Jacey Fortin

Health experts said this week that women with no unusual risk for ovarian cancer should not undergo regular screening for the disease. Testing methods are simply not effective enough, and may lead women to undergo unnecessary procedures at risk to their health.

A 400-pound bear has been wandering the streets of Glendale, Calif., in search of tasty meatballs. But on Tuesday, he was captured and transported to the Angeles National Forest to be released back into the wild.

Following a controversial crackdown, Tunisia's reversal of its ban on Habib Bourguiba Avenue protests reflects some willingness to bend to the will of the populace. But allegations of police brutality show that the situation in Tunis is still far from stable.

As Mali prepares to organize new elections following the swearing in of interim president Dioncounda Traoré on Thursday, crises in the north continue to escalate.

Cases of dementia may double by 2030 and triple by 2050, says a new report from the World Health Organization. The infrastructure to deal with this increase in dementia is not yet in place; only eight countries have implemented national programs to deal with the syndrome.

The Buffett Rule is a plan that would raise taxes on America's most wealthy, requiring those making $1 million or more per year to pay a minimum federal tax rate of 30 percent on all income. The idea is sparking heated debates, and that merits a closer look at how U.S. taxes are structured now, what sorts of changes Obama is pushing, and why exactly he's pushing them.

Mexican presidential hopeful Josefina Vázquez Mota has asserted control over her electoral campaign. As the candidate faces wilting prospects of becoming Mexico's first-ever female president, the move signifies an attempt to recover some momentum after a series of embarrassments.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has yet to return from a trip to Singapore, and rumors that he is hospitalized and in critical condition are quickly intensifying.

Partially Africanized bees have been found in Tennessee, according to genetic test results released there last week.

In 2006, Kashmiri politician Omar Abdullah made a bet that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari wouldn't be able to visit the state of Kashmir during his trip to India. The wager: a single rupee. On Sunday, Abdullah said that Zardari had lost and was obligated to pay up.

James O'Keefe released a video on Monday showing just how easy it is to commit voter fraud in Washington, D.C. But critics argue that stronger ID requirements at the ballot box would be detrimental to the democratic process.

Anne Graham Lotz, an evangelist preacher whose father is the famous Rev. Billy Graham, said on Sunday that an atheist presidential candidate could never get her vote.

Omar Suleiman, Egypt's vice president under Hosni Mubarak from Jan. 29 to Feb. 11 last year, has declared his intention to run as a candidate in the country's presidential election this spring.

The Large Hadron Collider broke records during its first performance of 2012, smashing millions of protons together to achieve an all-time high energy output of 8 trillion electron volts. This year, CERN scientists are on the fast track to either prove or disprove the existence of the Higgs boson.

Greg Mortenson, author of the bestselling 'Three Cups of Tea,' mismanaged the funds of his charity, the Central Asia Institute, according to a report released on Thursday.

Amina Bowman, 9, is expected to make a full recovery after a an accidental gunshot left her in critical condition. The 9-year-old boy who carried the gun to school has apologized in a letter, but the Bowman family lawyer may seek more reparations.

Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, a conservative Islamist candidate for the Egyptian presidency, is accusing opponents' supporters of forging California public records indicating that his mother was an American citizen.

Was the famous T. rex a feathered predator? A new fossil discovery in China points to yes.

What Must Be Said, a poem published by German author Günter Grass on Wednesday, is drawing sharp criticism for its condemnation of Israel.

Today is National Tell A Lie Day. What better way to celebrate this April 4 holiday than to take a look at some of the best -- or worst -- whoppers told by the five men who are running for the U.S. presidency? Romney, Obama, Santorum, Gingrich, Paul... no one is exempt.

Brittney Griner has lately suffered a barrage of insults; many are questioning Griner's gender due to her height and deep voice. Although the androgynous athlete is now a superstar, online antagonists are mercilessly ripping her apart. But she handles the bullies well.

Kimberly Hester, a former teacher's aide from Michigan, was suspended after supervisors asked to see her personal Facebook profile and she refused. New laws may be in order to protect employees from breaches of online privacy.

Yaron Segal, a post-doctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was arrested after flying to Grand Junction, Colorado with the alleged intention of having sex with a woman and her two daughters, whom he believed were 16 and 12 years old.

The United States announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Hafiz Safeed, an alleged terrorist from Pakistan. The move, lauded by India, is likely to strain the already tense relationship between Pakistan and the United States.

Jurre Hermans, an 11-year-old boy from the Netherlands, has astounded economists by offering a simple solution to the problem of Greek solvency in the European Union. He has been awarded a special mention for the prestigious Wolfson Economics Prize. Five shortlisted entrants have also been announced.

Irish parish priest Martin McVeigh accidentally showed gay pornography to a group of congregation members, including one 8-year-old boy, during a March 26 meeting at a grade school in Pomeroy, Northern Ireland.

In an effort to keep Russia-Chechnya conflicts from erupting on British soil, U.K. intelligence is pushing for the deportation of a Chechen man who was allegedly planning to assassinate Akhmed Zakayev, a political rival of Chechnya's President Ramzan Kadyrov.

A Planned Parenthood clinic in Appleton, Wisconsin was set aflame briefly by a homemade bomb on Sunday, causing slight damage to an exam room. News of the explosion comes not long after Wisconsin state legislature passed anti-abortion legislation.

Caballo Blanco, or Micah True, was found dead on Saturday. His body was partly submerged in a stream in a wilderness area of Gila, New Mexico. He was 58.