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Whether you’re new to homeownership, or you’ve been in your home for years, your house probably didn’t come with an owner’s manual. So here are a few tips…

Mexico knows how to fight infectious diseases. Tackling a chronic condition like diabetes is a new — and daunting — challenge.

Stacey Vanek Smith is the co-host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money. She's also a correspondent for Planet Money, where she covers business and economics. In this role, Smith has followed economic stories down the muddy back roads of Oklahoma to buy 100 barrels of oil; she's traveled to Pune, India, to track down the man who pitched the country's dramatic currency devaluation to the prime minister; and she's spoken with a North Korean woman who made a small fortune smuggling artificial sweetener in from China.

The Fed's emergency decision to offer a multibillion-dollar loan to rescue insurance giant AIG is the latest in a week of financial meltdowns that have left just about everyone who doesn't work on Wall Street wondering how safe their savings, investments and insurance policies are.

Israel has carried out air strikes in Iran, killing two top Iranian military leaders. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that U.S. forces were not involved in the attack.

President Trump canceled a meeting to discuss government funding with top Democrats in Congress, leaving no clear path to avoiding a government shutdown next week.

A proposal being launched Thursday could result in boxes that subscribers could buy, not just rent, and that could provide streaming online content alongside traditional cable channels.

CEO Sam Haskell and board chair Lynn Weidner are stepping down under pressure regarding emails that contained crude language disparaging former pageant winners were published by HuffPoston Thursday.

In one of the most densely populated cities on Earth, a gardening cooperative is helping residents rediscover farming — in the sky.

The world's top skier, Bode Miller, has apologized after admitting on 60 Minutes that he has skied in a race while still drunk from the night before. Miller is perhaps the greatest American alpine skier ever and will be one of the most visible U.S. athletes at the upcoming Olympics in Turin, Italy.