Politics

An assistant FBI director retired after he was accused of drunkenly groping a female subordinate in a stairwell. Another senior FBI official left after he was found to have sexually...

The number of new coronavirus infections in Japan's capital topped 600 in a day for the first time on Thursday, while experts warned of the increased burden on hospitals. Tokyo...

California's coronavirus surge has caused so many hospitalizations and deaths that the numbers brought usually stoic public health officers in major metropolitan areas to pleas — and even near to...

Stocks were mostly lower Thursday in Asia after weakness in technology and health services companies' shares led an overnight decline on Wall Street. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Hong Kong and...

The Justice Department is investigating the finances of President-elect Joe Biden's son, including scrutinizing some of his Chinese business dealings and other transactions, a person familiar with the matter told...

The giant tech companies whose services are woven into the fabric of social life are now the targets of a widening assault by government competition enforcers. Regulators filed landmark antitrust...

Airbnb proved its resilience in a year that has upended global travel. Now it needs to prove to investors that it sees more growth ahead. The San Francisco-based home sharing...

Wall Street has rolled out the welcome mat for companies going public this year, boosting proceeds from initial public offerings to the highest level in six years. IPOs slowed sharply...

Thirteen years after its founders first rented air mattresses in their San Francisco apartment, Airbnb is making its long-awaited stock market debut. The home sharing company priced its shares at...

Thirteen years after its founders first rented air mattresses in their San Francisco apartment, Airbnb is making its long-awaited stock market debut. The home sharing company priced its shares at...

The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced Wednesday that he plans to step down from the post, according to a statement from the top prosecutor. Charles E....

Companies affiliated with California Gov. Gavin Newsom received nearly $3 million in federal loans created to help small businesses survive the pandemic, more than eight times the amount originally reported,...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday imposed stronger coronavirus testing rules for several hundred state-licensed nursing homes that will have most of them testing their employees twice a week. The...

Seventy-five years after World War II ended, Congress is honoring thousands of Chinese Americans who served the United States in the war, earning citations for heroism — including the Medal...

Some California hospitals are close to reaching their breaking point, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to bring in hundreds of hospital staff from outside the state and to prepare to re-start...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 8 The Washington Post on the years of “extraordinary science” that led up to the new COVID-19 vaccines:...

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody joined 45 other states Wednesday in a lawsuit against Facebook, accusing the social media giant of exploiting its dominance in the digital marketplace and engaging...

Legislative Republicans who expanded their supermajorities in last month's election were given a mandate by Kentucky voters to put limits on the Democratic governor's executive powers in times of emergency,...

At a time when the politicians in Washington can't seem to agree on anything, Congress has given us a rare dose of bipartisan consensus by voting overwhelmingly to approve the...

Wall Street has rolled out the welcome mat for companies going public this year, boosting proceeds from initial public offerings to the highest level in six years. IPOs slowed sharply...

SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an...

A Paycheck Protection Program loan for nearly $1.2 million issued to an organic farm operator allegedly located in western Maine has raised suspicion after a massive disclosure of federal records...

President-elect Joe Biden is set to nominate Katherine Tai to be the top U.S. trade envoy, according to two people familiar with his plans. Tai, who is chief trade counsel...

Delta Air Lines has managed to avoid furloughs but is now asking more employees to take unpaid leaves of absence, a sign of the deepening slump in air travel as...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has apologized for how a prominent artificial intelligence researcher's abrupt departure last week has “seeded doubts” in the company. Pichai told Google employees in a Wednesday...

Major market indexes closed lower on Wall Street Wednesday, led by weakness in technology companies. The S&P 500 fell 0.8%, easing the benchmark index below the record high it set...

Missouri's Republican attorney general has brought the state into an effort by GOP officials across the nation to reverse President Donald Trump's election loss. Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Wednesday...

Prisoners and poultry plant workers will follow soon after frontline healthcare employees in South Carolina's COVID-19 vaccine plan, Gov. Henry McMaster said Wednesday. At the outset of the first phase...

Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc. (RH) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $46.4 million. On a per-share basis, the Corte Madera, California-based company said it had net income of $1.64....

California Gov. Gavin Newsom tapped a veteran regulator Wednesday as the next chair of the powerful Air Resources Board, which implements the state's ambitious climate change goals. Liane Randolph, 55,...

Faculty leaders at the University of Mississippi are expressing concerns about academic freedom after the state auditor demanded nearly $2,000 from a tenured professor who took part in a two-day...

Genasys Inc. (GNSS) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $9.4 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The San Diego-based company said it...

NCino, Inc. (NCNO) on Wednesday reported a loss of $9.1 million in its fiscal third quarter. The Wilmington, North Carolina-based company said it had a loss of 10 cents per...

Oxford Industries Inc. (OXM) on Wednesday reported a fiscal third-quarter loss of $10.6 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. The Atlanta-based company said it...

NASA has named the 18 astronauts — half of them women — who will train for its Artemis moon-landing program. The first woman and next man on the moon will...

An expanded Champions League format with four extra games per team can be made to fit in soccer's congested calendar, the head of Europe's domestic leagues group said Wednesday. Elite...

President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter said Wednesday that he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation. The investigation by the Delaware U.S. Attorney's office was...

President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter said Wednesday that he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation. The investigation by the Delaware U.S. Attorney's office was...

The family of a veteran helicopter pilot who died when his aircraft crashed as he was dropping water over a California wildfire filed suit Wednesday against the companies that designed...

Montana's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that canceled state regulator approval of mining on private land north of Yellowstone National Park. The unanimous ruling found that state...