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When the government launches an ambitious public-works project -- say, building a railroad or airport -- one problem it can face is a "strategic holdout." Peop…
May 15, 2016When the government launches an ambitious public-works project -- say, building a railroad or airport -- one problem it can face is a "strategic holdout." Peop…
May 15, 2016WASHINGTON -- When you're coming down with a cold, there are a few items you typically reach for to start feeling better: cough drops, herbal tea, maybe an ove…
It's now a lot easier -- and cheaper -- for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help.
December 5, 2022WASHINGTON -- Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this fall, under a long-awaited rule finalized Tuesday.
August 17, 2022WASHINGTON -- Health regulators on Tuesday unveiled their proposal to allow Americans to buy hearing aids without a prescription, a long-awaited move intended …
October 20, 2021NEW YORK -- For 45 years, many Americans identified the Muscular Dystrophy Association with one man and one event -- comedian Jerry Lewis and his annual Labor …
WASHINGTON -- Millions of people who buy individual health insurance policies and get no financial help from the Affordable Care Act are bracing for another ye…
NEW YORK -- Retailers are finding themselves walking a fine line when dealing with the politically charged Ivanka Trump brand, which is stamped on everything f…
AUSTIN, Texas -- A Houston grand jury investigating undercover footage of Planned Parenthood found no wrongdoing Monday by the abortion provider, and instead i…
NEW YORK -- Responding to a furor over undercover videos, Planned Parenthood says it will maintain programs at some of its clinics that make fetal tissue avail…
NEW YORK -- Just as a trial was to begin, Major League Baseball and a group of its fans who had sued reached agreement Tuesday to expand the menu of online pac…
NEW YORK -- Retailers worked hard to attract shoppers to stores on Black Friday, offering in-person deals meant to counter the ease of shopping by phone on Ama…
DEAR ABBY: My best friend is getting married and asked me to be her maid of honor. She has also asked me to buy an expensive dress, host a lavish shower I'm af…
Even with the growth of e-books and rental programs, students heading back to college still have to face soaring costs for textbooks.
WASHINGTON -- When you buy eyedrops at a U.S. store, you might assume you're getting a product made in a clean, well-maintained factory that's passed muster wi…
December 14, 2023WASHINGTON -- Planned Parenthood told Congress Monday that a secretly recorded video released last week by an anti-abortion group is fraudulent and part of a y…
WASHINGTON -- Insurance premiums would soar for millions of Americans and 18 million more would be uninsured in just one year if Republicans scuttle much of Pr…
LONDON -- Social media companies are failing to stop manipulated activity, according to a report Friday by NATO-affiliated researchers who said they were easil…
NEW YORK -- In just two weeks, the cost of pecans for the pies at Peggy Jean's Pies in Columbia, Missouri, has surged nearly 40%, perplexing co-owner Rebecca M…
January 17, 2022When Marathon Pharmaceuticals announced in February it would market a drug for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy for US$89,000 a year, the negative reaction…