State health officials are urging New Yorkers to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites after a 4-year-old girl in Oswego County died of a rare brain infection carried by the insects.

After nearly a week of rioting and chaos, a sense of calm has finally returned to the streets in cities across the United Kingdom. What started as a youth protest in North London last Sunday after the death of a London man quickly turned violent. Police struggled to quell the looting and destruction as it spread across London and other cities.

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced a five-step plan on Wednesday to update the technology that powers the 911 emergency response system.

Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia — turning the patients’ own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy their cancer cells.

The FBI has launched a new app, its first mobile application, for parents to store and access pictures and other vital information about their children in case they ever go missing.

As more motorists than ever take to the roads during the busy summer season, a Brooklyn company is attempting to prevent the number one cause of arrests within the frum community: driving with a suspended license.

Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the World Wide Web becoming a publicly available service on the internet.

Nearly 15% of the U.S. population relied on food stamps in May, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

Nearly 15% of the U.S. population relied on food stamps in May, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

Boston’s TSA screeners — part of a security force whose competency has come under fire nationwide — soon will be carrying out sophisticated behavioral inspections under a first-in-the-nation program that’s already raising concerns of racial profiling, harassment of innocent travelers and longer lines.