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Saudi Arabia bans smoking in most public places
Saudi Arabia has banned smoking in government offices and most public places, including restaurants, coffee shops, supermarkets and shopping malls.
Unlikely Vietnam considers same-sex marriage
Dinh Thi Hong Loan grasps her girlfriend's hand, and the two gaze into each other's love-struck eyes. Smiling, they talk about their upcoming wedding ...
Friend: Md. man held in shooting plot gentle giant
To his friends, Neil E. Prescott was a "gentle giant" — a physically towering young man with a background in computers and electronics and a ...
UN states fail to reach global arms trade treaty
Member states failed to reach agreement Friday on a new U.N. treaty to regulate the multibillion dollar global arms trade, and some diplomats and ...
Failure of Georgia bank brings 2012 total to 39
Regulators on Friday closed a small bank in Georgia, bringing to 39 the number of U.S. bank failures this year. That's a slower pace than in 2011; 61 ...
Google: Didn't delete Street View data after all
After being caught spying on people across Europe and Australia with its Wi-Fi-slurping Street View cars, Google had told angry regulators that it ...
Lawmakers press for tough Iran sanctions bill
Republicans and Democrats are pressuring congressional negotiators to produce legislation imposing the severest penalties on Iran, targeting its ...
Court leaves ruling against big tobacco intact
A federal appeals court on Friday left intact a court judgment that ordered tobacco companies to do corrective advertising about the dangers of ...
U.N. treaty unlikely to curb US gun rights
Negotiators at the United Nations are working to put final touches on a treaty cracking down on the global, $60 billion business of illicit trading ...
House leaders: Drought bill may come up next week
A House Republican leader said Thursday that the House may take up legislation next week to help farmers and ranchers hit by the drought that has ...
Gov't stepping up fight against health care fraud
Stepping up their game against health care fraud, the Obama administration and major insurers announced Thursday they will share raw data and ...
7 nations face sanctions over endangered species
Seven nations may lose their ability to legally trade tens of thousands of wildlife species after U.N. conservation delegates agreed Thursday to ...
Senate panel debates living spaces for egg-layers
The freedom of a hen to flap its wings and move around became an issue of congressional concern Thursday as a Senate committee discussed legislation ...
House committee approves normal trade with Russia
A House committee on Thursday approved legislation to end Cold War restrictions and normalize trade with Russia as U.S. business groups pressed for ...
House GOP passes latest anti-regulation bill
The Republican-led House on Thursday passed legislation that would freeze major government regulations until the unemployment rate, now at 8.
Reid: Senate schedule too busy for gun debate
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Senate's schedule is too packed to have a debate on gun control. Reporters asked the Nevada Democrat about ...
Gov't: Burlington Coat Factory to pay $1.5M fine
Burlington Coat Factory will pay $1.5 million to settle government allegations stemming from the sale of children's clothing with drawstrings.
EFG Hermes to open up further over Qatar deal
Egyptian bank EFG Hermes says the country's financial regulator is requiring it to provide additional information to shareholders before it signs off ...
Dead cattle, devastation in wake of Western fires
Cecil and Delores Kolka thought they escaped the worst of the Ash Creek Fire when the 390-square-mile blaze spared their home and several pastures as ...
Obama, Romney differ over guns after Colo. attack
The politics of guns leapt to the top of the presidential race Wednesday, as President Barack Obama embraced some degree of control of weapons sales ...
Obama pledges to work with Congress on violence
In one of his most expansive responses yet to gun crime, President Barack Obama on Wednesday embraced some degree of control on the sale of weapons ...
FACT CHECK: Romney met Bain partners after exit
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said he had no active role in Bain Capital, the private equity firm he founded, after he exited in ...
Study: New Medicaid expansion could be a lifesaver
States that expand their Medicaid programs under President Barack Obama's health care law may end up saving thousands of lives, a medical journal ...
House passes bill increasing scrutiny over Fed
The House voted Wednesday to give Congress greater scrutiny over the monetary policy decisions of the Federal Reserve, approving legislation sponsored ...
Citigroup's ex-CEO does an about-face on big banks
Sandy Weill is having a change of heart. Weill, the aggressive dealmaker who built Citigroup on the idea that in banking, bigger is better, said ...