UNITED STATES

The aid will cover part of customers’ utility bills as residents complain about health issues amid a water contamination crisis.

The price of a barrel of Brent crude may rise by over 50 percent by the end of the year, according to estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

The action by Los Angeles prosecutors Tuesday coincides with a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general over an ongoing problem.

The American Red Cross request follows a World Health Organization declaration of the virus outbreak as a global health emergency.

More than 17 million petite-sized paperbacks will be distributed through Feb. 15 in partnership with Reading is Fundamental.

Japan's Nikkei, South Korea's KOSPI, Singapore's STI and  Australia's ASX 200 were all lower in early Wednesday trading.

The ecommerce and media company has not confirmed a Tuesday disclosure by an executive of a major U.S. mall operator.

U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders tells supporters in New Hampshire to get out the vote.

The industry saw its best start to a year since 2006 as consumers snapped up small SUVs and pickup trucks.

The internet company beat revenue estimates for 2015, but watched its share price fall Tuesday after confirming plans to slash jobs and shutter business units.

The company has agreed to pay up to $21.9 million to African-Americans, Asians and Pacific Islanders who paid higher rates than whites for car loans.

In a speech Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter previewed a $582 billion spending plan for fiscal 2017 that will be detailed next week.

Activists called on the Republican to send back money received from a member of a white nationalist group.

The White House wants to prevent overdoses and expand access to treatment amid a growing number of U.S. drug overdoses.

With farmland values sliding as the Fed raises rates and China buys fewer exports, Hawkeye State farmers would welcome the billionaire candidate.

The oil giant and its competitors are grappling with the effects of a global oversupply in crude and softening demand in emerging markets.

Hernandez Garcia rose through the ranks of the cartel allegedly after starting as a bodyguard.

Developing a vaccine against the virus, which the World Health Organization has said is spreading explosively, could take years.

Katherine Clark had settled in for a quiet night when heavily armed police officers arrived.

The New York-based pharmaceutical company reported a better-than-expected 7 percent rise in quarterly revenue Tuesday.

The U.S.-based meat supplier called the ruling an "unjust verdict," and said it would take legal action against the Chinese television station that exposed the scandal.