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Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians turned out in cities across the country in mass demonstrations Thursday night. Despite government pledges to reverse fare hikes for subway and bus rides, public anger is only rising.

In the 1910s, there was no sure winner among the three types of technology, says Susan Randolph, head of the Marshall Steam Museum in Delaware. Choosing a car often came down to how it started up.

Senate Democrats are calling for the chamber to re-vote on a bipartisan border bill to send a message about border priorities in the election.

Several hundred protests will begin Friday in cities across the country, as activists rail against the Obama administration's efforts to temporarily house migrant children detained at the border.

"Steam loops" under hundreds of U.S. cities and universities have warmed buildings for a century. Now they could become a climate change solution.

More than two dozen high schoolers in central Indiana are committing to a new two- to three-year paid apprenticeship program called the Modern…

The country's GDP growth is slowing as banks cut back on credit and the Federal Reserve tries to crack down on inflation.

Forecasters expect today's jobs report to show an uptick in hiring last month, after a disappointing January. The report comes as Congress is weighing another $1.9 trillion in economic aid.

The economy added far fewer jobs than expected in February, a slowdown from much stronger gains in December and January. But the jobless rate fell to 3.8 percent, and earnings growth picked up.

Earlier this week, China insisted that the people of Hong Kong would not be allowed to nominate candidates for the territory's next leader. Occupy Central, a local democracy movement, is threatening to shut down the city's financial district in protest — but organizers acknowledge that only 3,000 people have signed pledges to participate.