Despite earlier health agency warnings, there is no strong evidence that the anti-smoking drug Chantix raises the risk of suicidal thoughts or depression compared to other stop-smoking products, researchers reported Thursday in the British Medical Journal. Back in July of this year, U.S. health officials ordered strong “black box” warnings …

GENEVA – The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush said Wednesday he has no regrets and would carry out his brazen protest again, even if it cost him his life. Muntadhar al-Zeidi told Swiss television station Leman Bleu that, after being mistreated in Iraqi custody …

The latest in a string of enormous snakes has slithered into sight in Florida. This rattlesnake, discovered in St. Augustine, Florida, is remarkable for its sheer size, measuring a whopping 7 feet 3 inches long. It has been dubbed “ratzilla” by locals, who trapped and killed it in a crowded, …

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court announced Monday it will not give further consideration to a lawsuit brought by a fired CIA agent and her husband against high ranking Bush Administration officials including former Vice President Dick Cheney. The decision is a victory for Cheney and his former chief of staff, …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Miss Puerto Rico Petite competition stripped the reigning queen of her crown Friday, accusing the young woman of “intolerable conduct” that included threatening and assaulting pageant staff. Keishla Villafane Rivera also used “coarse language” and violated the terms of her contract by agreeing to …

ROME – A coroner told a jury Saturday that a stab wound to the neck of a British student slain in Italy was caused by a shorter knife than the one believed to be the murder weapon, lawyers said. Francesco Introna, taking the stand at the murder trial of U.S. …

CHICAGO – A Chicago police officer caught on video beating a stabbing victim who was handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison. A federal judge imposed the 40-month sentence after viewing hospital security footage of William Cozzi, 52, handcuffing the …

YUBA CITY, Calif. – Investigators are probing whether a severed human leg found in a rural area of Sutter County may be related to a nearby missing-person case. A group of people playing paintball found the unclothed limb of a white male adult on Sunday afternoon. It was in an …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s embattled president has relinquished command of the country’s nuclear arsenal amid political wrangling that has posed a major distraction to the U.S.-allied government as it fights Taliban and other militants near the Afghan border. The move came as President Asif Ali Zardari faced the expiration on Saturday …

My name is Ruth Bartels and I am a cancer survivor. My husband and I have been married for almost 20 years and we have two young children. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the young age of 46 years, in August of 2008. By the time it was …