US Flu Outbreak Earlier, Spreading Faster Massachusetts is one of 41 U.S. states now reporting widespread cases of influenza. Tom Memino is the mayor of Boston, the state's biggest city. Im declaring a public health emergency in the city of Boston. T...
Iran Willing to Resume Nuclear Talks as Sanctions Bite Hard U.S. President Barack Obama last week signed off on a new round of sanctions targeting Irans energy and shipping sectors. They build on a range of unilateral and multilateral sanctions again...
White House Chief of Staff Lew Expected to Take Over Treasury Jack Lew began his career as a legislative aide in 1973 and later held key budget positions with Presidents Obama and Clinton. He also worked as an investment banker. Lew has a reputation...
Lack Of US Support For Mental Health Care Criticized Eric Parks and his mother Ginger Smith have shared a long battle with mental illness. Parks has bi-polar disorder. His first psychotic episode happened when he was 19. I dont remember much of it. I...
UN Spearheads Drive to Protect Journalists After Deadly 2012 When shells fell on the Syrian city of Homs in February 2012, a building used by foreign media took a direct hit - killing renowned Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin, along with Frenc...
Obama Nominates New Defense, Spy Chiefs Obama made his choices official in the White House East Room with Hagel and Brennan standing by his side. The president noted that Hagel, a Vietnam War veteran, would be the first person of enlisted military ra...
Poachers Kill Elephant Family in Kenya A manhunt has been underway since the weekend in Kenya for a gang of poachers that killed a family of elephants. The Wildlife Service says 12 of the animals were slaughtered. Poaching is on the rise across Afric...
Chavez Health Drives Venezuela Toward Uncertain Future In the days after winning a fourth presidential term of office in October, Hugo Chavez seemed healthy and full of life. But since his December 11 cancer operation in Cuba, he has not spoken or be...
Lack of Civility Hampers S. Africa's Sanitation Efforts Lucky Manyisi inspects his jurisdiction, as he calls it. Diepsloot, section 1: its laughing school children enjoying their summer break, its makeshift shacks, its unpaved roads where pointy rock...
Despite Paralysis, Hawking's Mind Soars When he turned 70 in 2012, Hawking was honored with a special exhibit at Londons Science Museum. The tribute gave visitors an inside look at the life and work of one of the world's greatest minds. We have some...
Afghan Security Tops Agenda for Karzai Washington Talks President Karzai met with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta last month before these Washington talks, which are expected to include the breadth of U.S-Afghan relations beyond next year's exit...
Rising Violence Against Egyptian Women Worries Rights Activists Women played a major role in the revolution that brought down Egypt's old government. But nearly two years on, many say they have seen little reward. In terms of physical security, activ...
'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Highlights Messy US Democracy in Action Many visitors to the U.S. Capitol, like David Stark from the state of nearby Maryland, come to admire this monument to democracy but express frustration with the political polarization insid...
Teen Prostitutes Find Help Getting off the Streets Today, these kids are like other teenagers. They play computer games, study, and have time to practice meditation. But not long ago, they fought to survive on the streets, controlled by pimps who sol...
US House Speaker Boehner Reelected Despite Dissent There were some tense moments during the long voice vote for the new speaker of the Republican-controlled House, where there were only two names on the ballot -- Boehner, and Democratic former House...
