More families than ever are coming to the Brandon Family Support and Resource Center asking for help to find employment and financial aid. ...more

December 24, 2008

The Food and Drug Administration will establish its first office in China before the end of the year as part of a broader plan to assure the safety of imports from the developing world. ...more

October 17, 2008

No more wondering where your hamburger came from or where your lettuce and tomatoes were grown: Starting this week, shoppers will see lots more foods labeled with the country of origin. ...more

October 2, 2008

In the season finale of "CSI: NY" in May, the show's characters gathered around videoconferencing screens to share information about a shooting. "She wants everybody on a TelePresence call," says an investigator, Lindsay Monroe. "OK, we have a full house, network's secure, you're good to go, Stella." ...more

July 21, 2008

The Weather Channel and news headlines tell us daily that the incidence of hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and typhoons are increasing around the world. The average temperature on the earth is rising, and the polar ice caps are melting at an alarming rate. ...more

May 27, 2008

The military leaders of Myanmar seized a shipment of U.N. food aid Friday intended for victims of a devastating cyclone, declaring that they would accept donations of food and medicine but not the foreign aid workers international groups say are in equally short supply there. ...more

May 10, 2008

Despite John McCain's building political momentum, Mitt Romney said Saturday he does not expect the Republican presidential nomination to be settled during the coming week and he is planning to continue campaigning beyond Super Tuesday. ...more

February 3, 2008

Russian authorities arrested former world chess champion Garry Kasparov on Saturday and sentenced him to five days in prison after he helped lead a protest against President Vladimir Putin that ended in clashes with police. ...more

November 25, 2007

For years, I have watched with growing concern as my University of California, Los Angeles colleagues have been subjected to increasing harassment, violence and threats by animal rights extremists. ...more

November 20, 2007

Senior military commanders here now portray the intransigence of Iraq's Shiite-dominated government as the key threat facing the U.S. effort in Iraq, rather than al-Qaida terrorists, Sunni insurgents or Iranian-backed militias. ...more

November 15, 2007