TOKYO, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki has been selected as a crew member on NASA's space shuttle Atlantis in 2010.
NORTH BELLMORE, N.Y., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Prosecutors say a New York woman was sentenced to three years probation for poisoning a housemate by putting eye drops in his ice tea.
TOKYO, July 29 (UPI) -- Japanese air support members will end their mission in Iraq at the end of the year because of parliamentary opposition to the conflict there.
MAYWOOD, Ill., July 22 (UPI) -- A U.S. doctor warns iced tea contains high amounts of oxalate which can lead to kidney stones.
ATHENS, Greece, July 3 (UPI) -- A Greek study said green tea appears to have a short-term beneficial effect on the large arteries of the heart.
WINCHCOMBE, England, June 29 (UPI) -- A Japanese woman has won this year's award for operating the top tearoom in Britain, a country with a markedly different tea tradition.
MIAMI, June 27 (UPI) -- A Florida man has been released from jail after convincing a judge that a Bolivian tea was the reason he failed a cocaine test.
LOUISVILLE , Ky., May 16 (UPI) -- Chemicals found in green tea may be able to stave off the cognitive deficits that occur with obstructive sleep apnea, U.S. researchers say.
NEW YORK, May 1 (UPI) -- Robert De Niro is planning to open a Japanese-themed condo and hotel complex in New York, one of the actor's business partners said.
BOSTON, April 20 (UPI) -- The Boston Tea Party has become more than a moment in history, now representing a template for protests across the nation, a historian says.
AMHERST, Mass., April 4 (UPI) -- Antioxidants found in red wine and tea may help regulate blood sugar in diabetics, U.S. food scientists say.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 31 (UPI) -- Egyptian scientists say drinking green tea helps make antibiotics three times more effective, even against so-called superbugs.
CARDIFF , Wales, March 14 (UPI) -- Welsh and U.S. researchers say black tea -- without milk -- may be an antidote to the Bacillus anthracis -- anthrax.
WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of about 18,000 square tea light candle holders sold by Pier 1 Imports Inc.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of Embers-brand Chinese-manufactured tea light candles due to a safety hazard.