Government And Institutions

A federal appeals court is delaying plans to handle a challenge to the Obama administration's health care law because the Supreme Court is stepping into a separate case covering the same legal ground.

European lawmakers have voted to give EU member states the power to ban cultivation of genetically modified crops on their territory even if they have been approved by the 28-nation bloc.

A European Union court has ruled that Germany was within its rights to refuse unemployment benefits to an immigrant from Romania who made no effort to seek work in Germany.

The international news channel CNN says it will halt broadcasting in Russia due to recent changes in media legislation.

All the sky-clearing measures plus cooperation from the weather kept Beijing relatively free of air pollution for most of a seven-day Asia-Pacific conference.

Asian stock markets mostly rose Tuesday, with Tokyo closing at a seven-year high, as investor sentiment got a boost from another record close on Wall Street.

The United States and China are agreeing to make it easier for tourists, students and businesspeople to visit each other's countries.

State officials say Rhode Island businesses will save about $95 million over the next two years now that the unemployment insurance trust fund has been restored to solvency.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction, with rates on three-month bills rising to their highest level since August and rates on six-month bills unchanged.

Opponents of "Obamacare" are asking that an appeals court case on the Affordable Care Act be delayed because the Supreme Court is stepping into a separate case covering the same legal ground.

Kansas will face a $279 million budget shortfall by July, far worse than state officials had thought before a new revenue forecast Monday that will force Gov. Sam Brownback and legislators to consider spending cuts.

Staff for state regulators joined rural landowners Monday in urging Missouri's utility oversight panel to reject a proposed high-voltage power line that has been touted as a way to carry wind energy eastward from the plains of Kansas.

With a bright look to its rebuilt website, version 2.0 of President Barack Obama's health insurance overhaul represents another chance to win over a skeptical public.

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Heading into Veterans Day, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vetoed legislation that would have authorized state and municipal pension credits for peacetime military service.

Utility executives and officials have been warning for years that the lack of natural gas pipelines in New England threatens to drive up power prices, and now Connecticut's largest utility is asking state regulators to approve a rate increase.

Cable company stocks fell sharply Monday after President Obama called for the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify Internet access as a utility.

A federal administrative law judge in Baltimore has given preliminary approval to a $6.6 million settlement for more than 570 current and former Social Security Administration employees with disabilities.

The cartons of Marlboros, cans of Skoal and packs of Swisher Sweets are hard to miss stacked near the entrance of Vincent's Country Store, but maybe not for much longer: All tobacco products could become contraband if local health officials get their way.

Protesters are demanding the resignation of the head of Hungary's tax collection agency and some of her colleagues after the United States issued entry bans against them because of suspected links to corruption.