STRASBOURG, France — Welcomed with thunderous cheers, President Barack Obama pledged on Friday to repair damaged relations with Europe, saying the world came together following the 2001 terrorist attacks but then "we got sidetracked by Iraq."
WASHINGTON — The number of troubled loans backed by the government's mortgage insurance program is on the rise as economic problems mount, and lawmakers are worried that taxpayers will be stuck with the final bill.
WASHINGTON — Democrats controlling the House and Senate are on track to give President Barack Obama a key victory by adopting slightly pared-back versions of his $3.6 trillion budget.
LONDON — Global leaders made headway Thursday on tackling the world financial crisis, with new clampdowns likely on tax havens and hedge funds and more funds heading to the International Monetary Fund so it can boost loans to struggling countries.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama refused further long-term federal bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler, saying more concessions were needed from unions, creditors and others before they could be approved. He raised the possibility Monday of
WASHINGTON – Following a recent study exposing racial bias in America’s advertising industry, the NAACP and Washington, D.C. law firm Mehri & Skalet has launched a national campaign to reverse widespread discrimination against African-American
NEW ORLEANS–A federal judge has cleared the way for a trial of the largest-ever litigation involving the U.S. government by denying the Justice Department’s last-ditch attempt to dismiss a damages lawsuit brought by victims of Hurricane Katrin
ST. LOUIS – With her long history of chronic asthma and sickle cell anemia, a short stay at the St. Louis Justice Center for failing to appear in court for two traffic violations cost LaVonda Kimble her life.
NEW YORK – Investigators suspect two African immigrants slain at a Long Island condo owned by an NFL player may have been killed as revenge for an Internet scam, police said Tuesday.
FARGO, N.D. — Weary residents welcomed the Red River's further retreat Monday but faced an approaching snowstorm expected to kick up wind-whipped waves that could threaten the sandbag levees they built to protect their city from a major flood.
