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The Senate has passed a bill that aims to combat the illegal robocalls torturing Americans .

Purely Elizabeth issued a recall on Wednesday for some of their granola products because of “possible foreign matter contamination,” officials said.

The Arkansas Supreme Court has dismissed the state's appeal of a judge's decision to block the enforcement of a 2018 herbicide ban, saying the case is moot now that new restrictions are in effect.

Major retirement reforms haven’t been passed in more than a decade.

Cuba's railway system is undergoing a major overhaul, with the government pushing a program to revamp the decrepit and aging network with new cars and locomotives in the hope of restoring a rail service that was once the envy of Latin America.

U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell slightly this week, marking a fourth straight week of declines to lure prospective purchasers in the spring homebuying season.

United States is designating the Argentina-based online pharmacy Goldpharma and eight Argentine citizens as significant foreign narcotics traffickers.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

The head of Mexico's financial intelligence unit says that a former executive at the state-owned oil company who was sanctioned this week by the comptroller's office is Pemex's former director Emilio Lozoya.

Facebook says it removed more than 3 billion fake accounts from October to March, twice as many as the previous 6 months.

The Latest on trade tensions between the United States and China (all times local): 6:10 p.m. China's foreign ministry says the country is open to resuming trade talks with the U.S., but sincerity and mutual respect are needed.

Are older workers being discriminated against on the job?

Just because summer's approaching doesn't mean your wallet gets a vacation.

US new-home sales slumped 6.9% in April; sales of homes deemed affordable for middle class source of decline.

Shelter costs have also more than doubled, rising to $1.9 billion in the latest fiscal year.

Top officials at the European Central Bank at their last meeting held on to their hopes for a return to stronger economic growth in the second half of the year even as they underlined their readiness to deploy more stimulus if needed.

An official with Baltimore mayor's office says the city's IT team is restoring computer systems slowly to ensure their security after a crippling ransomware attack.

Looking for ways to hit back at Washington as a tariff fight escalates, President Xi Jinping and his economy czar visited a Chinese factory that processes rare earths — exotic minerals used in electric cars, mobile phones and other technology.

AAA said it expected nearly 43 million Americans to travel at least 50 miles for their Memorial Weekend getaways but the organization said certain time frames should be avoided.

Honda recalled 137,000 SUVs on Wednesday after the Japanese automaker received reports of air bags suddenly deploying in vehicles.