Jeremy White

Scientists believe the images and information collected about Vesta will illuminate what happened in the early days of the universe

Jul 14, 2011

Everyday consumer products from canned food containers to baby bottles are full of a potentially lethal chemical known as bisphenol A (BPA) that can lead to numerous health defects, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. said in an op-ed column.

Jul 14, 2011

America's defense agency is having trouble defending itself, as the largest-ever cyber attack on the Pentagon lent a sense of urgency to the institution's push to safeguard defense secrets and networks by bolstering cyber security.

Jul 14, 2011

With Gov. Jerry Brown's signature, California on Thursday became the only state in the nation to require its schools to include important gay figures in their history lessons and textbooks.

Jul 14, 2011

The Pentagon suffered the most significant breach yet of its cyber security system, underscoring fears that secret defense files and networks are vulnerable to cyber attacks.

Jul 14, 2011

The Pentagon suffered a massive cyber attack at the hands of an unidentified foreign government this spring, the most significant breach of the Pentagon's cyber security system yet.

Jul 14, 2011

NASA's Dawn probe is about to go into orbit around the Vesta asteroid, the second largest in an asteroid belt lying between Mars and Jupiter, in the culmination of a nearly four year journey.

Jul 14, 2011

Could we be heading towards a Romney-Bachmann ticket on the GOP side in 2012?

Jul 14, 2011

Chronic cell phone users do not run an increased risk of developing brain tumors, according to a new study in Denmark.

Jul 14, 2011

Longtime Federal Reserve antagonist U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, was at it again on Wednesday, criticizing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, the head of world's most powerful central bank, for a faltering economic recovery and suggested the country would be better off investing in gold.

Jul 14, 2011

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday that the Fed was prepared to take action to reverse any slowdown in the economic recovery, including another round of quantitative easing.

Jul 14, 2011

The quirky San Francisco Giants closer dressed to impress

Jul 14, 2011

A new book by a New York Times reporter casts doubt on Obama's anecdote about his mother's health insurance woes

Jul 14, 2011

In the wake of Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky's gruesome murder, people are scrambling for answers about whether the behavior of alleged killer Levi Aron should have raised any warning flags.

Jul 14, 2011

A consensus has emerged that the leading culprit for GOP dogmatism is House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va..

Jul 14, 2011

The Irish Catholic Church is neglecting to investigate new allegations of sexual abuse, flaunting safeguards against pedophilia even as charges of systemic abuse engulfed the church, according to evidence compiled by an independent investigative committee in the Cloyne Report.

Jul 14, 2011

A newly discovered dinosaur fossil makes the extinction of dinosaurs a little less of a mystery.

Jul 13, 2011

Genomics research seeks to build a comprehensive map of human characteristics but it is neglecting most humans outside of European descent, a new article in the journal Nature warns.

Jul 13, 2011

A Pennsylvania woman accused of a gruesome series of infant murders, at least some of them her own children, has been declared fit to stand trial.

Jul 13, 2011

Sister Wives star Kody Brown is going to court to defend the unusual family arrangement that catapulted him and his wives -- all four of them -- to television fame.

Jul 13, 2011

The latest development in the global battle against malaria doesn't come from a high-tech laboratory; it comes from a human foot.

Jul 13, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann defied party leadership by maintaining her unwavering opposition to raising the debt ceiling, dismissing any risk of default.

Jul 13, 2011

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala) is coming under fire for saying that he would do anything necessary to halt illegal immigration short of shooting undocumented immigrants.

Jul 13, 2011

Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, assailed by his own party for a debt deal proposal that would surrender Congressional authority to President Barack Obama, laid out his brazenly political strategy for endorsing the move: shift the blame.

Jul 13, 2011

Male anorexia, or manorexia, is becoming more prevalent as men aspire to images of male beauty that are well-toned and fit.

Jul 13, 2011

A Washington man accused of videotaping his sexual assaults of young boys is being allowed to continue watching the footage -- from the prison where is awaiting trial.

Jul 13, 2011

Perceptions of the U.S. and President Barack Obama have nosedived in the Arab World to levels lower than during the Bush administration, a remarkable reversal for Obama, who made a speech vowing a new era of relations with the Arab world shortly after being elected.

Jul 13, 2011

Casey Anthony may have been exonerated on charges of murdering her daughter, but that doesn't necessarily mean she's free from legal fallout over the child's death.

Jul 13, 2011

A new report details the scope of America's ongoing obesity epidemic, finding that adult obesity rose in 16 states without diminishing in a single state.

Jul 13, 2011