U.S. inspectors on Monday started using more sensitive tests to detect antibiotics in pork, part of a stepped-up effort to ensure meat safety after a government report last year suggested consumers might be at risk from harmful drug residues.

With a recent ratings downgrade, chronic unemployment, a growing budget deficit and a political system that seems determined to self-destruct, it might appear that the United States is losing its grip as the world’s top economic power.

For corporate tax reform to benefit U.S. businesses, it will have to shift focus to include small businesses, experts say. If multinationals are guaranteed a lower tax rate from the progressive, statutory corporate income tax rate of 35% in exchange for closing tax credits, then small businesses that have enough revenue will either rush to […]

Haven’t gotten that promotion yet? Maybe you’re not the boss’ favorite.

Led by pioneers such as Muhammad Ali and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Muslims athletes have helped introduce their faith to mainstream America. After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, sports again helped break down some of the barriers and that surfaced in the wake of the deadly hijackings.

MOST of the travel news this week has been focussed on the bomb threat against New York and Washington and the changes to air travel since the 9/11 attacks. But flying under the radar was yet another increase to airline ticket prices. On Friday, Southwest Airlines announced that it would join other domestic carriers in […]

The Boston Public Health Commission yesterday unanimously approved proposed rules that would crack down on the sale of electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes and increasingly popular among teens, by regulating them like actual cigarettes.

Federal officials are investigating what they fear are plans for terror attacks on the Sept. 11 anniversary, possibly a car or truck bomb, officials and sources said yesterday.

By hijacking planes from U.S. airports on Sept. 11, 2001, and flying them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, terrorists killed thousands of innocent people and first responders and revealed an ugly truth: Our airports were not safe.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis didn’€™t watch Wednesday night’€™s debate, but he sure did hear about it.

Remember when you could arrive at the airport 30 minutes before your flight, get complimentary peanuts and a Coke and be greeted upon arrival by a loved one right at the gate?

Social neuroscience is a rapidly growing discipline that examines the relationship between the brain and social behavior. The “€œsocial brain hypothesis”€ posits that, over evolutionary time, living in large, social groups favored the physical growth of brain regions important for social behavior. In non-human primates, some evidence indicates that the size of the amygdala is […]