The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that air pollution caused the deaths of 7 million people in 2012, according to BBC News. According to WHO, air pollution is “the world's largest single environmental health risk”— one in eight global deaths ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that air pollution caused the deaths of 7 million people in 2012, according to BBC News. According to WHO, air pollution is “the world's largest single environmental health risk”— one in eight global deaths ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that air pollution caused the deaths of 7 million people in 2012, according to BBC News. According to WHO, air pollution is “the world's largest single environmental health risk”— one in eight global deaths ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that air pollution caused the deaths of 7 million people in 2012, according to BBC News. According to WHO, air pollution is “the world's largest single environmental health risk”— one in eight global deaths ...

A small U.S. study raises new questions about whether using electronic cigarettes will lead people to quit smoking, adding to the debate over how tightly the products should be regulated. The study, which looked at the habits of 88 smokers who also used ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Japan plans to turn over to the United States more than 700 pounds of weapons grade plutonium and a supply of highly-enriched uranium, a victory for President Barack Obama's efforts to secure nuclear materials around the ...

KAMPALA, Uganda – A Lord's Resistance Army expert says the U.S. government's decision to deploy military aircraft could be "the decisive game changer" in the hunt for fugitive LRA leader Joseph Kony. Kasper Agger of the Enough Project said on Monday ...

HELSINKI – Nokia Corp. says the sale of its mobile phone unit to Microsoft will be delayed until next month because it is still waiting for approval from regulatory authorities in Asia. The Finnish company said Monday that the 5.4 billion euros ($7.3 billion) deal ...

TOKYO – Toyota Motor Corp., headed to a record profit, can afford the $1.2 billion fine levied by the U.S. government for hiding information about defects in its cars. If anything, the settlement may even deliver relief for Toyota shareholders and customers as a ...

The mysterious turn that diverted the missing Malaysia Airlines flight off of its scheduled route to Beijing was programmed into a computer system on board, the New York Times reported Monday, meaning it was not executed manually by one of the pilots at ...

A Louisiana man says it "feels good" to be free, after nearly 26 years on death row. Glenn Ford, who is 64, walked free yesterday, after a judge approved the state's motion to vacate his murder conviction in the death of a jeweler in 1983. Ford had always ...

Apple just released iOS 7.1 to the public on Monday but now it's time to move on. We first saw details surrounding Apple's upcoming iOS 8 update begin to trickle out last month, including the uncovering of a new Healthbook app that will see Apple's mobile ...

Scientists have developed a blood test that they say could lead to an early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in elderly people long before the symptoms of the disease begin to manifest themselves. A team led by Dr. Howard ...

A newfound asteroid will buzz close by Earth Wednesday, flying safely between our planet and the orbit of the moon, and you can follow the space rock encounter live online. The asteroid 2014 DX110 will zip by Earth at 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) today, just ...

KIEV, Ukraine – The battle over Ukraine's future is also economic: on Tuesday, Russia cranked up the pressure by ending discounts on its natural gas supplies, while the U.S. and European Union offered quick-fix aid to the beleaguered government. To help ...

The pundits and prognosticators are hammering President Obama over Ukraine, although most get around to admitting that American options in this crisis are quite limited. Even Obama's most hawkish critics aren't arguing that we should send U.S. troops to ...

The murder trial of the double amputee Olympian known as the Blade Runner is being broadcast to the entire world, but the cameras were hard-pressed to catch the bizarre, yet subtle drama that unfolded between the opposing attorneys on Monday.

The recovery of eight classic cars swallowed by a huge sinkhole has begun at the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky. The first car was pulled out of the giant hole Monday by a crane at the Bowling Green museum. Cheers went up when the engine of the ...

LONDON – Prince Harry, former Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu, and Prime Minister David Cameron have joined nearly 2,000 people in a memorial service for the late South African President Nelson Mandela. Tutu said Monday at the Westminster ...

The 'Blade Runner's' murder trial doesn't begin until Monday, but it has already taken on a social-media-meets-reality-TV flavor that has many South Africans cringing. With wall-to-wall 24-hour broadcasts of activity from within the court, critics warn a serious ...