Reporting from Washington— For a piece of history that gave us the rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air, the War of 1812 tends to evoke a collective “Huh?” on the U.S. side of the border with Canada.

Americans have a tradition of making up their minds and carrying out their desires, except when it comes to the care they receive at the end of life.

Whether you are continuing your education in your 20s or 50s, it can be a worthwhile endeavor. Most agree that that it takes an incredible amount of time and effort. In fact, you may suddenly find yourself frequently writing papers all hours of the night and no longer being able to take leisurely vacations. However, […]

The USA is at a critical juncture in how it pays for roads, bridges and transit. That’s because the federal tax on gasoline, the primary method since 1956, has lost one-third of its buying power since it was last raised in 1993. States add their own tax on top of that, but the federal tax […]

Americans 60 or older are more likely than ever to have college degrees, helping redefine work and retirement as educated baby boomers swell the senior population at rates faster than young adults earn diplomas.

Removal of fuel from the Costa Concordia, which ran aground last month off Tuscany, began last week and officials say that after it’s gone, it may take seven to 10 months to refloat the ship.

Don Margotta, a hostile takeover expert who is a finance professor at Northeastern University in Boston, said Martin Marietta’s investor presentation on Vulcan Materials is “compelling on one level,” but deals mostly with historical performance.

Mitt Romney is€” desperate to turn the campaign conversation back to the economy as social issues have roiled the GOP primary€” will try to keep the focus on tax reforms at tonight’s debate as he looks ahead to a must-win primary in his native Michigan, according to the former Bay State governor’€™s close advisers.

The jury pool for the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate’s intimate encounter with another man was cut Tuesday after the judge reviewed answers from questionnaires.

One popular explanation for the stubbornly high unemployment rate is that businesses want to hire — but they simply can’t find workers with the right skills to take the jobs.

The case captured national attention over what seemed to be an obvious case of cyber-bullying. A former Rutgers University student used a webcam to spy on his roommate’s romantic tryst with another man in the days before the roommate’s suicide.

The number of Illinois workers who have been unemployed for more than six months continues to push record highs, according to a recent study from the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University.