GOP bucking business priorities on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON — Traditional ties between the business community and the Republican Party are fraying on Capitol Hill, where the House GOP has bucked corporate interests on a series of priorities this year, from immigration to highway funding to trade. ...

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Court: Public union can't make nonmembers pay fees

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector unions Monday, ruling that thousands of home health care workers in Illinois cannot be required to pay fees that help cover a union's costs of collective bargaining. In a 5-4 split along ideological...

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Judge dismisses Zimmerman's lawsuit against NBC

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida judge on Monday dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed by George Zimmerman against NBC and three reporters, saying the former neighborhood watch leader failed to show the network acted with malice. Judge Debra Nelson said the...

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Justices: Can't make employers cover contraception

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that some corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women. The justices' 5-4 decision is the first time that...

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Gas up 2 cents per gallon in Massachusetts

BOSTON — Massachusetts gas prices are the highest they have been approaching the Fourth of July holiday in six years. AAA Southern New England reports Monday that the price of self-serve regular has risen 2 cents per gallon the past week to an average...

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GM won't limit ignition switch crash compensation

WASHINGTON — Kenneth Feinberg is prepared to pay out billions of General Motors' money to victims of crashes in GM small cars — provided they can prove the cars' ignition switches caused the crash. GM links 13 deaths to a defective ignition switch in...

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Global stock markets struggle to make gains

SEOUL, South Korea — World stock markets were subdued on Monday as investors prepared for a busy week of economic news that will give new clues about the strength of the global recovery. In Europe, Britain's FTSE closed down 0.2 percent at 6,743.94...

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Stocks drift in holiday-shortened week

NEW YORK — Stocks flickered between small gains and losses on Monday as investors assessed the latest data on housing. The stock market is set to end June with its seventh straight quarterly gain. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose...

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Stocks drift at start of holiday-shortened week

NEW YORK — Stocks are little changed in midday trading as the market heads for a modest gain for June. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 15 points, or 0.1 percent, to 16,836 as of noon Eastern Time Monday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was...

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Casino revenues included in $36b state budget

BOSTON — Anti-casino activists are calling on lawmakers not to include about $73 million in casino licensing and slot parlor revenues in the state budget they are set to finalize this week. Repeal the Casino Deal chairman John Ribeiro, in a statement...

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