The Senate’s votes to approve Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell bring the seven-member Federal Reserve board to full strength for the first time since 2006.

Florida teenage shooting victim Trayvon Martin had traces of marijuana in his system when he was killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, according to case documents released on Thursd ...

Mitt Romney condemned plans by Republican strategists and a billionaire investor to run a $10-million ad campaign linking President Obama to the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, his incendiary former pastor.

The tech giant will refocus on product development and sales, executives say, and China operations will most likely be spared.

The initial public offering, priced at $38 a share, values Facebook at $104 billion, putting the social networking company on par with McDonald's, Citigroup and Amazon.com.

United States officials gave new details about an episode in the jungles of Honduras last week that has touched off anti-American protests.

The United States Commerce Department concluded that Chinese producers had “dumped” their products on the American market.

Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly unveiled new measures to reduce the frequency of illegitimate stops, a day after a federal judge faulted their broad use.

The Obama administration will give American firms far greater license to make investments in Myanmar, responding to the country’s political and economic opening over the last year.

Pinterest, which allows users to share photographs, recipes and other media on custom "pinboards," raised $100 million in a funding round led by the Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten.