UNITED STATES

Women policy makers around the country spoke today about the huge gap that still exists between men's and women's paychecks.

Though flying can often be a headache, one delayed flight in Beijing was treated to a impromptu performance by the Philadelphia Orchestra quartet.

U.S. state laws, many passed amid 1970s panic over Japanese investment, exposes Shuanghui to legal trouble in Smithfield Foods acquisition.

Former classmates' negative response to teenage porn star Natalie Dodds' new career resulted in her posing nude outside the religious institution on two separate occasions, one time resulting in a citation.

Canada and Finland hold the record for the fastest rebounds to AAA status.

S&P, which is being sued by the U.S. Justice Department over its downgrade of U.S. debt, now says U.S. debt might not be so bad after all.

McDonald's posted higher global sales for the first time in months, perhaps due to new menu offerings and cheap deals.

Wind energy created a record amount of power last year.

Six were arrested recently in connection with looting tornado victim's homes in Moore, Okla., following the May 20 storm.

A Moscow brokerage says it’s setting up a dark pool trading system for investors in Russian equity to take business from the Moscow Exchange.

The economic indicators are inching up worldwide, but slowly, and progress was particularly slow in the euro zone.

[UPDATE 3:50 p.m. EDT] Iceland government spokesman: Snowden has to be in Iceland to request asylum.

Kim Kardashian was not able to make it to Kanye West's birthday celebration in New York, but the rapper was joined by fellow greats Jay-Z and Nas.

British drug-maker AstraZeneca agreed to buy California's respiratory drug company Pearl Therapeutics for $1.15 billion.

Americans' opinion of the cruise industry hasn't bounced back since the Carnival Triumph fiasco. In fact, it's gotten worse.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a fierce verbal attack on anti-government protesters as protests continued for a 10th day.

Trade data from Asia's two largest economies show Japan on the mend and a slowdown in China, and reflect a diverging policy framework.

The Indian rupee, or INR, on Monday plunged to a record low of 57.77 against the U.S dollar, a year after touching its previous historic low.

Taliban insurgents are fighting security forces near Kabul's main airport following an unsuccessful attack on NATO’s airport headquarters.

For decades, security has trumped privacy nearly every time, but there is a way back to public accountability and Bill of Rights protections.

U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., has called for NSA leaker Edward Snowden to be prosecuted "to the fullest extent of the law."