Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says all options must be considered in Iraq.

NEW YORK (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama urged Hollywood to give a more accurate portrayal of veterans and defended the Oscar-nominated "American Sniper," which has received criticism for its depiction of war.

Experts say there is a change in the extremist group's propaganda technique.

Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), the world’s largest publicly traded oil company, has changed its U.S. employment policies to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity as now required by federal law. Investors had pressed for the change for years, filing shareholder proposals for Exxon to guarantee protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation […]

Chevron Corp , the second-largest U.S. oil producer, reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday as sales of chemicals, lubricants and other refined products helped offset plunging crude …

Food distributor Sysco Corp (SYY.N) and its biggest rival, US Foods Inc (USFOO.UL), have offered to sell a smaller competitor 11 facilities in order to convince skeptical antitrust regulators to approve their $3.5 billion merger, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. The deal, proposed in December 2013, is seen as problematic because Sysco […]

Sharp gains in the U.S. dollar are good for the U.S. labor market, a top Federal Reserve official said on Friday, downplaying a crescendo of complaints from top executives over the dent to their profits. “CEOs that have international operations complain about it,” Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher told Reuters in an interview. Fisher takes […]

“With chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease and obesity becoming a major pandemic, ensuring the compliance of these patients with preventive measures will play a pivotal role in improving the population's health and curbing costly treatment …

She's becoming more and more paranoid about the unidentified viral strain in Haiti, and she worries this might be the origins of the pandemic Cole mentioned during his fateful visit in 2013. As she alarmingly calls for a harsh quarantine, shooting …

… an act of nuclear terrorism in a major world capital; or a global pandemic are only a handful that come to mind. That said, it is not clear that any of these crises would produce enough activation energy to propel world order to the next …