Gas prices always go down in the fall, but usually not this much.

At 56 percent of the nation’s gas stations, the price of gas is now under $3 per gallon, according to Michael Green, a spokesman for AAA, an auto club federation. AAA collects information on gas prices...

The crime that Americans fear the most is having their credit card information stolen by hackers, according to a new poll.

A Gallup survey published Monday found that 69 percent of U.S. residents worry “frequently” or “occasionally” about computer hackers stealing their credit card information from stores....

Parents used to tell kids never to accept rides from strangers. Now they pay for the privilege.

A new app called Shuddle, already dubbed "the Uber for kids," is designed to provide rides to children who are too young to drive themselves to...

Police may soon start using electronic guns that can track how, when and where the weapons are used, which could lead to greater accountability in investigations of police shootings.

The firearms technology company Yardarm Technologies has developed a new product that can record crucial information about when, where and how...

The bowling alley used by a New York man the night before he was diagnosed with Ebola will reopen Friday, according to the New York Times.

Williamsburg bowling alley The Gutter, shut down on Thursday as a "precautionary measure" while it...

The Uber driver who drove an Ebola-infected man on Wednesday night in New York is not at risk of contracting the disease, and neither is anyone who rode in his car afterwards, according to Uber.

Uber said Thursday on its company blog that it had...

Jan Koum, the billionaire chief executive and co-founder of Facebook-owned WhatsApp, has apologized for behavior that led an ex-girlfriend to get a restraining order against him nearly 20 years ago.

According to the restraining order, which was made public for the first time by Bloomberg News...

In apologizing for remarks he made about women in the workforce, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella also revealed that he needed little or no self-promotion to get his own highly-paid gig.

Nadella raised some eyebrows earlier this month when he said that women...

A California man claimed earlier this year that a nightmare customer-service experience with Comcast caused him to lose his job. Now, he is suing the cable and Internet giant for $1 million.

Conal O'Rourke, 50, filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Jose on Thursday accusing Comcast...

Tipping is a strange, self-defeating phenomenon. The practice as we know it today has come to negate the very reason it exists: What started out as a reward for exceptional service has now become compulsory. "Tipping starts with people wanting to be generous, or to show off, but then it...

The latest sign that the tide is turning in favor of better pay for low-wage workers: Walmart's CEO on Wednesday announced the company's intention eventually to abandon the minimum wage.

Walmart chief executive Douglas McMillon told reporters after an investor conference that the company plans to pay...

A recently launched news site wants to rally millennials to save the planet. But first, it has to find a way to reconcile its mission with the massive corporations that are bankrolling it.

The site, Collectively.org, focuses on uplifting stories about environmental innovation and sustainability. The stories are...

NEW YORK -- When CVS made the decision to stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products in February, it was a pretty radical move. But the company almost went further. CVS also considered scrapping soda and candy, chief executive Larry Merlo revealed on Thursday.

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The other night I was out at the bar when a co-worker asked me how the planning was going for my upcoming wedding. I told him my fiancée and I had been busy: just the night before we'd been up until almost 2 a.m. sealing and stamping over 100 invitations....

Is our obsession with almond milk sucking California dry?

Dunkin' Donuts announced last week that it will start offering almond milk at most of its U.S. locations, just the latest sign that Americans' obsession with the nutty drink is reaching a fever pitch.

The coffee and pastry...

Just because a used car is cheap and seems OK during a test drive doesn't mean it's safe to buy.

Criminals have devised ways to artfully conceal structural damage on used cars, allowing vehicles to be sold for a profit even though they may have been shoddily rebuilt after an...

You don't often hear these words from a CEO.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk publicly admitted Thursday that his company's stock may be overvalued. "I do think people sometimes get carried away with our stock," Musk said in Carson City, Nevada, at a press conference, according to CNBC....

O economista John Kenneth Galbraith disse certa vez que reuniões são indispensáveis quando você não quer fazer nada.

É um sentimento que muitos de nós entendemos. Reuniões são reconhecidas por serem sugadoras de tempo em qualquer tipo de negócio. Em 2012 e 2013, funcionários apontaram “reuniões” como o maior desperdício...

Are Americans losing their appetite for assault weapons?

Not quite. But the gun buying frenzy that began after the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012 and reached a fever pitch during President Barack Obama’s push to ban assault weapons the following year has...

The economist John Kenneth Galbraith once said that meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

That's a sentiment many of us are likely to understand. Meetings are widely recognized across different industries as being a major time suck. In 2012 and 2013, employees named "meetings"