TOKYO — Japan approved a 39 trillion yen ($250 billion) economic stimulus package Friday centered around initiatives it said ...

ALBANY — New York State will ban retail pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits starting on Dec. 15 in an effort to ...

A secret-shopper study of small business lending that included Nassau County banks found “significant disparities” in the way ...

Two friends with a passion for fashion and styling would often joke about the big plans they'd make if they ever opened their ...

The screening gives providers a chance to intervene early in the pregnancy to treat the mother's substance abuse.

Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in ...

There you'll find creative gifts like a monthly cheese subscription, Irish Santa figurines and one-of-a-kind fashions.

Pragnya Mohan has been a professional triathlete for nearly a decade, but summers in her native India are now so hot that she ...

Indigenous leaders from the Wampis Nation in Peru are urging lawmakers at the House of Commons in London to ban international ...

The U.S. House passed legislation that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia was released at sea 20 days ...

Ukraine's parliament has canceled a session as security was tightened after Russia deployed a new ballistic missile that threatens to escalate the nearly three-year war.