SANDUSKY, Iowa (AP) - At least 15 people were arrested Saturday during a protest intended to block the construction of a major oil pipeline through southeast Iowa.

The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is pictured at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, May 30, 2016.

The Associated Press reports that France has enacted a ban on all plastic dishes, cups, and utensils. The ban goes into effect in 2020, after which all disposable utensils and dishes must be made of biological, rather than petroleum-based, material.

California employers quieted any lingering doubts about the state's economy in August, as an uptick in hiring helped absorb hordes of new job-seekers.

In this Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, photo, volunteers toss logs at an oil pipeline protest encampment near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in southern North Dakota.

J&J is boosting its eye-care business by acquiring the Medical Optics business from Abbott. The company is a lot more active with dealmaking this year, finally using its very strong balance sheet.

Unifor and General Motors remain far apart in contract negotiations but the union that represents Canadian autoworkers appears to be on the cusp of getting a lifeline from Canada.

Michael Morris Executive Director of National Disability Institute, working to improve the financial health of people with disabilities.

The first lawsuit has been filed against Wells Fargo by customers following revelations that the bank collected fees for millions of unauthorized accounts.

TAMPA - More than 200 million gallons of contaminated waste water from a fertilizer plant in central Florida leaked into one of the state's main underground sources of drinking water after a massive sinkhole opened up beneath a storage pond, a ...

WASHINGTON, DC Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is promising to “raise a ruckus” about what she says is false information in a Social Security Administration website.

A woman shops for groceries at a Whole Foods supermarket in New York May 18, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton. 2/2. left. right. A nurse prepares a bag of saline at Intermountain Healthcare's Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah April 1, ...

(Updates prices, adds details on Bank of Japan) * Consumer price inflation rises more than expected * Traders increase odds of December rate hike * Fed, Bank of Japan meetings next week in focus By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, Sept 16 U.S.

You may have seen the alarming headlines while scrolling through your Facebook feed this week: The U.S. government planned to kill 45,000 wild horses, according to sources including Drudge Report, The Dodo and the India Times.

America's dysfunctional political system has emerged as the biggest threat to its economic competitiveness, according to a new Harvard Business School study.

Shares of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. GT, +5.13% surged 3.5% in premarket trade Thursday, after the tire company boosted its quarterly dividend by 43%.

Intel Corp. INTC 3.04 % boosted its outlook for the third quarter on Friday, the latest sign that demand for some categories of personal computers has improved.

Which could cause headaches for Hillary Clinton. As Donald Trump might say: Pocahontas is on the warpath. This week, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) launched a multi-front attack against her favorite target, America's big banks.