Ethical questions can be thorny, and the ones regarding conflicts of interest can be the most complicated to answer, especially in a small state like Maine.

For the second week in a row, an unexpected outcome in a trial that attracted intense national coverage has drawn the public’s eyes to U.S. legal procedures.

In the wake of the deaths of 157 brave Canadian soldiers and the wounding of hundreds more, the U.S. Army officially took over Canada’s battle space in Kandahar.

Millions of U.S. manufacturing jobs have been sent overseas by corporations eager to utilize low-paid foreign workers. To resist this betrayal, Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., helped form the bipartisan Buy American Caucus in Congress to require the federal government to purchase American-made products as much as possible.

In a few days, a sleek-winged ship will drop out of the sky after spending nearly two weeks in space. It will glide to a runway — most likely in Florida.

There’s no sugarcoating it: The recent employment report was a disaster, with just 18,000 net jobs created in June. And there’s no reason to think the coming months will be any better.

Tick, tick, tick. Is time running out, or is the Washington political establishment scamming us one more time?

After months of negotiations, movie studios, record labels and five top U.S. Internet service providers have come up with a framework for combating online piracy.

For years, the Humane Society of the United States and United Egg Producers have been adversaries over the treatment of the 280 million egg-laying hens in the United States.