Police said 32-year-old Jeff John Hergert approached the women and "expressed interest in them." Hergert was arrested and is being held on two counts of harassment. He is being held on a $10,000 bond.

CHICAGO (AFP) - A US federal appeals court on Friday struck down a lower court's order against the US government's domestic eavesdropping program, launched in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The ruling allowed President George W. Bush's...

Fish farms produce enough pollution to smother the seabed, and workers must survive sweat-shop conditions. These problems are manageable; it's just that managing them costs money, and big-box retailers won't pay suppliers enough to do it.

A soon-to-be-published World Bank report says some 500,000 people die each year as a result of pollution. Many Chinese plants build secret pipes to discharge polluting chemicals. Others release toxins when locals are asleep.

Scientists in Germany have discovered a way to remove the HIV virus from infected cells, the Associated Press reported.

New research reveals even if only one member of a group repeats their opinion, it is more likely to be seen by others as representative of the whole group.

Advertising invades the stripes on parking lots, and the flaps on grocery carts, and the people sitting in coffee shops.

The gentrification of rural American is affecting all of us. If a place is truly beautiful, you can't afford to be there anymore.

We've been led to believe that science is universally applicable and that it brings us a certainty about the universe that will solve all our problems, but that isn't science at all.

My brother-in-law has quit smoking! he called me to share the news, three weeks into his newfound freedom. He's already thinking about better places to spend his money than on a pack of cigarettes.