The death of revered South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela has spurred reflection on the global state of human rights in the years since his transformation from political prisoner to president and elder statesman.
Those striving to build ...
Peering far deeper than ever before into humanity's murky genetic past, scientists sequenced the DNA of an ancient European relative and found a puzzling connection to the Far East.
The genetic sample came from a 400,000-year-old thigh bone ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Armed with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a federal appeals court on Monday will revisit a controversial legal challenge to California's law allowing collection of DNA samples from anyone arrested for a felony.
Whether ...
JOHANNESBURG -- Nelson Mandela didn't coin the term "Rainbow Nation" or the phrase "Proudly South African." But the optimism, determination and compassion of the country at its best owed everything to him.
In recent years, however, South Africa ...
WASHINGTON -- Concerned about an oncoming wave of fragile older drivers, the federal government is working to beef up its safety programs aimed at seniors behind the wheel.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, drivers ...
Merrill Newman, the 85-year-old war veteran held prisoner in North Korea for the last six weeks, should arrive back in California on Saturday, a day after being freed, to the relief of his family.
Newman, of Palo Alto, Calif., is now on a United ...