WASHINGTON — Starting this week, “gluten-free” labels on packaged foods have real meaning. Until now, the term “gluten-free” had not been regulated, and manufacturers ma...
Americans get treatment
ATLANTA — There is no cure for the Ebola virus ravaging West Africa, and it kills most of those it infects. But when Bruce Ribner got the call tha...
S&P releases income analysis
WASHINGTON — Economists have long argued that a rising wealth gap has complicated the U.S. rebound from the Great Recession.
Now, an analysis...
CHIMACUM, Wash. — Graffiti expressing affection for someone named Miranda has marred one of the most sacred sites for an American Indian tribe in Washington state.
James...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama opened his birthday weekend on Saturday with a round of golf with friends before escaping to the Maryland mountains.
Obama turns 53 t...
Study looks at its nutrition
When I e-mailed a family member that I was at the annual convention of the Hawaii Coffee Association, he replied, “A dietitian and nutritioni...
Mother's case may yield good
ATLANTA — One of two known American Ebola victims, missionary Nancy Writebol wasn’t looking to abandon her overseas work. But Jeremy Writebol...
ALHAMBRA, Calif. — A giant tortoise found ambling down a street in suburban Los Angeles has been reunited with its owners.
The Alhambra Police Department says a local fa...
ATLANTA — Pete Van Wieren, the bespectacled broadcaster who was part of the landmark team that carried Atlanta Braves games throughout the nation on Ted Turner’s “SuperS...
To significantly decrease unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, maternal deaths and sexually transmitted diseases globally, we should start talking to boys and girls a...