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White House Vows To Veto Restrictive New Abortion Bill

WASHINGTON, (UPI) –  The White House promised to veto a Republican House bill to be voted on Tuesday that would ban abortions in the United States after 22 weeks of pregnancy. “Forty years ago, the Supreme Court affirmed a woman’s constitutional right to privacy, including the right to choose,” the White House said in a […]

Plans Expected For Integrating Women Into Military’s Elite Forces

WASHINGTON, (UPI) –  Women will be admitted into the elite units of the U.S. military, including the Navy SEALS, the Army Rangers and the Marine infantry, Pentagon officials said. Service branch leaders were expected to outline their plans for integrating women into the elite units without lowering the units’ rigorous standards Tuesday, The New York […]

Obama To Meet With New Citizen Board On NSA Spying

WASHINGTON, (UPI) –  President Barack Obama says he will meet with a new privacy oversight board to discuss balancing U.S. surveillance needs with people’s rights to privacy. He also said he ordered surveillance documents declassified so the public can see the  controversial, big brother-like surveillance programs in a broader context. “What I’ve asked the intelligence […]

7 Dead, 41 Wounded In Chicago’s Most Violent Weekend This Year

CHICAGO, (UPI) –  Chicago ended its most violent weekend of the year with 41 people injured and seven, including a 15-year-old shot by police, dead, authorities said. Sunday night an unidentified boy, 15, was fatally shot by a police officer, the Chicago Tribune reported. Pat Camden, spokesman of the Fraternal Order of police, said officers […]

Gallup: Americans Disapprove Of Decision To Arm Syrian Rebels

PRINCETON, N.J., (UPI) –  A majority of Americans say they don’t approve of the Obama administration’s decision to provide direct military aid to Syrian rebels, a Gallup poll indicated. Fifty-four percent said they disapprove of the administration’s decision last week to send direct military aid to Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar Assad’s regime while 37 […]

Scientists Discover Glowing Protein In Sushi Eel

TOKYO (UPI) — A freshwater eel, a popular sushi component, holds the first fluorescent protein found to have naturally occurred in a vertebrate, Japanese researchers said. A study published in Cell described what Japan’s Riken Brain Science Institute researchers named UnaG, the first glow-in-the-dark protein found to have come from a vertebrate, Christian Science Monitor […]

Study: Too Much Sugar Can Lead To Heart Failure

HOUSTON (UPI) — A single sugar molecule stresses the heart and changes the muscle proteins, resulting in poor pump function leading to heart failure, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Heinrich Taegtmeyer, principal investigator and professor of cardiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, said the glucose metabolite glucose 6-phosphate could accumulate from […]

Stress Experienced By Men Alters Sperm And Affects Children

PHILADELPHIA (UPI) — Stress as a pre-adolescent or adult leaves a lasting impression on a dad’s sperm that gives his kids a blunted reaction to stress, U.S. researchers say. Study leader Tracy L. Bale of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia said the […]

Google Searches About Mental Illness Seasonal

SAN DIEGO (UPI) — Google searches about major mental illnesses followed seasonal patterns, suggesting a stronger link with seasons than previously thought, U.S. researchers say. Lead investigator John W. Ayers of the Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University said telephone surveys are used to try to glimpse inside the minds of […]

Stay-At-Home Fathers Get Attention, But There Are Only 200,000

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Stay-at-home fathers get the lion’s share of headlines, but the U.S. Census Bureau estimates fewer than 200,000 dads cared for children full-time in 2012. A report by the U.S. Census Bureau on America’s Families and Living Arrangements found 189,000 married fathers with children age 15 and younger remained out of the labor […]