December 15, 2016
Mortgage holders urged to fix as US interest rates rise
Although US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen raised interest rates by just a quarter of a percentage point, it got world attention.
December 14, 2016
U.S. intelligence officials now believe with "a high level of confidence" that Russian President Vladimir Putin became personally involved in the covert Russian campaign to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.
December 14, 2016
Yahoo Inc warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber attack, saying data from more than 1 billion user accounts was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest breach in history.
December 14, 2016
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump must divest his luxury Washington hotel in a building leased from the federal government because the arrangement violates conflict-of-interest rules, congressional Democrats said on Wednesday.
December 14, 2016
Earth is due for an “extinction-level” event from the sky, and even if we see it coming, we won’t be able to do anything about it, a NASA scientist said Monday.
Here comes the boom.
December 14, 2016
Former CIA director Leon Panetta said on Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump risked being blamed after any potential attack on the United States if he refused to receive more regular intelligence briefings.
December 14, 2016
The UN's weather agency on Tuesday announced the highest wave on record -- a behemoth that towered 19 metres (62.3 feet) above the North Atlantic.
Wind circulation and atmospheric pressure in the Atlantic Ocean can cause intense extratropical storms, according to the WMO
December 14, 2016
BEIJING — Any change in U.S. policy favoring formal recognition of Taiwan will "seriously" damage peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and undermine relations between Beijing and Washington, a Chinese government spokesman said Wednesday.
December 13, 2016
DENVER, COLORADO — Buying things online could get pricier after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a case Monday that could ultimately lead to states collecting billions of dollars in sales taxes lost to increasingly popular internet retailers.
December 13, 2016
After 35 years on the job, Michael Stuban was minutes away from retiring from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
Only one thing stood in his way: emailing his exit questionnaire to the Human Resources Department.
