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In early November, Hastert, 73, was also treated for sepsis, had two back surgeries and remains hospitalized, his lawyer said Thursday.

In the wake of its emissions scandal, Volkswagen hires Ken Feinberg, who ran compensation funds related to the 9/11 attacks, BP oil spill and GM's ignition-switch crashes.

The sharpest one-day devaluation in decades means average consumers risk seeing their purchasing power fall.

The cast and crew of the highly anticipated "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" react to the rave reviews as the movie rolls out on screens worldwide.

Hot on the heels of the Federal Reserve, Hong Kong's central bank raised interest rates by a quarter point. Are others likely to follow too, or will many go the other way and ease monetary policy?  David Pollard reports.

Uber is the first partner for the Transportation on Messenger service, which will be available to select users. Lyft will be added in January, sources said.

The Republican-controlled House is expected to vote Thursday on a bill to curb real estate investment trusts, or REITs.

The U.S. president said he hopes to visit Cuba in 2016 but only if he can possibly "nudge the Cuban government in a new direction."

The automaker, which lags in fuel efficiency, purchased 5.5 million credits from Toyota and Honda and about 1 million from Tesla.

Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik had expressed support for "jihad and martyrdom" only in private communications, FBI boss James Comey said.

President Hassan Rouhani voiced hope that sanctions against Iran would be removed in January.

James Knowles III, mayor of the city where Michael Brown was killed by a police officer, said the city and the U.S. Justice Dept. were "very close" to a deal.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is a target for attack from some of his rivals after the last GOP debate of the year in Las Vegas. Paul Chapman reports.

Scotland had approved the installation of offshore turbines near the U.S. presidential candidate's luxury golf resort.

But the sector's largest trade group warned there were signs of a coming slowdown in orders and monthly backlog.

Nestor Reverol, who leads the branch of Venezuela's armed forces that controls the country's borders, is named in an indictment pending in federal court, sources said.

The drugmaker's skin and eye products will be sold at a discount in more than 8,000 Walgreens pharmacies in the U.S.

The deal is part of GE's plan to sell off the about $200 billion worth of assets of its finance arm, GE Capital.

The savings hinge on their transaction being a rare merger of equals, which requires companies of the same size and scope, tax experts say.

Former Yahoo executives Ross Levinsohn and Jacqueline Reses are pitched as possible replacements for embattled boss Marissa Mayer.

The contract runs through June 30, 2019, the U.S. Defense Department said in its daily digest of major arms contracts.

By resorting to military strength to impose territorial claims, nations including China risk sparking a conflict, a U.S. Navy officer said.

About 100 people gathered Monday to hear speakers including U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, outside the National Rifle Association headquarters.

The 34-nation group is said to include Arab countries such as Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and Islamic nations Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan.

Pentagon sources said the next U.S. Navy sail-by will likely come in January, in a second challenge to territorial limits China claims around seven artificial islands.

A sale, expected before year's end, would mark the first time in four years that the U.S. has shipped arms to Taiwan, the longest gap in nearly four decades.

Alejandro Garcia Padilla’s administration is facing a federal corruption probe, and the governor’s approval ratings have been dismal.

The U.S. secretary of state on Tuesday will raise concerns about Russia's bombing of Syrian opposition forces instead of ISIS militants, a U.S. official said.

Bergdahl, 29, was charged earlier this year and faces up to life in prison if convicted of endangering troops who searched for him in Afghanistan.