At issues is whether the charity Catholic Charities is qualified to be exempt from state unemployment taxes as a religious ...

Three years ago, councilmembers in Washington, D.C., approved a tax hike on the wealthy as a way to raise the wages of child care workers. It's led to big gains for the city's child care workforce.

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LOS ANGELES — Paula Abdul and former "American Idol" producer Nigel Lythgoe have agreed to settle a lawsuit in which she ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit against a New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills for a client near ...

The powerful consulting firm McKinsey will "accept responsibility" and pay $650 million for helping to fuel the opioid crisis ...

The powerful consulting firm McKinsey will "accept responsibility" and pay $650 million for helping to fuel the opioid crisis ...

Can the federal government have a favorite when it comes to states? The Supreme Court said on Friday that it would hear a ...

In Damascus, people stood shoulder to shoulder at one of Syria's holiest sites, the Umayyad Mosque, in the first Friday ...

The donations are seen as the latest example of tech moguls' changing stance toward the incoming president. During his first ...

The World Health Organization gathered data from 139 countries for its first-ever report on how to prevent drowning.

The killing of health insurance executive, Brian Thompson has led to a flood of anger on social media — directed not at the ...