BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The UN environment program says a string of mining waste disasters — some deadly — over the past decade show better protections are needed for communities downstream of massive polluted material storage...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on GOP tax legislation (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Major organizations representing insurers, doctors and hospitals are urging lawmakers to keep “Obamacare’s” unpopular requirement...
Read MorePARIS (AP) — French financial prosecutors say the Swiss-based HSBC Private Bank has agreed to pay 300 million euros ($352 million) to France to close a tax fraud case, a first in the country. In a written statement, prosecutors...
Read MoreMillennials know student loan debt. Borrowers under 30 are carrying more than $376 billion in student loans and those ages 30 to 39 hold more than $408 billion, according to 2015 data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York...
Read MorePHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on ruling (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Federal investigators say they’ve found major lapses in Amtrak’s safety culture, including more than two dozen unsafe conditions at a work zone...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. U.S. stocks are lower in midday trading, giving up small gains from the day before. Several retailers were posting hefty losses...
Read MoreU.S. stocks were down in morning trading Tuesday, giving up small gains from a day earlier as investors weighed quarterly earnings from several retailers and other companies. Technology stocks, health care companies and...
Read MoreATLANTA (AP) — Home Depot beat Wall Street expectations for the third quarter thanks in part to natural disasters that skewed economic growth and hiring in North America. The Atlanta home improvement retailer is one of the...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — Inflation in Britain held steady at a five-year high of 3 percent in the year to October, just below the level that would have forced the governor of the Bank of England to write to the government explaining why...
Read MoreSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Overturning an appeals court’s decision, South Korea’s Supreme Court said Tuesday the family of a Samsung worker who died of a brain tumor should be eligible for state compensation for...
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