People with a genetic susceptibility to colon cancer could cut their chances of developing the disease in half by taking a daily dose of aspirin, researchers said Monday. The finding might lead to other treatments by helping researchers understand how...

WELLINGTON (AP) -- A New Zealand man who promised his wife he would find his wedding ring after it fell into the capital's murky harbor has been successful, 16 months later.

Floods and mudslides unleashed by Typhoon Morakot last weekend have killed about 500 people on the island, Taiwan's president said Friday as he called on rescue crews to step up their efforts.

Swiss drugmaker Novartis has begun injecting its swine flu vaccine into people in the company's first human tests, a spokesman said today.

World stocks tumbled Monday as signs of weak US consumer confidence aggravated doubts in the recovery's strength, overshadowing news that Japan's economy climbed out of its recession last quarter.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Filipinos braced today (Oct. 3) for the second typhoon in eight days, though the storm weakened just hours before it was due to hit and the threat of another disaster in the flood-soaked capital eased.

MANILA, Philippines – Despite the continuous rains in Metro Manila, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) announced that the expected amount of rainfall will be less as compared during tropical storm Ondoy.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Filipinos braced to be whipped by powerful winds and pelted with rain from a second typhoon in eight days, fleeing by the tens of thousands from low-lying areas and suspending cleanup operations in the flooded capital.

FORT OGLETHORPE  (AP) — The Warriors of Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High took the field on Friday night without any Bible verses written on the cheerleaders' banner.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro was ready to party Friday, and it had the best of reasons — winning the 2016 Olympics.