DC regulators reject proposed merger of Exelon, Pepco
Regulators in the District of Columbia rejected the proposed merger of power companies Exelon and Pepco on Tuesday, saying the deal would not benefit ratepayers.
Regulators in the District of Columbia rejected the proposed merger of power companies Exelon and Pepco on Tuesday, saying the deal would not benefit ratepayers.
The leader of one of Britain’s major trade unions has been banned from voting in the Labour Party’s leadership election.
The maker of eggless spread Just Mayo has gotten a warning from regulators: Mayonnaise needs eggs.
Thousands of migrants each day are traveling the same route from Turkey through Greece into Macedonia and north into Europe. Sean Carberry reports.
Thousands of migrants each day are traveling the same route from Turkey through Greece into Macedonia and north into Europe. Sean Carberry reports.
Two giant southeast Asian pythons that were rescued by a long-time snake collector and were turned over to state game wardens are headed to a sanctuary.
China's slump is shaking the world economy, turning a country long seen as a growth engine into a possible threat.
Turkish and U.S. officials have concluded "technical talks" over their cooperation on operations against the Islamic State group, Turkey's foreign minister said Tuesday.
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A fifth-grade teacher at Charles Pinckney Elementary School has been named the 2015 National History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
The controversial charity Kids Company warned ministers that there was a “high risk of arson attacks on government buildings” if the charity were to close, an extraordinary leaked email has revealed.
EDISON, New Jersey, Aug 25 (Reuters) - By the tender age of 22, Jordan Spieth has already accomplished some lifelong goals -- namely winning the Masters and achieving the world number one ranking in golf.
French President Francois Hollande expressed his solidarity with victims' families Tuesday after a police officer and three other people were killed in a shootout at a Gypsy camp in northern France.
Detectives working on Scotland Yard’s Establishment sex abuse inquiry have investigated an alleged nine-strong gang of paedophiles that included former heads of MI5, MI6, and the late ex-Prime Minister Edward Heath, Harvey Proctor claimed.
COLUMBIA — Pharoh Cooper is first-team All-SEC after all — according to the league’s coaches, at least.
CLEMSON — In a surprising announcement Tuesday 11 days before the season opener, Clemson senior defensive tackle D.J. Reader is stepping away from football for an indefinite period of time due to "personal issues."
MADRID (Reuters) - Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Tuesday it had treated a Syrian family with symptoms of exposure to chemical agents from an area where Islamic State fighters have been battling other rebels.
MADRID (Reuters) - Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Tuesday it had treated a Syrian family with symptoms of exposure to chemical agents from an area where Islamic State fighters have been battling other rebels.
Photographers, reporters and camera crews will this weekend stage a de facto boycott of the prime locations at Notting Hill Carnival as news organisations fight back at the “creeping control” of media freedoms at major entertainment and sporting events.
(Reuters) - A draft of the lyrics for Bob Dylan's protest song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" is going up for auction in London next month and is expected to fetch up to 200,000 pounds ($314,000), Sotheby's auction house said on Tuesday.
For eight or nine weeks, we’ve pounded ourselves through altitude training in Switzerland, the heat of Doha and the intensity of Wales, and all for four opening bouts of 80 minutes.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stephen "Steve-O" Glover, a star of the "Jackass" movie franchise who climbed a construction crane in Los Angeles this month to protest the SeaWorld marine mammal parks, has been charged with creating a false emergency with the stunt, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
The chairman of Nigeria's corruption-fighting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is appearing before the Senate to answer accusations that he diverted billions of dollars.
Saudi officials say King Salman will visit the United States early next month for the first time since ascending the throne and will meet with President Barack Obama.
The new "Fear the Walking Dead," which drew the biggest audience for any original series premiere on a cable network, proves that AMC has the flair for spinoffs.