Michelle Obama dropped in on lunch and circle time at a Washington child care center on Wednesday and used the occasion to announce a new...

The Food and Drug Administration says some chicken meat may contain arsenic, but the amounts are too small to be harmful.

A new study shows a lower risk of developing brain damage linked to ischemic strokes, certain kinds of dementia and mobility problems.

Joe Schwartz is a 90-year-old great-grandfather of three who enjoys a few puffs of pot each night before he crawls into bed in the Southern...

Some believers say you don't need a full frontal nude image of Adam and Eve to get the message.

Two competing visions of the Catholic Church's future will play out in metro Detroit this weekend with separate conferences.

A small Maryland Episcopal parish will be the first in the USA to join the Catholic Church under a new streamlined process created by Pope...

As government regulators complete air quality tests outside schools across the nation, the EPA administrator remains concerned and says...

Preschool has surprisingly long-lasting benefits stretching well into adulthood. That's according to one of the biggest, longest studies of...

Colleges and universities often push recipients of endowed scholarships to thank benefactors, but Barton College makes it mandatory.

The mobile Mars Science Laboratory is intended to be the most sophisticated rover sent to the Martian surface.

Remember the periodic table from high school chemistry? It just got a little bigger.

NASA has released historic photos of a space shuttle linked to the space station taken from a departing spaceship.

An anchor from what's believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship sees daylight for the first time in nearly 300 years.

Police say a man was carrying a dead weasel when he burst into an apartment and assaulted a man in Washington state.

Since 6:01 p.m. Saturday, when the world did not end, Harold Camping's thousands of followers have met a tide of derision.