Cheryl Rockwell, an assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Michigan State has completed a nine year research study indicating that the synthetic food additive tert-butylhydroquinone, or tBHQ may be causing a substantial increase in food allergies. Her work is showing such promise that she has received an award from the National Institute of...

Jack Devine, a thirty two year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, who was one of he CIA's top spy masters, heading the CIA's operations outside the U.S. writes in his book GOOD HUNTING says that as a result of ten years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, there has been a drift in...

Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson, has sued Fox News ChairmanΠRoger Ailes and is alleging that the real reason she was fired her from the network last month is that she rebuffed his sexual advances and complained to him about discriminatory treatment in the newsroom. The lawsuit was filed in Superior Court in...

Israel's Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has accused Facebook of being partly responsible for terrorist attacks, including the killing of a 13-year old girl while she slept last Thursday. He stated that Facebook does not block posts inciting violence . "Facebook has turned into a monster. The younger generation in the Palestinian Authority runs its entire...

A teen in North Carolina died from a brain-eating infection she developed after visiting a North Carolina water park. Parts of the U.S. National Whitewater Center near Charlotte are closed this week, after an 18 year old visitor contracted the Naegleria fowleri amoeba and died two days later. Parts of the park...

California's assisted suicide law, which comes into effect this month makes it the fifth state to allow doctor assisted death behind Oregon, Washington, Vermont and Montana. The law, modeled after Oregon's statute requires that a patient be at least 18 years old and terminally ill with no more than six months to live. Two...

The Panama Papers database revealing illicit activities by individuals world-wide trying to hide their money, has revealed three dozen Americans. Among them are Martin Frankel, a Connecticut financier who pleaded guilty in 2002 to 24 federal charges involving an insurance company scam resulting in $200 million...

The US Food and Drug Administration has been sued by consumer advocacy group Public Citizen to force the agency to disclose more information about the people whose opinions help determine the fate of numerous drugs and devices. These individuals are on what is called the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Advisory committee.The FDA...

A Judge in federal court has denied a motion to dismiss a case against the Kaplan Higher Education Corporation for its providing incentive compensation to its recruiters of students in violation of the Higher Education Act (HEA) and the False Claims Act (FCA). According to the Complaint filed by former employees now whistleblowers, Kaplan...

The Department of Labor is about to issue substantial rule changes for financial professionals retirement account advise. The rules will require brokers and other professionals in this arena to operate under a "fiduciary" standard. This means that they must be first loyal to their client's best interests when giving advice on 401(k) and other...