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WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing collection of congressional Democrats say President Donald Trump’s labor secretary should resign because of his role in a 2008 plea deal that let a billionaire financier escape prison time for...

DALLAS (AP) — H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89. Perot, whose 19% of the vote...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Job openings posted by U.S. employers slipped 0.7% in May, while hires that month tumbled 4.4% in a sign that the job market may be cooling slightly. The Labor Department says employers posted 7.3 million jobs...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein is challenging victims of his underage sexual abuse in a Florida court, hours after he was indicted on sex trafficking charges in a separate case. Epstein’s lawyer Roy Black...

Technology and industrial companies helped pull stocks lower on Wall Street in early trading Tuesday, extending losses from a day earlier. The broad slide marked the third straight day that the market has opened lower, pulling...

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Marriott says it will fight a $123 million U.K. government fine related to its massive data breach. Marriott has the right to respond to the proposed fine before a final determination is made by the...

Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud.” The Pentagon is preparing to award a contract for a computing project that will store and process vast...

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union authorities on Tuesday fined the Japanese company behind Hello Kitty for restricting cross-border online sales of toys, mugs, bags and other products featuring the cartoon cat girl. The EU’s...

The start of a new school year can be hard on the budget. There are costs you might expect (replacing worn-out binders, outgrown clothes, an outdated laptop) and ones you don’t (a budding interest in a travel sport, say,...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are off to a weak start on Wall Street as the market extends its slump into a third day. Banks and technology companies took...