New Massachusetts law bars circuses from using elephants, lions, giraffes and other animals

Many workers are dreaming of retirement — whether it's decades away or coming up soon. Either way, i

By Nicholas KusnetzOn a warm May morning, two dozen people wearing blue shirts formed a neat line in

This story also appeared in the Boston Globe.Rhode Island on Monday became the first state to sue oi

Forget the father, we're all about the mother.Robert De Niro made headlines this week when he confir

Social media users are misrepresenting a report released Thursdayby the Justice Department inspector

An "inappropriate and unfortunate" incident took place at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airpor

A Missouri man who is deaf and blind said a medical bill he didn't know existed was sent to debt col

If there was any lingering confusion on how America’s two major political parties differ over climat

A man is suing the California Lottery alleging he has not received part of his winnings from a nearl

Arts therapies appear to ease a host of brain disorders from Parkinson's to PTSD. But these treatmen

BEIJING (AP) — China will drop a travel tracing requirement as part of an uncertain exit from its st

Sixty-seven scientists urged the end of “coal leasing, extraction and burning” on public land in a l

When New Yorkers flip the channel to their local news station Friday night, they'll likely be greete

Proposed new and expanded pipelines that would pump natural gas from the fracking hub in the Appalac

U.S. Spill Panel Question Drilling Policy (Reuters) The BP spill was a massive "failure" in governme

Today’s Climate: August 26, 2010