UNITED STATES

Sun Pharma charged the balance of a U.S. settlement over an acid reflux drug to its recently ended quarter.

The choice of a new Federal Reserve chairman, or chairwoman, was discussed by the president at his press conference.

Fox Television Studios has confirmed it is in talks to possibly produce NBC’s Hillary Clinton miniseries.

Barack Obama told military veterans convening in Florida the backlog of disability claims has been cut by almost one-fifth.

A North Dakota senator is citing an industry-backed study to push approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.

A federal study warns oil and gas workers risk silicosis from sands used in hydraulic fracturing.

Lavabit, an email service used by Edward Snowden, has suspended operations rather than "be complicit in crimes against the people."

India's Biocon has launched a “pathbreaking” treatment for psoriasis and will seek to market it globally.

Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires to denounce inflation, corruption and the Kirchner government.

The current U.S. banking system subsidizes too many risk decisions, and that has to change.

The iPhone 6’s selling point won't be form factor, nor specs, but rather price (plus five colors).

Rush Limbaugh says Oprah Winfrey's weight, not racism, is the reason she was rebuffed at a Zurich boutique, Trois Pommes.

Four major U.S. retailers report earnings next week.

The agency rules some devices infringe on Apple patents, barring U.S. sales unless Obama intervenes.

A judge has ruled Usher will maintain primary custody of his two sons after their mother, Tameka Foster, called for an emergency custody hearing.

Amanda Bynes’ mother Lynn Bynes has been granted temporary conservatorship after doctors asked a judge to extend her involuntary psychiatric hold by 30 days.

Former British colonies in the Caribbean Basin remain a hotbed of homophobic sentiment.

Faced with growing protests, Gulf state monarchs are trying to diffuse opposition by exploiting old rivalries between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.

Inside Georgia, one group is fighting to keep one river from going dry.

Privacy advocates are disappointed the administration’s explanation of its controversial data-collection program mainly rehashed old arguments.

A government shutdown when the economy is picking up is 'a bad idea,' says the president.