ROME — One in six people in the world — or more than 1 billion — is now hungry, a historic high due largely to the global economic crisis and stubbornly high food prices...
ORANJESTAD, Aruba — Aruban health authorities today checked passengers and crew from the cruise ship Ocean Dream for signs of the swine flu that cut short their Caribbea...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's plan to transform the Federal Reserve into a super-regulator ran into skepticism today from lawmakers who worry that the central ba...
NEWARK, N.J. — The pilot of a Continental Airlines flight from Brussels to Newark died today over the Atlantic Ocean, and the jet landed safely with two co-pilots at the...
MONROE, La. — A startup automobile company plans to assemble a new fuel-efficient car in Louisiana, employing an estimated 1,400 people once production starts, state and...
Mercer Road in Butler Township has reopened with a new bridge over Route 422.
The road had been closed since April 1 and wasn't due to be reopened until July 1, accordin...
Many of the people most endeared to 13-month-old Tyler Davis — and most devastated by his death — converged in a Butler County courtroom Thursday to learn the punishment...
NEW YORK — A private research group said its forecast of economic activity rose in May, the second consecutive gain after seven months of declines.
The Conference Board ...
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration asked Congress on Tuesday to repeal a widely ignored tax on the personal use of company cell phones, reversing its policy just a we...
WASHINGTON — Ten large U.S. banks will finish repaying about $68 billion in bailout money today, marking a new phase for the most visible government effort to relieve th...