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"For most of the 19th century, there was less concern about the perils of taking cocaine than there was about the negative side effects of drinking green tea," says author Matthew Sweet. The backlash against green tea was caused by a mix of baseless fears (that it triggered hysteria and insomnia) and genuine concerns about it being toxic as a result of widespread adulteration.

Before Green Tea Was A Superfood, It Was Feared As A Supertoxin

These days, green tea has its health halo pretty firmly affixed. But in Victorian England, adulteration was rampant, and the drink was seen as a "stomach-churning, nerve-jangling threat to health."

Workers stand next to a collapsed crane that was blamed for 107 deaths at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy Muslim city of Mecca last week.

Bin Laden Company Banned From Work In Mecca After Crane Disaster

A Saudi royal court says the Saudi Binladin Group, which has operated in the kingdom since the 1930s, can't pursue new projects until an inquiry is closed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Tuesday at a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Putin Defends Russian Military Support For Syrian Regime

The Russian president says military assistance for Bashar Assad's government is necessary to defeat ISIS. The U.S. says it could exacerbate Syria's civil war.

Fiorina is the only woman in the crowded field of 16 major Republican candidates. Even if no one in the early days of her career expected she'd run for president, as one friend said, "there was no doubt Carly was going somewhere."

Carly Fiorina, The Outsider, Actually Got Her Start In Washington

The former Hewlett-Packard CEO has made her mark in the GOP primary as an outsider taking on the establishment. But her break in business actually came in federal sales with AT&T.

China Commemorates Japan's WWII Defeat With Military Parade

The Communist Party said the parade in Tienanmen Square was to commemorate the victory against the fascists during WWII, but countries in the region see the event as nationalistic, muscle-flexing

Guatemala's former President Otto Pérez Molina gives a press conference at the Interior Ministry in Guatemala City.

Guatemalan President Resigns, Is Jailed Amid Corruption Scandal

Prosecutors charge that Otto Pérez Molina was involved in a scheme that gave businesses breaks on import tariffs in exchange for bribes. Lawmakers voted Wednesday to lift his immunity to prosecution.

Most Health Savings Account Owners Stick With Conservative Options

People who have had health savings accounts open longer are more likely to invest their contributions. But only about 5 percent of all account holders do so.

Canadian Woman Gets Her Stolen Car Back And Then Some

When Courtney Pickering got her car back after the police investigation, she found a knife, a bag of cocaine and a crack pipe. She also found a gun under the seat.

Military vehicles carrying Wing Loong — a Chinese-made, medium-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned aerial vehicle — drive past Tiananmen Gate during a military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Japan's World War II defeat in Beijing on Thursday.

China Flexes Muscles With Parade, But Announces Troop Cut

More than 12,000 precision-drilled soldiers, 500 pieces of military hardware and 200 aircraft filed through Tiananmen Square.

A woman looks on at the U.S. Capitol in 2013 after the most recent government shutdown. Congress has made no progress toward avoiding a government shutdown when it will run out of funding Sept. 30.

Iran Deal Looks Like A Done Deal, So Here Are The Next Crises For Congress

President Obama may have secured enough votes to keep his Iran deal intact, but potential problems loom for Congress on the debt ceiling, highway funding and a possible government shutdown.

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