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Pop star Cher alleges she was duped into selling her shares in a small biotechnology company to billionaire entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong “at a fraction” of their real value.

Compared with 1981 and 2001, revenue is down and the debt is way up as a share of GDP.

The media’s go-to think tank trashes GOP reform without evidence.

His four latest nominees highlight his biggest political success.

Obama’s labor board ignored precedent to promote class actions.

The emergency plan depended on generators but diesel was not delivered.

The FCC unveiled its National Broadband Plan in 2010—but couldn’t stick to it.

A state court takes up a case that could set a dangerous precedent.

Sports have always had a political dimension, and commissioners often face difficult decisions.

The board of directors at Equifax is reviewing the actions of Chief Legal Officer John J. Kelley in connection with executives’ sales of stock after the company discovered its data security had been breached.

British Prime Minister Theresa May played down public divisions in her top team over her Brexit plans, as her party gathered for its annual conference in Manchester.

This week’s economic calendar features two unemployment readings that will be closely watched as central bankers in Europe and the U.S. aim to raise interest rates and shrink balance sheets even as they puzzle over weak inflation readings.

President Donald Trump said it was a waste of time for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to negotiate with Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, and that the U.S. will “do what has to be done” with its adversary in Asia.

The Trump administration is considering a plan that would aim to close the Taliban political office in Qatar, a move that triggered an unusual internal protest from State Department officials who said it would undermine U.S. interests in Afghanistan, according to current and former U.S. officials.

As devotees seek to hold outdoor yoga classes featuring baby goats, local officials dust off land-use rules and regulations prohibiting commingling of people and livestock. ‘We’re really trying to offer a service.’

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent speech on securing borders and an anti-immigration party’s success in last week’s German elections show the 2015 crisis continues to cast a shadow over European politics, writes Simon Nixon.

French authorities opened a terror investigation after a man stabbed two women to death around a train station in the center of Marseilles.

Packaged food companies are in trouble, squeezed by changing consumer preferences, more aggressive supermarkets and stagnant prices. More mergers may be on the way.

The Trump administration and Republicans say their plan for tax overhaul will spur economic growth. But history suggests that outcome isn’t assured.

Sporadic clashes erupted between police and Catalan voters as they tried to cast ballots in an independence referendum outlawed by Spain, with authorities dragging people from polling stations and firing rubber pellets at crowds. Hundreds of people were injured, local authorities said.

Voters in the outlawed Catalonian independence referendum clashed with police on Sunday. Pro-independence groups defied the government and opened thousands of polling stations for a ballot on whether Catalonia should break free of Spain. Photo: Edu Bayer/The Wall Street Journal

A 30-year-old man stabbed a police officer and struck four pedestrians with a moving van in the Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta, late Saturday night.

Ahmad Rahimi, accused of setting off bombs in New York City’s Chelsea section and New Jersey, goes on trial in federal court in Manhattan facing charges including use of weapons of mass destruction.

‘PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds,’ from Bluehole Studio Inc. of South Korea, has sold 13 million copies as an early-access version available since March—and it isn’t finished being developed yet.