The veteran newscaster and television personality, will retire next summer, ABC News confirms.

What goes up must come down. This is finally holding true for the resilient Australian dollar that has begun to show weakness.

For many qualified nominees, the post is just not worth the hassle.

What started as a meat ax slashing large chunks of the budget has turned into Swiss cheese.

China's decision to ease a boycott of some $11 billion in Airbus jet orders followed a high-level appeal from the planemaker.

Many lawmakers say the cost would outweigh any savings from reducing uncompensated care.

Police officials said that most of the victims did not have life-threatening injuries, and that three suspects were seen running from the scene.    

U.S. Bond market vigilantes have already forced a de facto policy shift to tighter credit conditions, writes Michael Ivanovitch.

Administration officials said private donations were needed because Congress had provided much less money than President Obama requested to publicize the new law.    

Some of the world's leading hedge funds are pouring money into the Greek banking sector in expectation of huge potential returns. The Financial Times reports.

Opinion: Voters can't be detectives -- they want to know about hidden agendas before they vote.

Opinion: We must replace these across-the-board cuts with a long-term fiscal plan.

The Internal Revenue Service’s special scrutiny went beyond keyword hunts for organizations with “Tea Party” or “patriot” in their names, to a more overtly ideological search.    

A slew of Chinese economic data on Monday will kick off another busy week for Asian markets.

Scientists are studying the DNA of the Del Sontro family for mutations or aberrations, hoping to see if genetics can explain why heart disease strikes apparently healthy people.    

Officials said the aim in a new wave of attacks was not espionage but sabotage, and that the source seemed to be in the Middle East.    

Thomas R. Pickering, who led the State Department’s inquiry into the attack on a diplomatic outpost, said there had been no need to interview the secretary of state.    

The FBI says the shooting appeared to be "street violence" and wasn't linked to terrorism.

The police said they believed that Gerald Tyrone Murphy had killed his girlfriend and her 13-year-old son days ago and had used other children as hostages.    

A wave of proposed and completed mergers between secular and Roman Catholic hospitals prompt concerns in the left-leaning Pacific Northwest.