New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero responders who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust.

Teddy Kennedy's youngest child entered the family business at 21, the youngest member of the sprawling political clan ever to win elected office. Now he's leaving, and he wants to talk about how he anguished over this decision.

Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in vehicles and are weighing a range of safety requirements in response to Toyota's massive recall.

So I’m thinking maybe it’s time people got a refresher course on this whole voting thing: The point of the competition is to vote for the very good singers and send home the ones who aren’t as good.

Americans regained more of their shrunken wealth last quarter, mainly because the economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was less than in the previous two quarters.