General Motors plans to spend $2 billion to convert its Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant into a third U.S. site to build future electric vehicles.

For the first time in nearly 50 years, older workers are facing higher unemployment than midcareer workers, according to a study released Tuesday from the New School.

A Washington state car company says it's set a world record after its newest vehicle reached an average speed of 316 mph (510 kph) along a highway in Nevada.

WASHINGTON — U.S. home construction increased a solid 1.9% in September after having fallen in the previous month, as homebuilding continues as one of the bright spots of the economy.

Intel has agreed to a $9 billion deal to sell most of its memory business to South Korea’s SK Hynix as it moves toward more diverse technologies while shedding a major Chinese factory at a time of deepening trade friction between Washington and Beijing.

LOS ANGELES — Jeff Bridges says he is being treated for lymphoma and his prognosis is good.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Near the end of September, with coronavirus cases falling and more schools and businesses reopening, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration urged restraint, citing a statistical model that predicted a startling 89% increase in virus hospitalizations in the next month.

ARLINGTON, Texas — A World Series like no other opens Tuesday night with Clayton Kershaw’s Los Angeles Dodgers pursuing redemption, Kevin Kiermaier’s Tampa Bay Rays seeking acclaim and Major League Baseball relieved just to reach the championship of the pandemic-delayed season.

King County election officials are predicting voter turnout up to 90% and early indications show record-breaking numbers of ballots being returned.

JUNEAU, Alaska – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake prompted a tsunami warning Monday for a nearly thousand-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast, with waves over 2 feet at the nearest community as the threat subsided.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reported some progress in advance of a Tuesday deadline for reaching a pre-election deal with President Donald Trump on a new coronavirus relief package, but the same core problems bedeviling the effort remain in place despite optimistic talk from the president and his team.

NEW YORK — From the perspective of late-night joke writers, there's really only one person running for president.

Fake reviews on Amazon.com Inc. during the pandemic have reached levels typically seen during the holiday shopping season.

LONDON — Nokia says it has been tapped by NASA to build the first cellular communications network on the moon.

The number of passengers screened in a single day for flights in the U.S. topped one million for the first time since COVID-19 infections began to spike last March.

The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of Americans out of work. But many of those still working are fearful, distressed and stretched thin.

The University of Iowa said it would not pay a demand from eight Black former football players $20 million in compensation for alleged racial discrimination they faced playeingfor the Hawkeyes.

Of all the players in the Seattle Mariners' organization, there isn’t anyone more driven to refine his craft and evolve than former Gonzaga standout pitcher Marco Gonzales.