private investors, to generate $500 billion to buy so-called toxic assets from troubled banks.
The United States said on Monday it had found an encouraging symmetry of views with its NATO and EU allies after outlining a strategy review meant to end a stalemate in Afghanistan.
Holbrooke stressed the need for a regional approach to the Afghan problem, including Pakistan, and of stepping up both civilian and military efforts, a [...]
A freshman state senator sworn in to office despite allegations he slashed his girlfriend’s face with broken glass in a jealous rage has been indicted on domestic assault charges, prosecutors said Monday.
The 41-year-old former police officer was arrested after Karla Giraldo’s face was slashed Dec.
US envoy Richard Holbrooke outlined to NATO Monday new plans to beat insurgents in Afghanistan, officials said, as President Barack Obama seeks a way to end more than seven years of fighting.
He also met senior EU officials, as Washington urges greater efforts from its partners to boost the police force, fight opium production, and bolster [...]
The nation’s fastest growing labor union just got bigger.
The influx of textile, restaurant and hotel employees will push SEIU’s membership to nearly 2.2 million workers.
About 150,000 breakaway members of the trade union UNITE HERE have formed a new organization and say they will affiliate with the Service Employees International Union.
