Man pleads guilty to plotting al-Qaeda terror attack on New York subways
NEW YORK – A former airport shuttle driver accused of buying beauty supplies to make bombs for an attack on New York City subways pleaded guilty Monday, admitting he agreed to conduct an al-Qaeda-led "martyrdom operation" because of U.S. involvement in his native Afghanistan.
High blood pressure a neglected disease that warrants action in U.S., Institute of Medicine report finds
WASHINGTON – A critical new report declares high blood pressure in the U.S. to be a neglected disease – a term that usually describes mysterious tropical illnesses, not a well-known plague of rich countries.