ALBANY — New York State will ban retail pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits starting on Dec. 15 in an effort to ...

A secret-shopper study of small business lending that included Nassau County banks found “significant disparities” in the way ...

A screening tool developed at Stony Brook University may be helping researchers identify women who might be at a higher risk ...

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Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in ...

Pragnya Mohan has been a professional triathlete for nearly a decade, but summers in her native India are now so hot that she ...

Indigenous leaders from the Wampis Nation in Peru are urging lawmakers at the House of Commons in London to ban international ...

The U.S. House passed legislation that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia was released at sea 20 days ...

MARTIN, Tenn. — Losing a Cabinet nominee to the confirmation process isn't unheard of for incoming presidents — including for ...

Boise State coach Spencer Danielson wants his Broncos to seize every moment over the final two weeks of the campaign.

China is going to expand visa-free entry to citizens of nine more countries as it seeks to boost tourism and business travel to help revive a sluggish economy.