The New York Times

Congress, with the support of the White House, appears poised to greatly improve the Indian health care system.

President Obama said he would begin to draw U.S. forces out of Afghanistan in July 2011, even after sending some 30,000 more troops by mid-2010.

President Obama plans to announce Tuesday that he will begin to move U.S. forces out of Afghanistan in July 2011, an administration official said.

For a woman with multiple sclerosis, a gift-giving plan changed her outlook and improved her health and science appears to back her up.

Alec Baldwin stopped to talk about how to get through awards ceremonies. "They're always there to clap for someone else," Mr. Baldwin said. "They're never going to call your name. You know that. And if they do, that's like, you know, a hallucinatory experience."

Biologists are forming a better view of humankind than the traditional opinions of it as warlike and selfish.

The eagerly awaited report gave Democrats ammunition against Republicans who have criticized the bill on the ground that it would raise costs for most Americans.

About 23 million more consumers visited retail stores and Web sites over the weekend, but total spending was about the same as last year.

John Demjanjuk, a retired American autoworker, went on trial in Munich on Monday, accused of helping to force 27,900 Jews to their deaths during the Holocaust.

Leftover Thanksgiving turkey finds a spicier home in curry.