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Iraqi women hold up a placard in support of the Jaafari Personal Status Law in the central city of Najaf on March 12. The law is based on the principles of the Jaafari school of Shiite religious jurisprudence. It prohibits Muslim men from marrying non-Muslims and lowers the marriage age to 9 for girls and 15 for boys.

Iraq Debates Law That Would Allow Men To Marry 9-Year-Old Girls

The Iraqi Cabinet has approved the measure and sent it to parliament for a vote. Opponents say it would be a major setback for a country that has mostly secular laws.

Resveratrol May Not Be The Elixir In Red Wine And Chocolate

Red wine and chocolate may be good for you, but it's likely not from the resveratrol. A study finds that the antioxidant had no influence on longevity, cancer, heart disease or inflammation levels.

An Israeli places a flower beside the name of the World War II Nazi concentration camp Bergen Belsen during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, on April 28. The Israeli government is weighing a new plan that would get more financial help to elderly Holocaust survivors, including about 50,000 in the country who are living below the poverty line.

Poverty Among Holocaust Survivors Hits A Nerve In Israel

About a quarter of the 200,000 Holocaust survivors in Israel live below the poverty line. The government is now pushing a plan to increase assistance.

That Prescription Might Not have Been Tested For Your Ailment

Once a drug is approved by the FDA, doctors can use it as they see fit. That can be brilliant or risky, depending on the medication and the patient.

Pedestrians walk through the Sanlitun Village shopping district on May 2, in Beijing, China.

What Three College Pals Say About Their Dreams in China

Beyond the superhighways, gleaming skyscrapers and economic growth, China's young urban adults are often struggling, their dreams unfulfilled, their hopes for a better life elusive.

The mobile homes of De Anza Cove still occupy prime parkland in Mission Bay Park.

San Diego Judge To Rule On De Anza Cove

Legal ruling this week could mean the end of a battle over a mobile home development in Mission Bay Park.

2014 Jewish American Heritage Month Local Heroes, Helene Bortz and Myrice Goldberg at the Jewish Gift Closet.

Local Heroes Helene Bortz and Myrice Goldberg ‘Give Good’

Jewish American Heritage Month 2014 Honorees

Mike Smith, of Long Beach, Calif., now pays $200 for his family's health insurance policy, compared with the $3,000 a month he would have had to pay on the individual market last year.

Obamacare Enrollees Emboldened To Leave Jobs, Start Businesses

Some people who felt stuck in certain jobs, just because they needed the employment-based health insurance, say they are finding the Affordable Care Act liberating.

Better (?) Living Through Chemistry In 'Afterparty'

Darryl Gregory's new novel, Afterparty, envisions a future where anyone with the right gear can make his own custom drugs. Critic Jason Sheehan calls it a juicy jumble of second-generation biopunk.

Security Situation In Eastern Ukraine Is Unpredictable

In some of the towns where pro-Moscow militants have occupied government buildings, it is clear that someone is giving orders. In other places, a state of near chaos reigns.

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