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Oil prices rose sharply Monday as disruptions to tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz raised uncertainty about how U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran would affect supply to the world economy.

U.S. stocks fell on Monday as fears of a widening conflict in the Middle East took hold, driving oil prices higher.

The U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory attacks on its neighbors have ignited a regional conflict that has set off alarm bells across the energy industry.

Israel launched a barrage of strikes on Lebanon's capital, Beirut, after the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired missiles across the border early Monday.

The military conflict between the U.S., Israel and Iran is starting to disrupt trade in regional waters.

Iranian state media say the death toll from a strike on a girls' school in the country's south has climbed to 165.

To receive Medicaid health coverage, some adults will soon have to show they are working, volunteering or taking classes. But to gather that proof, many states first will have to spend millions of dollars improving their computer systems.

The Treasury Department has terminated its collective bargaining agreement with unionized workers employed at the Internal Revenue Service, the agency said Friday, in an escalation of President Donald Trump 's push to exert more control over the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is looking to impose a limit on flights out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport for the summer travel season.

Greg Abel paid tribute to his predecessor Warren Buffett while promising in his first shareholder letter that Berkshire Hathaway won't retreat from investing or make significant changes in the way it operates.