UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief says the United Nations is establishing an "Ebola crisis center" with a goal of stopping transmission in affected countries in six to nine months. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters after a meeting Friday with ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Nestle SA saw its sales and profits fall in the first half of the year due largely to a stronger Swiss franc. The maker of the Haagen-Dazs, Stouffer's and Nescafe brands said Thursday its performance had been "resilient" in a ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Japanese and Australian stocks led Asian markets higher on Thursday after the Fed signaled that interest rates would remain at record lows and China's leader vowed that the country's economic slowdown would not end badly.

NEW YORK -- Twitter says it has bought its data partner Gnip, which provides analysis of the more than 500 million tweets its users share each day -- to advertisers, academic institutions, politicians and other customers. Twitter said Tuesday that Gnip has ...

NEW YORK -- Twitter says it has bought its data partner Gnip, which provides analysis of the more than 500 million tweets its users share each day -- to advertisers, academic institutions, politicians and other customers. Twitter said Tuesday that Gnip has ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 5-year-old San Diego boy has outwitted the sharpest minds at Microsoft — he's found a backdoor to the Xbox. Kristoffer Von Hassel managed to log in to his father's Xbox Live account. When the password log-in screen appeared, ...

I'm the mother of a soldier stationed at Fort Hood. As I write this, there's an active-shooter situation ongoing inside. My son is safe, but dead and wounded are on the base. They are in my thoughts and prayers. I want to know why security has not been ...

WASHINGTON - General Motors CEO Mary Barra goes before a Senate subcommittee this morning for her second day of testimony before a congressional panel questioning her on a widespread safety recall of millions of vehicles involving a defect linked to ...

Saskatchewan public health officials have issued an alert Monday to inform the public a man had been hospitalized with "high fever and other symptoms." A diagnosis had not been confirmed, but the patient had been quarantined to prevent transmission of ...

Saskatchewan public health officials have issued an alert Monday to inform the public a man had been hospitalized with "high fever and other symptoms." A diagnosis had not been confirmed, but the patient had been quarantined to prevent transmission of ...

Yahoo is partnering with online review site Yelp to enhance its search results and attract users, according to several reports published over the weekend. Citing an unnamed person who attended a Yahoo employee meeting Friday, The Wall Street Journal ...