Gov. Bill Richardson, who has supported capital punishment, signed legislation to repeal New Mexico's death penalty, calling it the "most difficult decision in my political life."
In a sign of just how pervasive job losses have become, the Labor Department said Thursday that unemployment rose earlier this year in all but one of the 372 metropolitan areas it tracks.
The Treasury Department, trying to stabilize the battered auto industry, will provide up to $5 billion in financing to troubled auto parts suppliers who are linked to Detroit's carmakers, officials said Thursday.
Oil prices hit news highs for the year Thursday after a decision by the Federal Reserve to spend billions snapping up U.S. bonds sent the dollar tumbling.
A private sector group's index of leading economic indicators dropped less than expected in February, but its broad decline of the past 19 months persisted and is unlikely to end until next year.
Nelson Mandela's humble former home reopened to the public Thursday after a painstaking restoration to celebrate the life and preserve the legacy of South Africa's first black president.
President Robert Mugabe and a longtime opposition leader-turned-finance minister made an unusual joint appeal Thursday for $5 billion (€3.66 billion) in international aid to revive Zimbabwe's shattered economy.
Southern Africa will not recognize Madagascar's new leader, an army-backed politician who ousted an elected president, key regional leaders said Thursday.
