Smartphone can test for HIV, syphilis: studyUS researchers have found a way to turn a common smartphone into a quick and easy device to conduct field tests for HIV and syphilis.
05 February 2015
Obama dismissive as US House votes to repeal 'Obamacare'US House Republicans took the increasingly routine step of voting to repeal "Obamacare," a seemingly doomed effort that President Barack Obama ridiculed as making "absolutely no sense."
04 February 2015
NASA hails spending boost under Obama budget proposalNASA hailed a proposal by President Barack Obama to boost spending for the US space agency and announced plans for a mission to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa.
03 February 2015
Whitney Houston's daughter 'fighting for life'Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of late singing legend Whitney Houston, was fighting for her life after she was pulled unconscious from a bathtub.
Obama urges less austerity in Greek recoveryGreece will not deliver a strong economic recovery unless authorities loosen austerity programs, US President Barack Obama suggested in remarks that aired.
Jay Z to acquire Wimp music serviceUS rap star Jay Z made a $56-million foray into the music streaming business, buying Norway's Wimp in a bid to compete with giants like Spotify and Apple.
1979 New York child murder trial gets under wayA mentally unstable man accused of killing a six-year-old boy in one of America's most famous missing child cases went on trial, 36 years after the crime.
Super Bowl alert after measles outbreak warning in ArizonaHealth authorities in Arizona are on alert after warning that 1,000 people may have been exposed to a measles outbreak as the US state prepares to host this weekend's Super Bowl.