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The U.S. government's highway safety agency is investigating whether a 5-year-old General Motors seat belt recall fixed the problem.

Target recalled about 90,000 USB charging cables after receiving more than a dozen reports of the cords smoking, igniting and causing finger burns.

US economy grew at solid 3.1% rate in Q1 but economists see significant slowdown in current quarter.

Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday after another round of selling on Wall Street amid investor worries about a trade war.

African leaders are celebrating the entry into force of a continental free trade agreement that creates what they call the world's largest trading market of 1.2 billion people.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is calling for talks to resolve ongoing trade dispute between Washington and Beijing and is urging the world to accept China's technological prowess.

Unfunded pension liabilities per capita in Connecticut are more than $32,800.

Facebook has chosen to leave up a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in which she appeared to slur her words.

New Zealand's government says it will spend billions of dollars more on mental health services and combatting child poverty as part of a new approach to its finances.

The California Assembly voted Wednesday to cap rent increases for many tenants as America's most populous state faces a housing crunch.

U.S. stocks sped toward their first monthly loss of 2019 Wednesday as investors shift money into the safety of bonds while fleeing high-risk holdings in the health care and technology sectors.

Cuba announced Wednesday that is legalizing private Wi-Fi networks and the importation of equipment like routers, eliminating one of the world's tightest restrictions on internet use.

Less than two weeks after Ukraine's new president assumed office, his staff discovered that his predecessor had apparently gutted key computer equipment in a meeting room when he left office.

Chinese tech giant Huawei has filed a motion in U.S. court challenging the constitutionality of a law that limits its sales of telecom equipment.

Small luxury SUVs are one of the fastest-growing luxury vehicle types in recent years.

Would you pay more for a car or SUV that warns you if you're falling asleep or not paying attention behind the wheel?

Every hour that one of The Advance Group's trucks is stuck in highway or bridge traffic, it costs the moving company around $200.

Activist shareholders are using Exxon Mobil's annual meeting to accuse the company of failing to confront a future that may include stricter regulations to limit climate change caused by burning fossil fuels.

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The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m.