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A judge will begin hearing evidence for the Judicial Watch's lawsuit against then-California Gov. Jerry Brown's law requiring women on boards of publicly traded companies.

A federal judge should reject a sweeping settlement to thousands of lawsuits against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, a group of states said at a hearing Tuesday, arguing that the protections it extends to members of the Sackler family who own the firm are improper.

California on Tuesday lifted a fishing ban that was implemented after an oil spill in Huntington Beach spread up and down the south coast, sparking fears of a major environmental disaster.

Omicron variant could lead to more infections among vaccinated people but they will most likely remain protected from severe illness, according to the inventor of one of the first COVID-19 vaccines.

The U.K.'s antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook's acquisition of Giphy and ordered the social network to sell off the GIF-sharing platform, saying the deal stifes competition.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to tell Congress on Tuesday that the omicron variant could threaten the U.S. labor market and cloud the inflation forecast.

Undercover Taliban agents spent years infiltrating Afghan government ministries, universities, businesses and aid organizations.

Australia will introduce legislation to make social media giants provide details of users who post defamatory comments, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday.

A currency crisis is battering Turks’ confidence in their government’s ability to manage the economy, causing droves of people to buy U.S. dollars and sending crowds of people into the streets to oppose President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s policies.

FOX Business takes a look at the upcoming events that are likely to move financial markets in the coming days.

Climate activists blockaded Amazon warehouses in three European countries on Friday, part of a global effort to pressure the e-commerce giant on one of its busiest days of the year to improve working conditions and end business practices that hurt the environment.

The Interior Department on Friday released a long-awaited report outlining its recommendations for oil and gas companies drilling on federal lands, and called for hiking fees but not banning leases altogether

Canada's 'OPEC of maple syrup' is releasing tens of millions of pounds of maple syrup from its strategic reserves amid worldwide shortages

Former President Donald Trump says the Biden administration has been "a disaster," pointing to its handling of COVID-19, rising inflation and the ongoing border crisis.

The pharmaceutical industry is bracing for the most significant expansion of government regulation of drug prices in decades despite success in watering down proposals from congressional Democrats that would have gone much further.

California regulators haven't approved permits for the controversial oil and gas extraction process known as fracking since February, effectively phasing out the process ahead of Gov. Gavin Newsom's 2024 deadline to end it.

GoFundMe has removed a fundraiser for Darrell Brooks Jr., who has been charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide Tuesday after the Waukesha Christmas parade.

A New York City man is being charged with hacking into 59 Wegmans Food Market customer accounts and placing $10,000 in fraudulent orders.

American consumers' optimism has hit its lowest level over the past decade according to a new survey

The reappointment of Jerome Powell as Fed chair was a safe and wise bet for Biden.