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Senator Wants Names Of Red Cross Officials Who Did Not Cooperate With Inquiry

Sen. Chuck Grassley has sent a letter to government investigators that also asks for a list of documents and information the charity failed to provide.

Sen. Robert Menendez listens during a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in April.

Judge Throws Out 4 Bribery Charges In Sen. Menendez Case

Eighteen charges remain against Menendez and an eye doctor, Salomon Melgen. The men are accused of engaging in a bribery scheme involving lavish trips and political campaigns.

A mother gets antiretroviral drugs at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in South Africa in May 2012.

A Milestone In The Campaign To Reduce The Number Of Deaths From AIDS

The World Health Organization has just recommended that all HIV positive people take antiretroviral medications. If that guideline is enforced, it could help stop the spread of HIV worldwide.

Role of Government at Center of Sedgwick County Health Funding Debate

From the Kansas Health Institute:The debate over the size and role of government isn’t just polarizing national politics.It is also at the center of a…

Kansas Lawmakers May Have Set a False Goal to Fix Pension System

Kansas’s pension system has been underfunded for some time now. Governor Sam Brownback and other state leaders have been working to get the program back…

Women Find A Fertility Test Isn't As Reliable As They'd Like

It's hard to predict how quickly a woman's fertility will decline and if she'll be a good candidate for egg freezing. But doctors try to figure that out with something called an ovarian reserve test.

Record Rains Leave Parts Of South Carolina's Capital Under Water

Steve Benjamin, mayor of Columbia, S.C., talks with Renee Montagne about the flooding that has crippled his city. On Sunday, almost 7 inches of rain fell, the most ever recorded in the city's history.

Modern, domesticated rice comes in a range of colors, usually described as white, red and black. But collectors have never found black grains in more than a thousand samples of wild rice stored in gene banks. Now geneticists have traced this rare grain's origin and spread.

How 'Forbidden' Black Rice Flourished For Millennia

Once reserved for the exclusive use of Chinese royalty, black rice these days has become the darling of gourmets seeking superior nutrition. Now geneticists have traced where this rare rice came from.

Iraqi tribal fighters opposed to the Islamic State receive weapons training near Amiriyat al-Fallujah in the western province of Anbar. It's been more than a year since the U.S. organized a coalition to fight the Islamic State, but the group still holds much of western Iraq.

Iraq's Fight Against ISIS Stalls

Iraq and the U.S. have vowed to defeat ISIS in Iraq's western province of Anbar. The tribes there want to fight, but their recruits are under-equipped and weak. The country wants more U.S. help.

Instead of sit-down meetings at the office, doctors say we should keep moving.

Your Chair Is Killing You. Here's What You Need To Do To Stop It

Hint: The answer doesn't revolve around buying more gadgets. Nor does it depend on you dragging yourself to the gym seven nights a week. This calls for a concerted attack — while moving.

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