Significant premium hikes expected under Obama health law
Insurers will seek significant premium hikes under President Barack Obama's health care law this summer - stiff medicine for consumers and voters ahead of the national political conventions.
Tubman to be new face of $20 bill, Hamilton stays on $10
Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist who was born a slave, will stand with George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin among the iconic faces of U.S. currency.
Nation
High Court sides with families of '83 Beirut bombing victims
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for families of victims of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut and other attacks linked to Iran to collect nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian funds.
Nation
Homes damaged, at least 5 dead in massive Houston flooding
More than a foot of rain had fallen by Monday evening in parts of Houston, submerging scores of subdivisions and several major interstate highways, forcing the closure of schools and knocking out power to thousands of residents who were urged to shelter in place.
AMC chief says no texting in movie theaters after backlash
CEO Adam Aron says he's not going to allow texting in AMC movie theaters.
Business
Obama backs effort to give consumers options on cable boxes
President Barack Obama threw his weight Friday behind an effort to give consumers more choice when it comes to the cable boxes that control which television channels they watch.
Nation
Sanders cheers strikers as 39K Verizon workers walk out
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders cheered on striking Verizon workers Wednesday after 39,000 landline and cable employees walked off the job.
You overpaid for Forever stamps; price drops by 2 cents on Sunday
The cost of mailing a letter is going down.
Wounds reopened as ex-coal chief gets 1 year in prison
Former coal company executive Don Blankenship's expression of sorrow before a federal judge stung for the families who lost loved ones in the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion, the deadliest U.S. mining disaster in four decades.
Airlines raise multicity airfares, but there's a way around them
The three largest U.S. airlines have changed the way they price multi-city trips, forcing those who book such itineraries to pay hundreds of extra dollars in airfare.
Court rules on California's worker seating requirement
Employers cannot deny a worker a place to sit just because they prefer the person stand, and they must consider the employee's work station, not their overall duties, when determining whether to provide a seat, the California Supreme Court said Monday.
Politics
Tied 4-4 after Scalia's death, high court gives unions a win
In the clearest sign yet of the impact of Justice Antonin Scalia's death, U.S. labor unions scored a major victory Tuesday with a tie vote in a high-profile Supreme Court case they had once seemed all but certain to lose.
Nation
Apple remains in dark on how FBI hacked iPhone without help
The FBI's announcement that it mysteriously hacked into an iPhone is a public setback for Apple Inc., as consumers suddenly discover they can't keep their most personal information safe. Meanwhile, Apple remains in the dark about how to restore the security of its flagship product.
Business
General Mills beats 3Q profit forecasts, revenue falls short
General Mills Inc. on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected profit for its third quarter on lower costs, but revenue fell short of forecasts because of weak demand.
Nation
Amtrak train derails in Kansas, injuring at least 32
An Amtrak train carrying more than 140 people derailed in rural Kansas early Monday, moments after an engineer noticed a significant bend in a rail and applied the emergency brakes, authorities said.
World
AP Investigation: American company bungled Ebola response
An American company that bills itself as a pioneer in tracking emerging epidemics made a series of costly mistakes during the 2014 Ebola outbreak that swept across West Africa — with employees feuding with fellow responders, contributing to misdiagnosed Ebola cases and repeatedly misreading the trajectory of the virus, an Associated Press investigation has found.
Business
Judge sets trial on mogul Sumner Redstone's mental capacity
A judge on Monday scheduled a trial to determine whether Sumner Redstone has the mental capacity to make his own health care decisions after expressing concerns about who is in charge of the ailing media mogul's care.
SeaWorld acknowledges planting worker in animal rights group
SeaWorld acknowledged that it sent its own workers to infiltrate an animal rights group which opposed the practices of the theme park.
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