Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve policy makers backed away from their year-old commitment to consider raising interest rates when unemployment falls below 6.5 percent. With the joblessness falling faster than expected even as other labor-market ...

(Updates death toll in first paragraph, details on bombs in sixth, analyst comment in seventh.) Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Two cars packed with explosives blew up in Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut, killing at least four people in the latest attack on the pro-Iran ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Supporters are gathering outside a courthouse in Caracas awaiting the first appearance opposition leader Leopold Lopez following his first night in jail. National Guard troops in armored vehicles stood watch over demonstrators ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials say two roadside bomb attacks have killed six Afghan soldiers and three civilians in the eastern part of the country. Afghan army spokesman Noman Atefi said Tuesday that a blast occurred a day earlier in Alasay district of ...

(Updates flood, rain warnings from eighth paragraph.) Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Princes William and Harry helped flood protection efforts on the River Thames west of London as a new storm hit the U.K. with drenching rains, threatening to prolong the risk of ...

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese security forces on Friday fatally shot eight people who attacked police with machetes and drove cars that carried gas cylinders they detonated as bombs in the restive western Xinjiang region, state media said. Three other assailants ...

(Updates to add bonds falling in fifth paragraph and Lopez arrest warrant in 10th paragraph.) Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro banned street demonstrations and ordered the arrest of opposition leaders after at least three people ...

Shirley Temple, the child star to end all child stars - a box office sensation during one of the great ages of film and an inspiration to millions during the Depression - died Monday evening in her home in Woodside. She was 85 years old. A little engine of energy ...

PEBBLE BEACH - Here's the beauty of walking even four holes to watch Phil Mickelson play golf: It's seldom dull. Mickelson shot 74 Sunday to fade into the pack at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Rather than make a late run at his fifth AT&T title ...