The number of middle-aged and older Americans who eat right, exercise and keep their weight down has declined substantially in the past two decades, a new study finds. Using data from a large government health survey, researchers found that in 2006, only 26 percent of Americans ages 40 to 74 …

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A convicted arsonist was sentenced to death Friday for setting a Southern California wildfire that claimed the lives of five federal firefighters as they struggled to defend a rural home from raging wind-driven flames. Raymond Lee Oyler, 38, was found guilty in March of five counts of …

KABUL – Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a former top special operations commander, took charge of nearly 90,000 U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Monday, telling them they must protect Afghan civilians from all kinds of violence. McChrystal takes over the Afghan campaign at a critical moment: violence, troop levels and …

An iPhone application that Apple had rejected as “objectionable” for its caricatures of members of Congress now is available to users, the application’s developer told FoxNews.com Saturday. The developer, Ray Griggs, said Apple reversed its initial decision after a FoxNews.com story this week about claims that the caricatures, in particular …

Editor’s note: This week, Fox News Opinion is pleased to feature exclusive excerpts from the new book by Mitchell Reiss, “Negotiating With Evil: When to Talk to Terrorists.” The following excerpt is taken from the chapter in the book titled “Should Israel Talk to Hamas?” The start of the latest …

What was Speaker Nancy Pelosi thinking as she reveled in the passage of the House’s health care bill? Does she really imagine that this monstrous legislation will improve the lives of most Americans? Does she expect that creating 111 new government bureaucracies and offices will make it easier for most …

You may be surprised, but Hamas does not call for only killing Jews and eliminating Israel. If you are Christian, a member of another religion or even participate in your local Rotary club or the Lions, Hamas also considers you an enemy, too. “Hamas is using Gaza as an umbrella …

Eric Montross, a former NCAA college basketball champion and NBA first-round draft pick, has died after a battle with cancer, his family said in a statement through the University of North Carolina on Monday. He was 52. Montross died on Sunday, about nine months after he was diagnosed with cancer. …

The Pentagon announced on Tuesday the creation of a new international mission working to counter attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the establishment of Operation Prosperity Guardian, “an important new multinational security initiative under the umbrella of …

I admit it. I’m not a Scot, but like so many Americans, I’ve had a lifelong love affair with Scotland. My husband is Scottish-American, two of our children went to Scottish universities and we take annual vacations in Scotland. My husband collects Scotch whisky, we wear McFarland tartan kilts and …