Food stamps are supposed to help improve nutrition for the poor, but a study shows that, just like everyone else, food stamp users buy soda and junk food.

Stocks closed out Friday with minor gains after major banks reported results and retail sales rose in December. Jeanne Yurman reports.

Japanese autoparts maker Takata Corp. will pay a $1b settlement over its handling of faulty airbags. And three executives were charged with criminal wrongdoing, part of an ongoing shift in settlement strategy. Jeanne Yurman reports.

The outbreak in Minas Gerais State in southeastern Brazil appears to have killed at least 10 people, and 133 suspected cases are being investigated.

Nintendo’s latest console can be hooked up to a TV, or thrown in a bag to play on the go.

The vote on a budget blueprint sets Congress on a course to fulfill a Republican promise to rescind the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s signature domestic achievement.