The lander launched by Rosetta is busily sending back data from the surface — including the first images ever taken from the surface of a comet.

Tourists wouldn't notice it: Any manipulation of foreign currency exchange rates might add a fraction of a cent in paying for a meal at a Parisian bistro or booking a tour at the Great Wall of China.

Los Angeles County is considering legal action against a Vernon battery recycler accused of threatening the health of nearby residents with its lead and arsenic emissions.

Botox maker Allergan Inc. of Irvine, which has spent six months fighting a hostile takeover attempt by a Canadian company, is in increasingly serious discussions to merge with Irish pharmaceutical firm Actavis.

John Doar, a top Justice Department lawyer during the 1960s who was the face of the federal government during some of the most sensitive conflicts of the civil rights era, escorting the first black student into the University of Mississippi and prosecuting the notorious murders of three civil...

Worried about surging prices charged by private companies to trim Los Angeles'  trees, City Councilman Paul Krekorian wants to see if the city can cap the amount it pays per tree.

Some countries have begun actively encouraging young people to have more children. But are birth rates really too low?