A murky corner of the financial world is now the fastest-growing source of funding for small businesses. One state, Connecticut, had given these lenders unusual power. That may be about to change.

And Trump has appeared to at least partially back off his objective of world peace. Instead, he has scaled back his ambition from the world and claimed that the war would help establish peace in just ...

Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.

The effects of the war in Iran are far-reaching, extending to drivers for DoorDash and Uber Eats. They're paying more for gas ...

Shelter villages offer temporary and private places for the unhoused to sleep and store belongings. One of the newest, The ...

Therapists say we're overusing the word. Here's what it actually means — and what the Ingrid Bergman film that helped birth ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this week to try to sell America's skeptical Group of Seven allies on the Iran war that has sent global fuel prices soaring.

Tech company Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI system, is suing the Trump administration over the government labeling it ...

The National Transportation Safety Board said it has concerns about air traffic controllers who work the midnight shift taking on extra work in an airspace as busy as LaGuardia's.

Staff at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium have reared a special kind of fish known as a warty frogfish for the first time in captivity. Their success may hold broader lessons for raising marine species.

The jury agreed that Meta engaged in "unconscionable" trade practices that unfairly took advantage of the vulnerabilities of ...

Americans lost some $10 billion to online scammers in Southeast Asia in 2024. Cambodia, in particular, has been warned to clean up its act in recent months.