Days after France attempted to ban a genetically-modified strain of maize created by the controversial agricultural company Monsanto, based in St. Louis, Mo., the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) rejected France's grounds for banning the maize, even though France believes the corn is harmful to the environment.
The search for Mickey Shunick, a missing 21-year-old woman from Lafayette, La., is intensifying, with television personality and victims' rights advocate Nancy Grace putting a spotlight on the case.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is not yet ready to endorse President Barack Obama for another term in office, after supporting him in 2008, and is still listening to what opposing candidate Mitt Romney has to say.
Junior members of Congress subscribing to either the far-left or far-right usually spoke with the least complexity, according to the Sunlight Foundation.
Speaker of the House John Boehner rebuffed questions about his ability to lead a notoriously fractious Republican caucus, saying an influx of freshmen had made his job more difficult.
The lineup for this summer?s Game Developer?s Conference in Europe is shaping up, as a newly announced discussion includes BioWare on post-DLC lessons from ?Mass Effect? and ?Dragon Age.? Video game fans have a ton to look forward to on the development side of gaming as well, with Bigpoint discussing free-to-play game design.
What will the Chinese Premier, a rare voice for humanism and liberal reform in China, leave behind as his legacy?
JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon has agreed to testify before Congress over the bank's recent trading losses, which have ignited a political debate over whether large U.S. banks need to be reined in by regulators or new laws.
Inside Joel Tenenbaum's legal crusade against the recording industry and a $675,000 penalty for file sharing.
JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon will be invited to testify before Congress over the recent trading losses announced by the bank, U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson said in a statement on Thursday.
Virginia delegate and Republican Senate candidate Robert Marshall defended his push to block the judicial confirmation of an openly gay Richmond prosecutor on Thursday, saying that the nominee's homosexuality could lead to biased rulings.
The no. 1 endangered river in America is the Potomac, according to a leading environmental group. The body of water, which separates Maryland from Virginia, has been polluted over time by the 5 million people that live in its watershed, leading to its current fragile state.
Afghanistan, bracing for a potential sharp decline in financial support from the West amid fears of a fresh military offensive by the Taliban insurgents, has demanded $4.1 billion a year for its security forces after the foreign troops pull out in 2014, ahead of the NATO summit starting Sunday.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, announced Wednesday he has decided against moving across the country and running for Congress in Washington state.
James Abdnor, the former U.S. senator from South Dakota most known for ousting former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern from the senate seat, died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 89.
While the Obama administration rejected to several section's of the House's proposed NDAA bill, a controversial indefinite detention provision for terrorism suspects was not among them.
The surge in people killing themselves can be directly linked to ?increased insecurity and uncertainty for the future.?
The consumers in the United States, anticipating the release of the HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE smartphones, will have to spend some more time waiting for the devices as they have reportedly been delayed at the U.S. customs due to an import ban order by the International Trade Commission (ITC) over potentially infringing an Apple patent.
The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation of a huge trading loss incurred by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday.
The U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will again call for spending cuts to match any increase in the debt limit that will allow the U.S. to pay its bills.
JPMorgan's massive $2 billion trading loss has spilled over into presidential politics, with presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney calling the disastrous trade as an example of the inherent risks of the free market.
A shipment of 4,200 boxes of flowers from Bogota arrived by cargo plane in Miami Tuesday, marking the first commercial exchange under the new free trade agreement between the U.S. and Colombia, which went into effect at midnight.
