The chief executive of a website that authorities have dubbed a lucrative nationwide "online brothel" pleaded guilty to state and federal charges, and agreed to testify in ongoing prosecutions against others at Backpage.com

California regulators have issued a record $12.5 million fine an oil company with a long history of safety violations and regulatory lapses

Thousands of people have rallied across the Czech Republic to protest acting Prime Minister Andrej Babis

Ten finalists in a contest to make money from carbon dioxide pollution announced, will share $5 million in prize money

A crewman who helped rescue two Americans and five others when their fishing boat sank off Hawaii isn't allowed to command a U.S. vessel in federal waters

U.S. authorities say a Chinese-based crime organization sent money to Chinese nationals to buy about 100 houses in Northern California for growing massive amounts of marijuana illegally

A low unemployment rate is usually an indicator of robust economic health _ but not so in Hawaii.

Small business hiring slowed in March, a sign that company owners are holding on to their cautious approach to expanding their staffs

Authorities have identified a woman who opened fire at YouTube headquarters and wounded three people before fatally shooting herself as Nasim Aghdam

A recent spate of visa abuses in the Northern Mariana Islands has cast a shadow over efforts to save and expand a visa program unique to the U.S. commonwealth.