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The Beverly Hills City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to end most tobacco sales.

Shares surged Wednesday in Asia following a rally on Wall Street spurred by signs the Federal Reserve is ready to cut interest rates to support the U.S. economy against risks from escalating trade wars.

The city of Baltimore and federal authorities are investigating whether documents posted online are connected to a ransomware attack that has hobbled the city's computer network.

For the Golden State Warriors, a victory over the Toronto Raptors in this year’s NBA Finals would only provide further validation of a winning business culture.

The lobby group for Britain's automotive industry says the country's new car market slid back further in May as consumer and business confidence continued to be affected by what it terms "underlying economic and political instability."

Amid the trade war with the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping is expressing confidence in the resilience of the Chinese economy.

Mark Karpeles, arrested in Japan after his bitcoin exchange collapsed from massive hacking, has started a business around the same computer technology that led to his legal troubles.

A closely watched survey shows that the eurozone economy picked up a little bit of steam in May to expand at a three-month high rate.

U.S. stocks headed broadly higher in early trading Tuesday on Wall Street after comments from Mexico's foreign minister injected some optimism into a developing trade dispute.

A lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future faces a major hurdle Tuesday as lawyers for the Trump administration argue to stop the case from moving forward.

The Latest on President Donald Trump and tariffs on Mexico (all times local): 9:45 a.m.

Mexico says it thinks there's likely to be an agreement Wednesday with the United States that will avoid a 5% tariff on Mexican goods announced last week by President Donald Trump.

Not only is Rihanna among the richest self-made women in America, according to Forbes’ list released Tuesday, she is also the richest female musician in the world, according to the outlet.

The Trump administration wants to ease rules on mining and prospecting on federal lands — and even offshore — in the name of national security.

Chairman Jerome Powell says the Federal Reserve is prepared to respond to the Trump administration's trade conflicts to protect the U.S. economic expansion if it decides that would be necessary.

The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed major new travel restrictions on visits to Cuba by U.S. citizens, banning stops by cruise ships and ending a heavily used form of educational travel as it seeks to further isolate the communist government.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a $5 trillion-plus climate action proposal that he says would lead the U.S. to net zero emissions of carbon pollution by 2050.

Illinois and Lake County are suing the owner of a Chicago-area silicone factory that exploded last month, seeking to force the company to identify the nature and extent of chemical pollution in the area and limit the environmental impact of the deadly blast.

Federal officials say most retailers in a South Texas town decimated by Hurricane Harvey have reopened as tourism authorities seek to woo visitors back.

A judge has approved an agreement for Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay $1.05 million to settle federal pollution violations over a 2011 pipeline break that sent oil into Montana's Yellowstone River.