UNITED STATES

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday stuck to its plan to keep stimulating the U.S. economy until the job market improves and repeated its vow to keep rates near zero until mid-2015.

Tropical Storm Sandy has strengthened into Hurricane Sandy over the Caribbean Sea.

The U.S. government said Wednesday Bank of America's fraud and recklessness cost taxpayers $1 billion.

The new iPad “4” has the same basic features and specs as the third-gen iPad, but this model is significantly faster in every way.

With France sending drones and other Western powers pledging support, an offensive against extremists in Mali is gearing up.

Lindsay Lohan deleted tweets she made about the debate after appearing on Anderson Cooper's "Ridiculist."

The vice presidential nominee will give a speech about upward mobility Wednesday at Cleveland State University.

So what was Donald Trump's big announcement Wednesday? He offered to write a $5 million check to charity if Obama releases his college and passport records.

This is not the first time the Sudanese have blamed Israel for such military strikes.

After endorsing Mourdock for the Senate, Romney on Tuesday distanced himself from the candidate who said pregnancy from rape is intended by God.

The release date for Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 has finally hit the U.S. T-Mobile has started selling the handset at $369.99.

Ann Coulter's "retard" comment about Obama is criticized in an open letter by a Special Olympics athlete.

Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) rose 24 percent Wednesday after the company reported third-quarter results that exceeded estimates.

Showing the world the Obama divorce papers could be the "very big" announcement Donald Trump has in store for Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Sandy picked up speed and strength on its approach to the south coast of Jamaica on Wednesday and was forecast to make landfall as a hurricane later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

The No. 2 U.S. automaker, which lost $553,000,000 in the first half of this year, aims to close a plant in Genk, Belgium.

Mosley will forever be remembered for forming the British Union of Fascists.

For the past six years or so, weak home sales have depressed home appliance demand. But things are quietly changing now.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly higher open Wednesday ahead of the Census Bureau's new home sales data and the Federal Open Market Committee statement.

Richard Mourdock, the Republican Senate candidate in Indiana, said Tuesday night that if a rape results in conception, it "is something intended by God."

Canada's Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans has recommended the "culling" of 70,000 grey seals in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to help the cod.