UK Officials Get Tough on Pimps

Believed to be extinct, the tiny pygmy tarsier has been found alive for the first time in more than 80 years.

On Nov. 20, 1945, the International Military Tribunal began proceedings against 22 high-ranking Nazis indicted for war crimes; the Nuremberg Trials set a precedent in international human rights law.

A Moscow court reversed an earlier ruling to open the trial for three men connected to the murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

As an investigation into allegations that millions of dollars were illegally paid to retiring LIRR workers continues, one railroad official has been arrested.

The Large Hadron Collider will remain shut down until early summer as a major helium leak is repaired at a cost of $21 million.

Struggling DHL might pull out of MLB sponsorships; other companies have also been wary of their sports obligations thanks to the floundering economy.

An independent medical panel met to discuss the risks of facial filling injections, urging the FDA to require more stringent labeling and regulation.

Hundreds of Congolese rebels have pulled back from the frontlines, and a spokesman has said that they are willing to talk with the army.

The flagship of Japan’s controversial whaling fleet left for the Antarctic on Monday, as members of Greenpeace planned to interrupt the ship’s annual research expedition.

Body-heat sensors will soon help Brazil find and protect indigenous tribes in the Amazon rain forest, a crucial development in tribal life preservation efforts.

In the first operation of its kind, doctors have used stem cells to replace a woman's trachea, the most recent in a string of stem cell developments.

Google’s $125 million settlement with book publishers and authors is now a step closer to finalization thanks to a preliminary approval yesterday by a judge.

Angry property owners in Britain may be forced to sell their land for gypsy sites; gypsy advocates say they have been mistreated too long. 

Expanding on its subscription-based financial news and data, Bloomberg News is prospering at a time when many major newspapers are making cuts.

The latest vote tally indicates that Alaska Sen. Stevens has lost his re-election bid, though he may request a recount.

A university in Baltimore is adding what officials call "an extra layer of security" on campus: a system that determines the location of gunshots.

Britain’s universal health care system now allows patients to pay for drugs and treatment, prompting a debate about whether it still provides equal treatment to all.

Amish farmers are suing for being forced to use radio frequency identification (RFID) on cows, which violates scriptural warnings.