WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is heading toward a vote to repeal a consumer-oriented rule that lets millions of Americans band together to sue their banks or credit card companies. Now, many consumers are required to go through...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress from both parties on Tuesday called for an investigation into a $300 million contract awarded to a small company based in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown of Whitefish,...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Caterpillar Inc., up $6.56 to $138.24 The construction equipment company raised its profit forecast after a strong third-quarter. 3M Co., up $13.10 to...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Two years ago, George Green got stabbing pain and bad blisters around his right arm. It was the worst case of shingles his doctor had ever seen. “I said, ‘Wait a minute, I had the vaccine! How come I...
Read MoreATHENS, Ga. (AP) — After a family was awarded $40 million in the death of a 4-year-old boy in a Jeep fire, Fiat Chrysler on Tuesday asked the Georgia Supreme Court for a new trial or for the award to be reduced. Remington...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin touted an overhaul plan Tuesday to give veterans even wider access to outside doctors than under its troubled Choice health care program, stressing ties with the private...
Read MoreRIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince on Tuesday announced plans to build a futuristic city run entirely on alternative sources of energy and said the ultraconservative kingdom must return to...
Read MoreDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When global oil prices plunged three years ago, alarms went off in Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s top producers. With the kingdom nearly entirely reliant on oil for income, a looming...
Read MoreBERLIN (AP) — A German shipping company says pirates raided one of its vessels off the coast of Nigeria and took six crew members hostage. Cor Radings, a spokesman for Hamburg-based Peter Doehle Schiffahrts-KG, said Tuesday that...
Read MoreSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The narrow blue cobblestone streets of Old San Juan are deserted. Cigar shops are boarded up. Boutiques in bright colonial buildings are closed. “It’s like a ghost town,” said Mike...
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