The U.S. is supporting a leading role for Turkey in organizing international pressure on Syria, as the two allies seek to build a coalition able to back the Syrian opposition movement and help broker an end to the violence.

The founder of Whitman Capital LLC was charged with taking part in two separate insider-trading conspiracies, allegedly using illegal tips on Google Inc., Polycom Inc. and Marvell Technology Group Ltd. to make more than $900,000 for the hedge fund.

Oil dropped from a three-week high as euro-area finance ministers refused to approve a rescue package for Greece, boosting concern that the European debt crisis will worsen.

CHARLOTTESVILLE — In his first interview with police after the death of his ex-girlfriend Yeardley Love, George Huguely V told officers the pair had a confrontation hours earlier in which he “shook her a little bit.” Read full article

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos won Cabinet approval for deeper budget cuts needed to secure a second package of international aid, preparing the way for parliamentary vote in his race to prevent financial collapse.

MEXICO CITY—The U.S. State Department recommends Americans avoid travel to all or parts of 14 of 31 Mexican states in the widest travel advisory since Mexico stepped up its drug war in 2006.

Barack Obama is calling on Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for the remainder of the year as a deadline nears for Congress to act or see taxes go up for millions of working Americans.

Hayley Hoverter met President Obama on Tuesday at the White House Science Fair, where she presented her product, “Sweet (dis)SOLVE", a new type of sugar packet that dissolves in hot water, February 7, 2012. (Photo courtesy NFTE) Hayley Hoverter is a...

MILAN (Reuters) - Rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded 34 Italian banks on Friday, including heavyweights UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo , citing a reduced ability to roll over their wholesale debt and expected weak profitability. The move foll...

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine's presidential caucuses come at a critical time for Mitt Romney, the one-time Republican front-runner.