President Barack Obama addressed the deteriorating situation in Egypt, condemning the military crackdown there and saying the U.S. will cancel its joint military exercise.
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The Republican governor is promoting conservative orthodoxy leavened with liberal policies meant to help the disadvantaged and poor.
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After years of struggling to shed debt, Americans are finally gaining enough confidence in their finances to step up borrowing for autos, homes and other goods—a shift that could boost the economic recovery.
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The number of U.S. workers seeking first-time unemployment benefits fell by 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted 320,000, the lowest level since before the recession.
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Rising prices for a broad range of consumer items in July pushed overall inflation up from historically low levels, a development that could reassure Federal Reserve officials as they consider dialing back their bond-buying program in coming months.
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Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said the city will seek to borrow $50 million to avoid a delayed start to the public-school year for 136,000 students.
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The U.S. government filed with the Irish High Court to extradite Eric Eoin Marques, a 28-year-old Irish-U.S. citizen, who the U.S. accuses of having been a major facilitator in distributing child pornographic images.
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Industrial production stalled in July, a sign the U.S. factory sector is struggling to gain traction after its spring slowdown.
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A new generation of synthetic drugs is presenting novel legal problems, according to law-enforcement agents and prosecutors, who say the shifting chemistry behind the products makes it difficult to win convictions.
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A dispute that erupted last month over an accreditation agency's proposed shutdown of one of the country's largest community colleges escalated when the Department of Education warned the agency it wasn't in compliance with federal guidelines.
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Nurse practitioners in five states are fighting for the right to treat patients without oversight from doctors, as they can in many parts of the country.
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Pfc. Bradley Manning delivered a nervous apology and appealed for leniency from a judge who could send him to prison for 90 years for leaking volumes of classified materials to antiwar activists.
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Campaign contributions from taxi and livery car companies have flowed into New York City mayoral candidates' coffers in recent weeks.
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Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 2½ years in prison, after a tearful courtroom apology to his father and family for misusing $750,000 in campaign funds.
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Regulators risk limiting the credit available to consumers if they continue to press banks to hold ever-higher levels of capital, Financial Services Roundtable head Tim Pawlenty said in a WSJ interview.
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Two years after NASA grounded the space shuttle, Florida is trying to help reignite the fortunes of its Space Coast with plans to build a new launchpad just north of the Kennedy Space Center.
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Smart, rule-abiding teenagers are less likely to become successful entrepreneurs than equally intelligent teens who engage in illicit activities, according to new research.
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Some in a tiny Pennsylvania town are hoping the restoration of the historic Westinghouse Air Brake headquarters can help revive the community.
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Columnist David Wessel writes that while the U.S.'s ratio of debt to gross domestic product is manageable for now, Congress would be well advised to act before the situation gets out of hand.
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A power blackout that began the afternoon of Aug. 14, 2003, reached 50 million people across the northeastern U.S. and parts of Canada.
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A prolonged drought in the southern Great Plains has hit ranchers hard and now is moving up the food chain.
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Making colleagues laugh takes timing, self-confidence—and the ability to rebound from a blooper.
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