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A Bangladeshi child works in a brick-breaking yard in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The broken bricks are mixed in with concrete. Typically working barefoot and with rough utensils, a child worker earns less than $2 a day.

New Numbers On Child Labor Are Not Encouraging

A report from the U.N.'s International Labour Organization looks at how many children work, what kind of jobs they perform — and how to stop it.

Factory Farms Irritate Ohio Neighbors

In the center of the village of New Holland, Ohio two murals greet passersby. One, a scene of a Dutch windmill overlooking a gray sea pays homage to some…

A user prepares drugs for injection in 2014 in St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Heroin Use Surges, Especially Among Women And Whites

All told, more than half a million Americans used heroin in 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That represents a nearly 150 percent increase since 2007.

Bankia's new repayment plan is geared toward thousands of small investors who were persuaded to convert their savings accounts into bank shares.

Bailed Out In 2012, Spanish Bank Says It Will Repay Investors, With Interest

Bankia says small investors "will quickly and easily recoup 100 percent of their investments plus compensatory interest" — hopefully within 15 days.

Bazileo Hernandez (right) fills out a job application at a motel while searching for jobs in Williston, N.D., in January.

Economy Beats Expectations, Adding 280K New Jobs In May

The Labor Department says the jobless rate increased to 5.5 percent as more Americans who had been sitting on the sidelines begin looking for work.

A computer chip is seen on a newly issued credit card in this photo illustration taken in Encinitas, Calif., this week. In an effort to reduce counterfeit and credit card fraud, more than 200 million payment cards have been issued with embedded computer chips in the U.S., ahead of a Oct. 1 deadline for the switch to such cards, according to the Smart Card Alliance.

3 Things To Know About Those New Credit Cards

Today is the deadline card issuers have given for merchants to be ready to accept the new, more secure, computer-chipped cards. But there's still a long way to go.

COTA Bucks Transit Trend, Sets Expansion Plans For 2011.

At a time when tax-supported agencies are considering deep cuts at the state and federal level, the Central OhioTransit Authority is making more plans to…

Bobbi Maxwell ‘Not Done With Radio’

Bobbi Maxwell, who resigned last month from WRRM-FM after more than 30 years on radio here, says we haven’t heard the last of her. “I’m not done with ra...

In a 30-second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower last year in Spruce Knob, W. Va.

Perseid Meteor Shower Falls Victim To Fake News. Sad!

It seems nothing is safe from fake news this year, not even the annual astronomical event. This year's Perseid show will be at its peak Saturday night into Sunday.

A sailor kisses a woman in New York's Times Square to celebrate the end of World War II. The sailor, identified later as George Mendonsa, has died at 95.

Sailor In Iconic WWII Photo Dies

George Mendonsa claimed to be the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square — a photo that defined the jubilation of Victory Over Japan Day. The two had never met.

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