NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney delivered some encouraging news: It reported a solid rise in sales at established stores Friday, reversing four straight quarters of declines. It also posted a smaller-than-expected loss for the third...
Read MoreBERLIN (AP) — A German shipping company says pirates have released the six crewmembers who were taken hostage from a vessel off the coast of Nigeria. Cor Radings, a spokesman for Peter Doehle Schiffahrts-KG, said Sunday the...
Read MoreSPAKENBURG, Netherlands (AP) — On a calm, clear morning, historic wooden fishing boats float tranquilly on the glassy waters of the Dutch harbor of Spakenburg. Yet just over a century ago, they were slamming through the houses...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The House and Senate tax overhaul plans are broadly similar, but crucial differences are creating headaches for Republican leaders determined to keep myriad interest groups and factions of the GOP satisfied....
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The House and Senate tax overhaul plans are broadly similar, but crucial differences are creating headaches for Republican leaders determined to keep myriad interest groups and factions of the GOP satisfied....
Read MoreBIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Ivanka Trump said Friday a tax bill that has faced heavy criticism from Democrats is a key to the president’s goals of growing the economy and helping the middle class. The tax plan is about...
Read MoreQuilted jackets for babies are being recalled this week because of snaps that can detach and pose a choking hazard. Other recalled consumer products include children’s bicycles with a faulty crank. Here’s a more...
Read MoreBOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate approved a wide-ranging health care reform bill late Thursday that includes a call for the state to study how much a single-payer insurance system would cost. Final passage came on a 33-6...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling Friday as health care companies skid. Technology companies also slipped as investors continued to sell on news that Senate Republicans want to delay a cut in U.S. corporate taxes by one...
Read MorePARIS (AP) — An apparent accident at a Russian facility is suspected of causing a recent spike in radioactivity in the air over much of Europe, according to a report by France’s nuclear safety agency. The Institute for...
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