Ashley Portero

Republican Rep. Phil Roe, who was a practicing obstetrician before his election to Congress, saved a man's life on Tuesday morning during a pit stop at a North Carolina airport.

Two top executives at Solyndra Inc., a recently bankrupt solar energy firm, will reportedly invoke their 5th Amendment rights and not answer questions during a hearing before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Friday.

Suffolk County Police have released the composite sketches of two unidentified people whose bodies were found on a Long Island beach.

A Japanese study concluded that individuals with diabetes have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia later in life.

On Sept 15., a Florida woman gave birth to twins who were born from two separate uteruses.

Ralph Nader and a group of progressive cohorts are seeking a Democrat who can challenge President Barack Obama for the 2012 Democratic nomination for president.

Rep. Michele Bachmann's former campaign manager Ed Rollins said Bachmann does not have the ability or resources to make it past the Iowa presidential caucuses.

On Monday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a declaration recognizing the economic and social burdens imposed by noncommunicable diseases, which are expected to cost the global economy $47 trillion by 2030.

The Port Authority has raised fares on bridges, tunnels and PATH trains entering New York from New Jersey, and very few Metro-New York area commuters appear to be pleased about it.

Former President Bill Clinton suggested former Vice President Dick Cheney was trying to cause a rift among Democrats by suggesting that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton challenge Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination in the 2012 presidential election.

Thousands of people have protested against the scheduled execution of Troy Davis, a Georgia inmate who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday.

A class action lawsuit has been filed against the Kennedy Krieger Institute for knowingly exposing black children to lead paint and dust during a 1990s study.

Due to a rise in prescription drug overdoses, drug fatalities outnumbered motor vehicle fatalities for the first time in 2009.

Rep. Ron Paul won the California straw poll on Saturday, receiving almost half of all the votes.

Texas inmate Duane Buck was granted a stay of execution by the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday only hours before he was scheduled to die, after his attorneys contended his sentence was unfair because of a question asked about race during his trial.

Wal-Mart announced it plans on sourcing $20 billion in products from female-owned businesses in the U.S. over the next five years, while also enacting a number of programs aimed at helping women across the globe.

In an interview with Parade Magazine, Brad Pitt said that while he was married to Jennifer Aniston, he was trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn't.

On Thurday, the Virginia Board of Health voted to enact regulations on abortion clinics that would require many to undergo expensive renovations that could lead to their closure.

The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs warned the Cherokee Nation that the U.S. government will not recognize the tribe's new principal chief if it does not reverse its decision to revoke tribal citizenship from the descendants of African American slaves.

Researchers from the University of Alberta have uncovered 80 million-year-old fossilized feathers that may indicate the pigment of some dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous period.

While public schools have focused their energy on training students in math and reading since the passage of No Child Left Behind, the College Board announced SAT scores in combined reading and math this year have dropped to their lowest point since 1995.

The number of breast and cervical cancer fatalities have skyrocketed in developing nations in the last three decades, while they have fallen in wealthier countries, according to an analysis by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

This week, UCLA scientists are presenting research findings that indicate two popular diabetes medications may increase patients' risk of cancer.

In a joint press release, two U.S. Senators accused the Obama administration of inflating the projected costs for NASA's Space Launch System in an attempt to kill development of the program.

After attacking Gov. Rick Perry's move to mandate Gardasil, an HPV vaccine, for 6th grade girls in Texas, Rep. Michele Bachmann implied the vaccination could cause mental retardation.

After fearing his congressional district would be cut due to redistricting in his home state of Ohio, Rep. Dennis Kucinich announced he has a chance to keep his seat.

Bystanders came together to lift a burning vehicle to free a trapped motorcycle rider in a Utah town.

NASA's Chandra X-ray discovered a planet about 880 light-years away from Earth is being blasted away by a companion star.

Since Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, took office in 2000, there have been 234 inmate executions, at least one of whom was later proven innocent. What does that say about a a man aspiring for the U.S. presidency?