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President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused the United States of trying to taint the legitimacy of upcoming Russian parliamentary elections by pressing a group of prominent independent election observers to...

When is a neglected disease no longer "neglected"? A new online medical journal devoted to neglected tropical diseases was founded two weeks ago, and the first task its editors faced...

William O'Neill, the son of a small-town tavern owner who rose through Connecticut politics to serve as governor for a decade, died Saturday. He was 77. M. Jodi Rell, the...

Researchers who followed the health of nearly 500 older people for almost a decade found that those who walked more quickly were less likely to die over the course of...

Hip-hop, with its suggestive lyrics, videos and dance moves, has long been criticized by public health experts and parents, who fear that it leads to risky sexual behavior among teenagers....

Wearing white T-shirts with red stop signs and chanting, "BET does not reflect me, MTV does not reflect me," protesters have been gathering every Saturday outside the homes of Viacom...

Airline food has gotten so bad that Padma Lakshmi, cookbook author and host of "Top Chef" on Bravo, often heads to the airport with a container full of spinach leaves...

Paul Roche, a noted English poet and translator who was among the last living associates of the Bloomsbury group, the skein of artists and writers twined around Virginia Woolf and...

A crippling national transportation strike that has lasted nine days appeared to be sputtering to an end Thursday as rail workers fighting to retain early retirement rights seemed willing to...

In health centers at hundreds of colleges and universities around the country, young women are paying sharply higher prices for prescription contraceptives because of a change in federal law. The...