Euthanasia

A New York City Emergency Service police officer inspects a mailbox on Fifth Avenue in New York/ (October 17, 2001) (AP photo) by Frank James A federal government biodefense expert has apparently committed suicide just as prosecutors were about......

by Mark Silva The doctor is in: Howard Dean, former Democratic National Committee chairman, onetime candidate for his party's presidential nomination, former governor of Vermont - and a physician -- says there is nothing to Republican Sarah Palin's...

As the president heads to a series of "town hall "meetings this week from New England to the Rocky Mountains -- starting today in Portsmouth, N.H. -- the Democratic National Committee is airing a new TV ad: By Christi......

by Mark Silva Sarah Palin is back. After a brief respite from Twritter and all the rest, the early-self-retired-resigned-withdrawn-bowed-out governor of Alaska has returned to Facebook. With fire: Calling President Barack Obama's healthcare reform...

by Mark Silva With the White House this week gearing up a campaign to dispel "misinformation'' about the healthcare reform that President Barack Obama is promoting, the president today says that it's important to quell the "outlandish rumors''...

by Mark Silva and updated JERUSALEM - President Bush, addressing the Israeli parliament at a time celebrated by Israelis and mourned by Palestinians, today will remind Israelis that Americans rose first to the recognition of the new independent state of.....

We don't pretend to know the truth behind AG Cuomo's investigation of an alleged rogue political unit in the state police, requested by Gov. Paterson some weeks ago after complaints from legislators and a couple of stories in the......

There does not seem to be any middle ground on the issue of physician-assisted suicide. In fact, going by the reactions to Friday's column on that topic, there is no support for any ground other than that for the right of individuals to make end-of-life...

Savor the victory. The power structure conspired to perpetuate hell for Mildred and Elwood "Woody" Osman of Cherryville, but they prevailed. After 64 years of marriage, Woody took a .38-caliber revolver to the hospice room at Lehigh Valley Hospital in...

I hate to be a party pooper. So I've been eager to join the celebration over "No-Kill December" — the first time that Los Angeles city animal shelters have managed to go an entire month without euthanizing any adoptable dogs or cats. But I couldn'...

We had to put Felix to sleep last month. I say "had to put him to sleep" because I can't bear the thought there might have been an alternative. I had two other dogs who lived to be 21 before dying at home. Toward the end, several people had suggested I...

Time for a little fall window-shopping, a quickie preview of what might tempt the serious gift-buyer in the next couple of months. Paradigm Millenia CT 2.1 System and AERA Radio: The Canadian speaker company developed the Millenia CT (for "Compact...