State attorneys general are seeking a big tobacco-style multibillion-dollar payout to cover the costs of burgeoning drug epidemics in their states.

Donald Blankenship was sentenced to a year in prison for evading mine-safety rules for his part in the worst U.S. coal industry accident in almost 40 years.

Three Syrian men have been charged with launching high-profile cyber-attacks on U.S. institutions, including one incident that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down by more than 140 points.

BP Plc acted with gross negligence in setting off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a federal judge ruled.

BP Plc acted with gross negligence in setting off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a federal judge ruled.

The National Football League won preliminary approval of a settlement worth at least $675 million resolving ex-players claims that officials failed to warn them about links between concussions and brain injuries.