Early Wednesday, in Orlando the FBI fatally shot a man who had been questioned prior for a number of hours over his alleged ties with Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. Unidentified sources said that an FBI agent had shot and fatally wounded Ibragim Todashev a 27-year old. The victim allegedly tried to attack the agent while the agent was questioning him. An unidentified... 

The consumption of coffee in moderation is thought to have many health benefits. At the Mayo Clinic, researchers recently announced a new study that shows coffee consumption might protect people against a rare form of liver disease known as PSC – primary sclerosing cholangitis. The study’s author Craig Lamery, a gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic, said PSC could cause many problems in your body... 

Thousands of employees at the largest construction firm in Dubai went on strike for the second straight day in demand of back wages. The strike is a very rare protest by labor in the Gulf Emirate. Unions in the Emirate are banned and therefore striking is something that is quite rare. Blue collar workers at Arabtec, the company that has built projects such as Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the... 

Bashar al-Assad, the President of Syria, said he would not resign the presidency prior to the 2014 elections. He warned those in the opposition in an interview with a newspaper from Argentina. Assad said that foreign intervention is to blame for the crisis in his country and he welcomed, albeit cautiously, a proposed peace conference set up by Russia and the U.S. Assad was speaking to the state news... 

The Centers for Disease Control released a report on Friday that says as many as 1 out of 5 children suffer in the U.S. from a mental disorder. The report also said that the number of children who are diagnosed with a mental disorder has been on the increase for over a decade. This was the first ever study by the CDC of mental disorders amongst children between the ages of 3 and 17. Researchers found... 

Airlines for America, an industry trade group for U.S. based airlines, announced that nearly 209 million people in the U.S. will fly an American based airline this summer. That figure represents an increase of 1% over last year’s travelers. The average plane during the peak summer months will be over 87% full, the group announced. The trade group said airports and airplanes would be nearly full making... 

For males, the use of pain-killing drugs referred to as opioids, could do more than just relieve pain, a study says they can also be detrimental to their sex life. The new study indicates that men who had been prescribed erectile dysfunction or low testosterone level medication were more apt to be taking some type of opioid medications, which are narcotic, for back pain that was chronic. The lead author... 

Federal officials announced on Tuesday that 89 people had been charged in a major crackdown in healthcare fraud across the U.S. Included in those charged are 14 nurses and doctors for their roles in a number of scams relating to Medicare that bilked more than $223 million from taxpayers through fake charges. Some participants allegedly acted as doctors and wrote out fake prescriptions for medication...