China's largest solar panel manufacturer announced plans to open its first American plant, in the greater Phoenix area.

Many adults are deficient in vitamin D, a study found, and may be at increased risk of heart disease and stroke.

Some Mexican families are scraping together what they can to support unemployed relatives in the United States.

Defending Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of the Fort Hood killings, is the kind of test many lawyers dread, and some live for.

Iran’s belated revelation of a new uranium enrichment site raises concern about possible further secret nuclear sites, according to a U.N. nuclear watchdog report.

Gunmen killed at least 13 people in a Sunni village west of Baghdad, dumping their bullet-riddled bodies in a cemetery, Iraqi security officials said Monday.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued an apology for child migrant programs that forcibly brought an estimated 150,000 British youngsters to the Commonwealth.

The Obama administration warned Pakistan that failing to expand its fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda would undercut the new strategy and troop increase for Afghanistan.

Insurgents fired two rockets Monday into a market northeast of Kabul where the head of French forces in Afghanistan was holding a meeting with tribal elders.

A move toward establishment of manufacturing cooperatives represents a new direction for the American labor movement, an economist writes.

Stop laughing. The author's research -- yes, he's an academic -- suggests they can.

Sales rose more than expected in October as consumers bought more automobiles and other goods, but the previous month’s figures were revised sharply downward.

Taking Questions: Lorie A. Slutsky, president of the New York Community Trust, responds to readers.

Monday | Today's idea: Pornography displayed on personal devices for all to see (and hear) is becoming a nuisance on planes and trains and in other public spaces, an article says. [Washington Post]

The company, which received $50 billion in taxpayer aid, is expected to make its first payment in late December.

In New York, more landlords are moving to prohibit smoking in their apartment buildings, telling potential tenants they can be evicted if they light up in them.

President Obama’s ambitions are limited by a Congress that is unwilling to move as far or as fast as he would like.

The idea of sending terrorism suspects to the prison could be a breakthrough in the Obama administration’s efforts.

A pilot whom many consider a hero takes issue with a new account of the flight that landed in the Hudson.

The law would prohibit the use of genetic information in hiring decisions or in determining coverage.