Jeremy White

Smokers have worse memories than people who have kicked the habit or never picked it up, according to a a study be published in the upcoming issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Sep 21, 2011

The Obama administration is constructing a network of drone strike bases in Africa and the Arabian peninsula as its broadening campaign against Al Qaeda affiliates reaches increasingly into Yemen and Somalia.

Sep 21, 2011

With the hours before Troy Davis' scheduled execution dwindling rapidly, the Georgia death row inmate's defenders made a last ditch attempt to delay his execution by demanding that prison officials let him take a polygraph test.

Sep 21, 2011

Protesters associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement have sworn to remain in Lower Manhattan's financial district until they see change, but on Tuesday afternoon they grappled with the possibility that they would not be allowed to stay in the small park that has served as a base camp.

Sep 20, 2011

A physicist, an architect, an evolutionary geneticist and a jazz percussionist are among the 22 people to win MacArthur Genius Grants in 2011.

Sep 20, 2011

Texas' Republican controlled legislature is violating the Voting Rights Act by drawing new congressional districts that disenfranchise minority voters and ignore the state's booming Latino population, the U.S. Justice Department told a federal court on Monday.

Sep 20, 2011

A prominent dolphin researcher is probing whether dolphins are capable of starting conversations.

Sep 20, 2011

A victory for citizen science

Sep 20, 2011

More than a third of young American families with children were living in poverty last year, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data that offers the latest indicator of spreading poverty in America.

Sep 20, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is preparing to give a speech that will criticize President Barack Obama's policies towards Israel and tie them to the Palestinian Authority's quest for United Nations membership.

Sep 20, 2011

Four people have died from listeria contained in cantaloupes from Colorado, the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Sep 20, 2011

An 18-year-old ban on openly gay soldiers known as Don't Ask Don't Tell expires on Tuesday, when the military will officially begin processing applications it has already received from openly gay recruits.

Sep 19, 2011

AIDS researchers struggling to unlock the structure of a key enzyme received a helping hand from an unlikley source: thousands of amateurs playing an Internet game called Foldit.

Sep 19, 2011

Palestinian leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to seek United Nations membership -- a stance that puts them at odds with the U.S. position. The Obama administration maintains that direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians remains the only route to reconciliation.

Sep 19, 2011

Online gamers have helped researchers to establish the structure of an enzyme related to HIV/AIDS, demonstrating the potential of recruiting everyday people to help unlock riddles that are typically the province of Ph.D.s.

Sep 19, 2011

Who are the protestors who are occupying the heart of the world's financial capital on Wall Street? And what do they want?

Sep 19, 2011

Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles in Atlanta will on Monday determine the fate of Troy Davis, a convicted cop killer whose impending execution has spurred global protests as advocates point to what they see as a faulty conviction.

Sep 19, 2011

From Mad Men to American Family, see who won on television's biggest night

Sep 19, 2011

Photos of the final phase of the Libyan revolution

Sep 16, 2011

More children are ingesting prescription drugs found around the house, leading to a spike in the number of kids who end up in the emergency room being treated for poisoning, a new study found.

Sep 16, 2011

Here's a look at which organizations/institutions employ the most people in the world. The list may surprise you.

Sep 16, 2011

A new study found a steady increase in the number of children admitted to emergency rooms with poisoning from prescription drugs, a rise that is mostly due to children finding and taking their parents' pills.

Sep 16, 2011

A centerpiece of the Obama administration's immigration policy drew its sharpest criticism yet, as a major task force urged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to overhaul the embattled Secure Communities program.

Sep 16, 2011

Contradicts Dr. Oz

Sep 16, 2011

Palestinian leaders vowed to seek United Nations recognition for a state of their own, rebuffing entreaties from American diplomats who are scrambling to avert a potentially explosive situation.

Sep 16, 2011

Astronomers have discovered a planet whirling around not one but two stars, expanding the pantheon of known heavenly bodies to places formerly reserved for fictions like the twin-sunned Tatooine of Star Wars Fame.

Sep 15, 2011

Maryland's Democratic governor Martin O'Malley simultaneously lauded Texas Gov. Rick Perry and handed Perry's presidential opponents ammunition on Thursday by praising Perry's willingness to break with Republican dogma on immigration policy.

Sep 15, 2011

Casey Anthony's father George told Phil Dr. Phil McGraw he believes Casey killed her daughter Caylee, repudiating jurors who found Casey not guilty and astonishing his wife Cindy.

Sep 15, 2011

The number of Mexicans seeking asylum in the United States has steadily increased since 2006, when Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched an aggressive war on drug cartels.

Sep 15, 2011