RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The largest penalty a polluter has paid North Carolina should change the way one of the country’s biggest chemical companies makes compounds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said appear dangerous even in small amounts, the state’s top environmental ...

U.S. stocks closed lower after a shortened session Friday, bumping the benchmark S&P 500 index into a correction, or drop of 10 percent below its most recent all-time high in September. Energy companies led the market slide as the price of U.S. crude oil tumbled to its lowest level in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It would have been easy to turn on their computers at home over plates of leftover turkey and take advantage of the Black Friday deals most retailers now offer online. But across the country, thousands of shoppers flocked to stores on Thanksgiving or woke up before dawn the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shoppers heading online to purchase holiday gifts will find they’re being charged sales tax at some websites where they weren’t before. The reason: the Supreme Court. A June ruling gave states the go-ahead to require more companies to collect sales tax on online ...

MARSHALL — Who knew volunteering your time on a mission trip could lead to finding a wife, having a family and taking over a business in a new state? When Daniel Burns volunteered for a week in Oaxaca, Mexico, he met Suzie Falconer, a Marshall native. Starting in 2012, she worked at Casa ...

Swanson joins Andrew Suby State Farm Insurance Andrew Suby State Farm welcomes Heidi Swanson to its team. Swanson is licensed in life, health, property, and casualty and has many years of experience in the financial industry and owning a small business. Swanson was born and raised in Tracy ...