The Bush administration is criticizing a federal judge’s decision to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo Bay into the U.S. and says it will seek to...

The deadpan and depressed characters Bill Murray has specialized in portraying as an actor in recent years have always stood in contrast to the life-of-the-party guy he...

Dusting off Depression-era emergency powers, the Federal Reserve is extending its reach over the economy as never before, pushing the limits of its authority, if not...

Nick Nolte has escaped a fire that burned a Malibu home to the ground.

A man was charged Tuesday in the strangling death of his 11-year-old stepsister who was starved by her parents and slept a locked room inside an upstate NY house filled...

It can be a fine line between investing and gambling. But in Las Vegas, you know the odds. On Wall Street, that’s not always the case.

The spokesman for a Connecticut congressional candidate is learning that not everything is private on the Internet.

Alaska’s top finance officer will review payments made to Gov. Sarah Palin for nights she charged the state for staying in her own home.

Boston police said a passenger who was angry because his flight was delayed tried to get back at the airline by throwing foot powder around the plane. Arthur Nicolson,...

Nearly 20 years of John McCain’s contrition over his role in a 1980s banking scandal vanished this week in 17 minutes and 30 seconds.

Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes said an inmate’s bid to escape the county jail on Saturday was foiled by a correctional officer. Hughes said a 19-year-old man...

Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. says its third-quarter earnings plunged 52 percent due to sharply lower prices, weaker demand and higher costs.

A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home wins $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year.

The Federal budget deficit is ballooning under the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.

Two things rule the financial world: Making money and figuring out ways to make more of it. That’s why some on Wall Street are sure to figure out how to profit...

The misery worsened on Wall Street Tuesday, with stocks piling on the losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones industrials to more...

O.J. Simpson’s attorneys in his armed robbery case could be fighting long odds to convince an appeals court that he was a victim of racial prejudice and payback...

Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit grew by 5 percent, led by surging sales in its China operations that offset a decline in U.S....

The company with the nation’s largest chain of Chevrolet dealerships violated federal labor law when it fired thousands of employees last month, according to a...

A mother who police said stabbed her daughters before shooting herself had raised the children as a single mother after her husband hanged himself three years ago.