In France, ethnic statistics are forbidden. But they left a flaw in their system: drepanocytosis is a genetic illness that only affects Black people. Today, a map showing the “risk population” for drepanocytosis has been published: thus, the “Black population”. This is the first time ever that we have such ethnic statistics in France. And the results are… alarming. This... 

Gov. Charlie Crist this afternoon added Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Lee and Collier counties to his executive order declaring a state of emergency from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Read the order here.  Read More »

The sick woman of Europe: UK survival rates are not improving as fast as they are elsewhere Women are more likely to die early in Britain than in virtually every other western European country. It’s an astonishing fact for a place which has always prided itself in the skill of its clinicians and world-leading research. Yet over the past 40 years there has been an astounding downward spiral in... 

What's your opinion? Is she beautiful or not? A 24-year-old Lebanese immigrant has been crowned Miss U.S.A. Rima Fakih, from Dearborn, Michigan, is believed to be the first Muslim to win the pageant despite nearly stumbling over in her evening gown last night. Born in Lebanon, she emigrated with her parents to the U.S. as a baby. They moved to Michigan in 2003, where she was later crowned Miss... 

Los Angeles has just become the nation’s largest city to boycott Arizona for passing a tough immigration law. Now, anti-protesters have come out to say they’ll boycott L.A. right back. Kelly Townsend of Gilbert doesn’t like hearing about people across the country boycotting Arizona. “I think it’s an intimidation tactic that has caught on and people think if they make enough... 

The Japanese government has blocked legal efforts to clamp down on child pornography, with the country becoming the world's "kiddie porn superpower," according to a pressure group. The ruling Democratic Party of Japan has refused to support legislation that would outlaw the possession of child pornography on the grounds that it would infringe individuals’ freedom of expression –... 

The Department of Energy employs more than 16,000 full time bureaucrats and 100,000 contractors. CW Roberts and his colleague show how to solve the oil spill problem. We can replace the entire Department of Energy with these two guys. They’ve produced more value in this video than 16,000 bureaucrats and 100,000 contractors.  Read More »

Rev. Vytautas Volertas, New York City, left, celebrates Lithuanian Mass with the Rev. Paul Lourdraj Pudhota at Holy Trinity Church in Wilkes-Barre. A Queens Catholic priest is under fire for claiming that the church pedophile scandal has been distorted by the media because it’s controlled by Jews. “The most insignificant facts are intensified, they make sensational headlines, and that helps... 

Todd Farrar with SCAT (Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team) holds up hard tar balls found on the beach in Pass Christian, Mississippi May 12, 2010. The oil slick from the huge uncontrolled spill in the Gulf of Mexico has broken into smaller parts, and while potentially catastrophic, may pose less threat of a massive landfall, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen said on Friday. “The character... 

Inspectors from Westminster City Council photographed this cockroach eating a chip in the Leicester Square branch of KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) was ordered to pay out almost £19,000 today after a cockroach was found eating a chip in one of the busiest branches in Britain. The insect was seen on a food dispensing counter near takeaway boxes and tongs used to serve chicken by an environmental... 

Funded by the taxpayer: Mashal Almansour, 38, at Cale Green Nursing Home, Stockport, fears that if he's deported back to Jordan he'll die within weeks An illegal immigrant and convicted fraudster is fighting deportation to the Middle East because he claims it infringes his human rights as he needs regular dialysis for kidney failure. And in a move that critics said underlined the chaos of Britain’s... 

Media outlets across the Northwest United States began reporting on April 24 that a strange, previously unknown strain of virulent airborne fungi that has already killed at least six people in Oregon, Washington and Idaho is spreading throughout the region. The fungus, according to expert microbiologists, who have expressed alarm about the emergence of the strain, is a new genotype of Cryptococcus... 

View more news videos at: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video. On any other day at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Daniel Galli and his four friends would not even be noticed for wearing T-shirts with the American flag. But Cinco de Mayo is not any typical day especially on a campus with a large Mexican American student population. Galli says he and his friends were sitting at a table during brunch... 

Nigerian senator Ahmad Sani Yerima A Nigerian senator accused of marrying a 13-year-old Egyptian girl says he has done nothing wrong. Ahmad Sani Yerima, 49, told the BBC that his fourth wife was not 13, but would not say how old she was. He denied breaking the law but said he would not respect any law that contradicted his religious beliefs. The Nigerian senate ordered an investigation after complaints... 

Hundreds seek to fill vacant positions at Pro’s Ranch Market. Job hunters turned out in the hundreds to fill recently-vacant positions at Pro’s Ranch Market stores, where a federal audit led to the firing of some 300 workers. Roxanne Nieves, one of the many that came out in search of a job, said she came to apply after she heard about the layoffs. “We heard they are firing a lot...