FRANKFURT, Germany — Food company Nestle S.A. says net profit rose 44 percent last year as the company booked one-time gains from the sale of a stake in L’Oreal and its ...
Fatal road rage event in Vegas
LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas mother of four killed in a road rage shooting last week got in her car with her adult son and his gun and drove aro...
Med devices get the blame
LOS ANGELES — Contaminated medical instruments are to blame for infecting seven patients — including two who died — with an antibiotic-resistant...
4 hurt, flames shoot into sky
TORRANCE, Calif. — An explosion devastated a section of a refinery on Wednesday morning, shaking nearby homes, raining down ash and injuring...
CHICAGO — Jeb Bush carefully attempted to open up distance between himself and his brother, President George W. Bush, in a much-anticipated foreign policy speech Wednesd...
Substitute fills post admirably
NEW YORK — Lester Holt’s first report card as NBC’s choice to fill in for suspended anchor Brian Williams as “Nightly News” anchor found h...
RICHLAND, Wash. — A florist in Washington who refused to provide flowers to a gay couple for their wedding violated state consumer protection and anti-discrimination law...
Move is challenge to Apple system
NEW YORK — Samsung is buying mobile-payment startup LoopPay as the Korean phone maker steps up to challenge Apple and its payment system...
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — Candles lit up the plaza of a central Arizona courthouse Wednesday as hundreds gathered to honor the American woman pictured before them who was taken ...
MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — The fiery derailment of a train carrying crude oil in West Virginia is one of three in the past year involving tank cars that already meet a higher...
