Alexa, Amazon's voice-activated computer service, is enlisting in the military-run program that takes phone calls from children asking when Santa will arrive on Christmas Eve

California kicks off recreational sales for adults on New Year's Day, but Los Angeles officials say dispensaries in the city won't be part of the celebration

California pot growers choosing to go legal in the New Year will face a host of new environmental rules.

Nestle may have to stop taking millions of gallons of water from a national forest in California for its Arrowhead bottled water

As legal pot nears in California, a rivalry is developing between big operators and boutique growers and sellers

A small-business owner with high hopes of selling oil extracted from cannabis plants in staunchly anti-marijuana Idaho has found himself lost in the weeds with local officials who claim such products may be illegal in the state

Denver authorities have shut down 26 legal marijuana businesses and arrested 12 people suspected of illegal distribution of pot after a yearlong criminal investigation

The extradition hearing for Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya will be extended until January when a hearing on what evidence meets legal guidelines will be heard

Business survivors: AP revisits small business owners from Great Recession years, finds they're grateful but not gleeful

With the public's intense interest in all things bitcoin and digital currencies, regulators are starting to pay serious attention.