Stefanie Syman’s book examines how yoga, the centuries-old spiritual discipline, became a fitness routine for American athletes, C.E.O.’s, movie stars and soccer moms.

St. Luke’s Hospital in the Mission district is essentially on life-support, with its future largely dependent on the fate of an expansion plan by its owner, California Pacific Medical Center.

A nursing assistant was charged with what prosecutors called modern France’s worst case of infanticide.

Salmonella outbreaks that sickened more than 400 in the U.S. and Britain have been traced to mice sold as food for exotic pets.

Hoping to energize the electric car industry and make the Bay Area the electric car capital of the United States, San Jose, Calif., installs the first of hundreds of electric vehicle charging stations.

The Parliament passed a bill reducing the sentences of hundreds of Kurdish youths, some of them guilty only of attending protests.

Salmonella outbreaks that have sickened more than 400 people in the U.S. and Great Britain, have been traced to frozen mice sold over the Internet as food for exotic pets.

A report faults commanders for failing to recognize or disregarding high-risk behavior among soldiers.

Journalists have relied on rumor and speculation as they scrambled to ferret out any information they can on Chelsea Clinton’s upcoming marriage.

A program admits students if they study humanities instead of the traditional pre-medical school curriculum.

Deprived of jobs and government services, people in Baghlan Province are turning to the Taliban for speedy justice and work.

A program admits students if they study humanities instead of the traditional pre-medical school curriculum.

The move is effective immediately, meaning the talk show host will not appear at the auditions this summer.

Four Corners is the only place in the United States where a person can stand in four states at once. But, while under reconstruction, not every day of the week.

The gulf has been suffering for decades before the rig explosion, with the oil industry, farming and lax oversight contributing to a dead zone in the gulf.

The defense secretary said the breach had endangered lives and damaged the ability of others to trust the U.S.

Terrell Owens arrived fashionably late, still got several rounds of applause, and his favorite number was waiting, too.

A person close to the show says DeGeneres won’t return for the 10th season, which gives “American Idol” two vacancies on its judging panel.

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