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Three decades ago, Congress set up a system to encourage drug companies to develop treatments for rare diseases. The law has worked, but at a high cost.

Her office's criminal investigation of the nuclear plant's closure has drawn scrutiny as she runs for U.S. Senate

A video released by the Islamic militants demanded the release of the convicted terrorist within 24 hours, or two hostages — a Jordanian military pilot and a Japanese journalist — would be killed.

The city’s experience over the past decade appears to have silenced business leaders who argued that requiring pay well above the minimum wage would kill jobs and put employers out of business.

Novelist Jodi Picoult explores life and death, while oncologist David Agus models new health practices, virologist Nathan Wolfe tracks emerging diseases, Dava Sobel reflects on Copernicus, and Charles Shields looks at novelist Kurt Vonnegut.

"Comedy Warriors" Screens In La Jolla Wednesday

When disaster struck in 2001, New York City hadn't had a comprehensive city planning vision in decades. An exceptional flurry of urban strategizing — beyond ground zero — ensued.

Police in New York City are monitoring threats made against officers and are upping security at some stationhouses.

In the 1930s, the Nazi movement was on the rise in Europe — and at summer camps for kids in the United States.

Army Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Leach, 29, was killed in Afghanistan on June 26.