An Australian pharmaceutical company will begin trials Wednesday of its experimental swine flu vaccine.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. stance of essentially playing down North Korea’s nuclear tests is intentional.

President Barack Obama’s advisers are urging critics of their health care overhaul to wait for Congress to finish writing legislation before issuing verdicts. They also signaled they are willing to wait longer than their White House-imposed August deadline for action if it means they can sway wary lawmakers.

The measure of what humanity can accomplish is
a size 9 1/2 bootprint.

The U.S. government is deploying dozens of Drug Enforcement Administration agents to Afghanistan in a new kind of “surge,” targeting trafficking networks that officials say are increasingly fueling the Taliban insurgency and corrupting the Afghan government.

‘Angela’s Ashes’ author Frank McCourt has died in New York City at age 78.

The astronauts who first landed on the moon
aren’t dwelling on their small lunar steps. Instead, two of them on
Sunday urged mankind to take a giant leap to Mars.

A mass-kissing protest near the Mormon
church temple Sunday drew a shouting match between gay activists
and a group of faithful Mormons.

The top Republican on the Senate committee reviewing Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination said Sunday her testimony did not settle his concerns about her.

Harry Potter continues to work box-office
alchemy, turning his latest movie adventure into an overnight
blockbuster.