Government And Institutions

Teens who use e-cigarettes are more likely than others to later smoke conventional cigarettes and other tobacco products, a study at 10 Los Angeles high schools suggests.

The Obama administration is proposing to cut methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas production by nearly half over the next decade in an unprecedented step to curb climate change.

Imploring them to "let me do my job," Gov. Bruce Rauner asked Illinois lawmakers Tuesday not to undo his veto of a measure authorizing an unelected arbitrator to decide a potential labor-negotiation stalemate.

In business since the 1960s, Karim al-Aboudi's family has seen Iraq's economy boom with oil wealth and bust through wars and the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, but today marks the worst downturn he's seen in decades.

Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker's plan for replacing President Barack Obama's health care law would extend refundable tax credits to help pay for private health insurance based on age instead of income, restructure Medicaid and allow people to shop for insurance across state lines.

Wall Street bank BNY Mellon has agreed to pay $14.8 million to settle federal civil charges of attempting to influence officials of a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund by giving internships to their family members.

U.S. stocks are rising in midday trading Monday as China's currency steadied and Greece's bailout cleared another big hurdle.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction with rates on six-month bills unchanged, while rates on three-month bills dropped to the lowest level in two weeks.

A new Nevada program that allows parents to claim state per-pupil education funding and use it toward private school is garnering national headlines and hundreds of applications, but its lesser-known and higher-paying cousin is off to a slow start.

Large crowds at a weekend beach concern have a state lawmaker more convinced than ever that his bill to give tax breaks to A-list performers that commit to multi-night stands in Atlantic City would give the struggling city a financial boost.

Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities rebounded in June following two straight months of declines.

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Colorado's battle over who should regulate fracking could be on the fast track to the state Supreme Court.

An agreement that would allow Kansas' largest electric company to increase its rates about 4 percent is reasonable for customers while covering the cost of power plant upgrades, attorneys for the utility and other parties told state regulators Monday.

Some state regulators are concerned that a new digital phone and Internet provider won't be able to provide reliable 911 service during a disaster.

Japanese stocks rose after poor quarterly economic data raised hopes of more economic stimulus while other Asian indexes fell.

Authorities say rivers tainted by last week's massive spill from an abandoned Colorado gold mine are starting to recover, but for the Environmental Protection Agency the political fallout from the disaster could linger.

Official figures show that Germany's economy, Europe's biggest, expanded by 0.4 percent in the second quarter of the year from the previous three-month period.

The U.S. is easing its longstanding ban on crude oil exports by allowing limited trade with Mexico.

New Jersey's tax haul appears to be on the upswing.