Stockton, California, officially filed for Chapter 9 protection Thursday after talks with bondholders and labor unions failed, making it the largest-ever U.S. city to file for bankruptcy.
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act led by President Barack Obama, people like 59-year-old freelance writer Gail Richardson could be eligible for insurance under an expanded Medicaid program for low-income earners now that the highest U.S. court has rejected a challenge to the law's constitutionality.
There are big incentives for states to participate in the Medicaid extension.
A 20-year-old man who was accused of attacking a 77-year-old woman after he had ingested bath salts, a synthetic drug, has pleaded not guilty.
Abound Solar of Loveland, Colo., has become the third federally sponsored solar panel company to collapse in the past year, another blow to Obama's green energy and jobs efforts.
John Mayer has decided to integrate social media into his most recent music video. The four minute compilation for Queen of California, the latest single off Mayer's most recent critically acclaimed album Born and Raised, uses the popular gaming app Draw Something.
The FBI will work with state and local law enforcement to determine whether the aggressive Waldo Canyon Fire was a result of criminal activity.
The Stolen Valor Act decision is the Rodney Dangerfield of the day's Supreme Court rulings -- it's not getting any respect or attention amid the flurry of that other decision announced Thursday, when the court upheld the Affordable Care Act.
The Supreme Court health care decision confirming the constitutionality of the president's signature legislative achievement and expanding insurance to millions of low-income Americans under Medicaid will provide a large influx of new customers and notable revenue opportunity for Medicaid-focused managed-care organizations (MCOs).
Don Grady, the actor remembered as one of Mickey Mouse's original Mouseketeers, and as Robbie Douglas, from My Three Sons, died on June 27 in Los Angeles. He was 68. Ginny Grady, the actor's wife, confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that the California native died after a four-year battle with cancer.
Lamar Odom is the biggest piece that will likely move tonight at the NBA draft. He could be on his way to Los Angeles, but will he join Kobe or Blake?
The U.S. Supreme Court's decisions this term on cases directly concerning businesses have been largely favorable to corporations.
Stockton, California, is expected to file for bankruptcy before the end of the week, becoming the largest U.S. city to seek protection from its creditors.
Andy Dick is packing his bags and headed off to rehab after an intervention was staged by an employer.
Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the No. 1 search engine, Wednesday showed its first tablet, the Nexus 7, priced at $199, as part of its annual Google I/O developers conference.
The towering Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs is only 5 percent contained and authorities said it is exhibiting extreme fire behavior with extreme rates of spread.
Stockton, Calif., will become the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, which could happen as early as Wednesday, after talks with bondholders and labor unions failed.
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, has won a U.S. district court injunction against its supplier and rival Samsung Electronics (Seoul: 005930), which should help sales of the iPad.
In Alabama deaths from lung cancer per 100,000 women increased from 6.9 to 10.7 among the 40 to 44 age group while deaths fell from 6.1 to 2.8 per 100,000 for the same cohort in California.
After a failed attempt to ban the Samsung Galaxy S3's sales in the U.S., Apple finally has managed to stop sales of its South Korean rival's Galaxy Tab 10.1, deemed by many as the top contender to the iPad.
The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Tuesday were AeroVironment Inc, Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc, Zogenix Inc, United Therapeutics Corporation and Orexigen Therapeutics Inc.
The top after-market Nasdaq losers were: Omeros Corporation, O'Reilly Automotive Inc, Medivation Inc, IAC/InterActiveCorp and Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc.
The Republican chairman of a House panel is accusing President Obama of either obscuring his involvement in the failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking program or improperly invoking executive privilege
