Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity - especially women - has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research.

GENEVA (AP) - Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new "suicide capsule."

The co-founder of the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic told a Coast Guard panel Monday he hoped the silver lining of the disaster would be that it inspires a renewed interest in exploration, including the deepest waters of the world’s oceans.

MUNICH (AP) - The head brewmaster for Weihenstephan, the world’s oldest brewery, has a secret: He really likes alcohol-free beer.

LONDON (AP) - Kate, the Princess of Wales, made her first public appearance Sunday since she announced she had completed chemotherapy and would return to some public duties.

NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant galaxy.

Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she learned in a new study that offers the first detailed map of a woman’s brain throughout gestation.