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The new data provides a positive contrast with the most recent Labor Department employment report, which showed a slowdown in hiring.

Lyft is forging new partnerships with several companies to support its drivers and compete with Uber.

The popular streaming service intends to use the increased revenue to bolster its stable of original programming.

Millennials concerned about profiting from environmental havoc or sweatshop labor have many alternative retirement savings options.

Plagued with problems almost since day one, the "ultimate fighter jet" will sling lethal, unmanned drones at enemy targets.

News hit investors Thursday that Credit Suisse was seeking extra risk-absorbing capital, a day after Deutsche Bank announced massive writedowns.

Weapons aimed at Syria hit Iran on Thursday, U.S. Defense Department officials said. Neither Iran nor Russia has confirmed the reports.

Ignazio Marino was accused of using his city hall credit card to pay for 20,000 euros ($22,585) in personal dinners and parties.

It's the source of much debate in the health insurance realm, but what is the Cadillac tax?

The Texas city has become the latest local governmental entity to sue the German auto-maker over software trickery that faked road-test emissions for millions of diesel cars.

Thursday's vote was expected to serve as a kind of test for the House majority leader, who had been considered the front-runner in the House Speaker race.

WikiLeaks is behind the release of the "Collateral Murder" video, a case that's been compared to the Kunduz bombing.

Volkswagen's U.S. boss admitted Thursday that most of the emissions-cheating cars need hardware repairs, not just software patches.

A Russian diplomat has said that Russian is the working language of an Islamic State group training camp in Afghanistan.

The more assertive policy comes amid major regional shifts, including the rise of the Islamic State group and the Iranian nuclear deal.

Scientists warned Thursday that climate change and weather patterns could cause another global coral bleaching with huge negative consequences.

Worried your iPhone 6S might have the A9 chip that limits battery life? Here's how to find out if your chip was built by Samsung or by TSMC.

Federal Reserve officials delayed an interest rate increase in September because of growing risks to their outlook for economic growth.

Only one Nobel Peace Prize laureate has declined the highly acclaimed award. Can you guess who? Here are 10 facts about the peace prize.

U.K. Secretary of Defense Michael Fallon unveiled a plan to put troops in the Baltics Thursday morning at a meeting of NATO defense ministers.

Four people have died and 732 have been sickened by the bacteria, which is linked to cucumbers imported from Mexico.