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Unions representing miners and public-school teachers reel from Republican legislation in West Virginia.

Rebekah Gregory was "in such awe" of other survivors' courage, she writes on Facebook.

Biosimilars are close to biological products, which include vaccines and blood and tissue products.

Mobile service providers salivate at the idea of commuters spending more time online.

Stock splits made room for the California tech giant on the U.S. stock index of 30 large American industrial companies.

Job creation in February was the 12th consecutive month that U.S. employers boosted payrolls.

Job growth is on the rise, but the recession has transformed the labor market.

SAP expects to create about 2,200 jobs this year in growth areas such at its cloud business.

A UN report, issued ahead of International Women's Day, finds progress to correct gender inequality has been painfully slow.

Boris Nemtsov had criticized Putin in a radio interview hours before he was murdered in Moscow last Friday.

The jobless rate was forecast to fall to 5.6 percent, while average hourly earnings were seen rising 0.2 percent.

The move is part of a wider shift toward empowering Japan in military and security matters.

The attacker Kim Ki-jong had made seven visits, organized by the unification ministry, to the North between 1999 and 2007.

Charly Keundeu Keunang was previously arrested under a false identity he stole from a French man.

Brent crude rose above $61 a barrel on Friday, supported by geopolitical tensions in Libya and Iraq, while traders eyed the outcome of Iran nuclear talks for further trading cues.

The hawkish remarks from the normally centrist Williams do much to suggest the era of rock bottom interest rates is nearing an end.

Military lawyers opposed Manning's request to be identified as a woman. The U.S. military still does not allow transgender people to serve.

An ancient stone tool discovered in eastern Oregon might be one of the oldest artifacts found in western North America.

A new Pew Research Center survey shows nine in 10 U.S. Catholics see Pope Francis favorably.

Big business rallied behind the gay marriage cause as the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments for April 28 on the contentious social issue that promises to yield one of the justices' most important rulings of 2015.

The FBI said on Thursday it will open a field office in Williston, North Dakota, capital of the state's oil patch and an area grappling with a rise in drug use and sex trafficking