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FDA approves 1st new tuberculosis drug in 40 years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

By MATTHEW PERRONEAP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a Johnson & Johnson tuberculosis drug that is the first new medicine to fight the deadly infection in more than four decades. The agency approved J&J's pill, Sirturo, for use with

South Africa: Mandela convalesces, legacy secure

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAAssociated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa's agonizing past swept over Alex McLaren, who stepped into sunlight with tears in his eyes after a tour of the Apartheid Museum, an unsparing study of white minority rule and the costly fight against it. Yet South Africa-

US, Europe hope the new year brings better times

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

By JENNIFER PELTZ and VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - From teeming Times Square to a once-isolated Asian country celebrating its first public New Year's Eve countdown in decades, the world looked to the start of 2013 with hope for renewal after a year of economic turmoil, searing

NY plaintiff: Gay benefits 'bigger than marriage'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 30th

By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - At age 83, Edith Windsor gets plenty of compliments for her courage to take on the federal government in a landmark case that has put attitudes about gay America squarely before the Supreme Court. But the Philadelphia-born former IBM executive

First gay Anglican bishop reflects on tenure in NH

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 30th

By LYNNE TUOHYAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson says he chafed for several years at being branded the first openly gay bishop of the Anglican Church until he realized that he was wasting a pulpit from which he could advocate for equality. "I'd

Afghan violence falls in 2012, insider attacks up

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 30th

By DENIS D. GRAY and RAHIM FAIEZAssociated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Violence in Afghanistan fell in 2012, but more Afghan troops and police who now shoulder most of the combat were killed, according to statistics compiled by The Associated Press. At the same time, insider killings by

Psychiatric test for suspect in NYC subway death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 30th

By COLLEEN LONGAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A woman accused of shoving a man to his death in front of a subway train because she believed he was Muslim laughed and smiled during a court hearing where she was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Erika Menendez was charged Saturday night

Indian gang rape victim's body cremated privately

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 30th

By ASHOK SHARMAAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) - A young woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus in India's capital was cremated privately as millions of grieving, angry residents demanded greater protection for women from sexual violence. The cremation took place during a

5 children, 1 adult die in Mississippi wreck

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 29th

By JEFF AMYAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Five young siblings and one adult died early Saturday when a sport utility vehicle went off an eastern Mississippi road and plunged into a rain-swollen creek, authorities said. Neshoba County Sheriff Tommy Waddell said the victims appear to have

Mother of 2, grandmother die in crash; man charged

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 29th

MATTHEWS, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man whom authorities say caused an alcohol-related wreck that killed a mother of two and the children's grandmother outside Charlotte has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and felony death by vehicle, police said Saturday. Police say 28-year-old