The Republican National Committee's chairman fired back at Donald Trump late Tuesday after the billionaire White House hopeful claimed the party's process for selecting a presidential candidate was "stacked against me.
Verizon Communications Inc's (VZ.N) wireline employees walked off the job on Wednesday in one of the largest U.S. strikes in recent years after contract talks reached an impasse.
Five giant banks - including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America - failed to fulfill a crucial regulatory requirement that Congress introduced after the 2008 financial crisis to help make large financial institutions less of a threat to the wider ...
Last year, Hillary Clinton called the Rev. Al Sharpton to wish him a happy birthday, a bit of outreach that she did not tell reporters about, though Mr. Sharpton did.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Many questions remain about the death of former Saints' defensive end, Will Smith, but police have released new details that shed light on the incident, including that they found a weapon in the vehicle Smith was in the night he was ...
Last month, a group of international journalists gathered outside of the headquarters of Mossack Fonseca in Panama City, waiting for someone from the law firm to come out and speak to them.
DAMASCUS Syrians voted in a parliamentary election in government-held areas of the country on Wednesday in what voters called a show of support for President Bashar al-Assad, who is holding the poll in defiance of opponents seeking to oust him.
The children had gone off to school and the traders were still arranging their goods at the village market in the remote fishing town of Damasak when the Islamic fighters swept in, shooting as they pushed straight for the schoolhouses.
LONDON - British opposition politicians are calling for a government minister to give up authority over press regulation after he acknowledged that he had a relationship with a dominatrix - and that several newspapers knew about it but kept quiet.
CHANGSHA, China - For years, Chen Tiantian could only read about the gay rights movement in faraway places. She knew that there were activists in Beijing and a vibrant community in Shanghai, and that in San Francisco, a distant mecca, gay pride ...
LOS ANGELES - Bryan Adams and Bruce Springsteen have shut down shows in Mississippi and North Carolina, respectively, citing new laws regarding LGBT rights in those states.
A vigil for a 16-year-old boy killed by police turned into a protest Tuesday night that resulted in two arrests and the brief closing of the Eisenhower Expressway.
Sales at U.S. retailers unexpectedly fell in March, raising concern consumer spending is losing momentum. The 0.3 percent drop in purchases followed little change the prior month, Commerce Department figures showed Wednesday in Washington.
The nation's biggest coal company, Peabody Energy (BTU), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday as the coal industry grapples with the fallout of low natural gas prices, costly regulations and legacy costs.
LONDON OPEC on Wednesday cut its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2016 and warned of further reductions citing concern about Latin America and China, pointing to a larger supply surplus this year.
The leak of more than 11 million documents known as the Panama Papers lays bare a global ailment: anonymous ownership of shell companies, which enables tax evasion, money laundering, sanctions-dodging and kleptocracy.
The battle for your online shopping dollars has largely been waged on websites and, more recently, smartphone apps. Now, retailers are looking to another digital tool to win your money and your loyalty: An army of chatbots.
The FBI cracked a San Bernardino terrorist's phone with the help of professional hackers who discovered and brought to the bureau at least one previously unknown software flaw, according to people familiar with the matter.
Goals tool fills the empty spots in your calendar. No meeting right now? Not at work? Sounds like a good time to get going on those goals of yours, Google says.
There are plenty of arresting images in the first trailer for Marvel's superhero movie Doctor Strange, from the horribly damaged, post-car crash hands of Benedict Cumberbatch's Sorcerer Supreme-in-the-making to a trio of impossibly-positioned city ...
Did a new relationship just kickoff? On Monday night, Kate Hudson, who normally roots for the Denver Broncos, spent an evening with celebrated defensive end for the Houston Texans, J.J.
Girl's got bling! Lindsay Lohan was photographed flaunting a massive emerald rock on her left hand just hours after news broke of her engagement to Egor Tarabasov, and she's never looked happier.
Because of the abrupt nature of Magic Johnson's retirement in 1991, the Los Angeles Lakers did not get to pay homage to one of the game's all-time greats at a level befitting his importance to the city and the NBA.
NEW YORK -- With eight years left on their deal to broadcast the NCAA tournament, CBS and Turner are tacking on another eight. The extension announced Tuesday goes all the way through 2032.
The Golden State Warriors are preparing for history. Wednesday night, at home against the Memphis Grizzlies, the defending NBA champions will take its shot at league-record 73 victories, one more than the Chicago Bulls registered in the 1995-96 season.
In a dramatic change that could lead to numerous doping cases being thrown out, athletes who tested positive for meldonium may be able to avoid sanctions because of a lack of scientific evidence on how long the recently banned drug stays in the system.
NEW YORK (AP) - With famed physicist Stephen Hawking at his side, an Internet investor announced Tuesday that he's spending $100 million on a futuristic plan to explore far outside our solar system.
After busting through an enclosure, the nimble contortionist quietly crossed the floor, slithered through a narrow drain hole about six inches in diameter, and jumped into the sea.
A project to speed development of cancer-fighting drugs that harness the immune system has academic and drug industry researchers collaborating and sharing their findings like never before.
Grant Lipman, a Stanford doctor, specialized in wilderness medicine, has spent many years in researching over endurance of athletes who perform under severe conditions.
Today, in a White House briefing Dr Anne Schucaht, Principal Deputy Director of the Center for Disease Control said everything to do with the Zika virus is, “Scarier than initially thought.
