Several people were injured in an explosion Saturday night in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, and a law-enforcement official said a pressure cooker with wiring and a cellphone attached was found nearby. 166
The U.S. military said it stopped the air raid after being told by Russia that it might have struck Syrian government forces instead of the targeted Islamic State extremists. 162
The Democratic candidate told the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation that her rival, Donald Trump, wasn’t fit to follow in the president’s footsteps.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to roll out a rule this fall that will bring oversight of the prepaid-card sector closer to regulations covering banks. 77
Uncle Sam, with his Series EE savings bonds, pays almost twice the yield on Treasurys, but you’ll need to invest some time, and there are several catches.
Libya won’t freeze its crude-oil output along with other big petroleum-dependent countries until it claws back its Gadhafi-era production level, a top Libyan oil official said, as the North African country seeks to jump-start exports.
Bank employees say they were pushed hard to sell and feared being fired if they missed targets. The questionable tactics persisted even after Wells Fargo started to crack down on abuses. 206
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Runners had been scheduled to pass by the area around the time the blast occurred, but the start of the 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors was delayed. No one was hurt.
Forty-year-old Terrence Crutcher ignored repeated requests to put up his hands before reaching into an SUV that was stalled in the middle of a street, the police department said.
One month after some of the worst flooding to hit the U.S. in years devastated a community in southern Louisiana, the work of rebuilding is just beginning for small-business owners.
A man who expressed hatred of police shot and wounded a sergeant in an ambush before shooting five other people, including a second police officer, Philadelphia police said. A 25-year-old woman died of her injuries. 51
After taking thousands of images of World War II, including the death of his best friend, photographer Tony Vaccaro returned to New York and began capturing more life-affirming subjects. Now at age 93, he is in the spotlight.
General Mills’ efforts to revive its yogurt business will draw attention when the food company reports its quarterly earnings on Wednesday.
Telemundo is overhauling its programming to appeal to a U.S. Hispanic audience whose tastes are changing. In July, the Spanish-language network introduced three prime-time series that don’t hew to telenovela stereotypes and clichés.
The Abu Sayyaf terror gang freed Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad, the Philippine military said, the last captive among a group of four people abducted a year ago that included two Canadians who were beheaded.
W.P. Kinsella, the Canadian novelist whose writing about baseball was the basis for the 1989 film “Field of Dreams,” died after seeking a doctor’s help to end his life.
An international arrest warrant has been issued for Trinh Xuan Thanh, a former chairman of PetroVietnam Construction, which is the subject of an investigation into losses of almost $150 million.
A knife-wielding Palestinian assailant stabbed an Israeli soldier before being shot dead by security forces in the West Bank city of Hebron, the military said, the fourth attack against Israelis in less than 24 hours.
Beefed-up border controls have brought new risks, officials say, scaring part-time amateurs out of a business they once dominated and turning trafficking over to a monopoly of hardened, professional smugglers.
The suspect is dead after multiple people were injured in the attack at a shopping mall in St. Cloud, police said.
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