To all the fathers in our world: May you know how much you're needed and loved. From the new education blog, "Reaching the Stars." Includes hit song "Wind Beneath My Wings." Links to a great website for dads, too! Happy Father's Day...

Health and religion have always been intertwined, most obviously through prayer on behalf of the sick. Does intercessory prayer for sick people actually help heal them? For thousands of years some people have believed so. But new Brandeis University resea

Of the approximately 500,000 American youth in foster care, Native American kids are faring among the worst, according to youth advocacy and policy experts.

Same-sex behavior is a nearly universal phenomenon in the animal kingdom, common across species, from worms to frogs to birds, concludes a new review of existing research. "It's clear that same-sex sexual behavior extends far beyond the well-known exam

ISRAEL-- A member of parliament decried a proposed ban on the import of fur, which would eliminate the traditional fur hats worn by ultra-orthodox Jews.

GLENVILLE, N.Y-The FAA is trying to figure out what caused a plane to crash in Glenville Sunday afternoon. Officials tell us at least two people were killed when the Piper Cherokee went into the Mohawk River.

The son of the man accused of entering the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and sparking a shootout that left a security guard dead last week said he was shocked to learn of the allegations against his father, and will no longer have any relationship with--

Nearly a third of the country's food supply comes from California, but drought there may be a catastrophe for farmers -- and the rest of us. "We're looking at a scenario where there's no more agriculture in California. I don't actually see how they can--

The older I get, the luckier I feel not to have been busted for breaking a sex law. It's not that I have been doing anything particularly scandalous. Public sex sure isn't my thing, and I'm not in the habit of spamming my friends and colleagues with....

ALBANY, N.Y-Three people were arraigned Friday on charges stemming from what officials are calling a "horrific" kidnapping and torture of an Albany woman.