Iraq’s prime minister has gone on national television to defend a security pact with the United States that his Cabinet has overwhelmingly approved.

China on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that it is seeking to illegally obtain U.S. space technology after a scientist in the United States was convicted of violating...

Even as they struggle amid the slowing economy, some states are giving retailers back about $1 billion in sales taxes each year as reimbursement for acting as tax...

Smoky skies cleared and once-whipping winds slowed to a standstill Tuesday, as another wave of those who fled Southern California’s ferocious weekend wildfires...

Wall Street made a hesitant advance Tuesday, with investors refraining from making big bets in a volatile market battered by a stream of weak economic data.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has told Congress the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government’s $700 billion financial bailout fund...

Convicted Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is remaining a member of the GOP conference in the Senate pending the outcome of his re-election bid.

Shares of Corning Inc. tumbled 12 percent Tuesday after the specialty glass maker lowered its fourth-quarter sales and profit guidance to reflect slumping demand for...

The National Association of Realtors says home prices fell in four out of five U.S. cities in the third quarter, the latest sign of how the U.S. housing market’s...

President Bush says the government will expand to the entire country the opening of extra flight lanes typified by the East Coast “Thanksgiving Express”...

Federal judges will hear arguments about whether Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha should have to give a sworn deposition about his comments alleging “cold-blooded...

Wall Street has opened mostly flat, with investors refraining from making bets in a volatile market battered by a stream of weak economic data.

The head of the FDIC is pressing again for more aggressive government action to help millions of home borrowers avert foreclosure, saying federal money is needed to...

Star Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang is expected to have surgery in the United States for a foot injury that forced him to withdraw at the starting line during the Beijing...

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are defending their management of a $700 billion financial bailout just one week after the...

A 74-year-old blind woman was shocked when her daughter found a letter from the city saying a lien would be placed on her home unless she paid an overdue water bill.

Wall Street headed for an uncertain open on Tuesday, with investors weighing another dose of weak economic data against an unexpectedly strong outlook from computer...

Luxury retailer Saks Inc. reported a wider-than-expected loss in the third quarter in contrast to a profit a year ago, as its affluent customers slashed spending as the...

Wholesale prices plunged a record amount in October as energy prices fell by the largest amount in 22 years.

Luxury retailer Saks says it lost more than expected in the third quarter as its affluent customers slashed spending amid massive job losses on Wall Street and turmoil...