U.S. & World

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical widely used as a paint stripper but known to cause liver cancer and other health problems.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced the updated guidance Tuesday

Britney Spears and her father Jamie Spears have settled the remaining issues in the court conservatorship that controlled her life and affairs for nearly 14 years.

Automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all U.S. new passenger vehicles in five years.

The FCC has fined wireless carriers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing customers’ location data without their consent.

FSIS was notified that the German establishment produced a portion of the identified lots without inspection before its shipment to the United States for distribution.

The musical “Hell’s Kitchen” fueled by Alicia Keys songs, and the play “Stereophonic” about a ’70s rock band at the edge of stardom each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday.

A Virginia woman mourning the death of her dog says a veterinarian prescribed one medication, a pharmacy provided another and her longtime companion died within days.

The brand, called Bettergoods, will focus on trendy, plant-based and allergy-friendly options and range from $2 to $15.

Dave & Buster’s, one of the largest entertainment operators in the country, will allow its loyalty customers to compete against one another on its app.

Donald Trump has been held in contempt of court and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case.

Dozens of protesters haven taken over a building at Columbia University in New York, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war.

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, faces sentencing in a Seattle courtroom.