US sportswear traced to factory in China's internment camps

Barbed wire and hundreds of cameras ring a massive compound of more than 30 dormitories, schools, warehouses and workshops in China's far west. Dozens of armed officers and a growling Doberman stand guard outside.

Colin Kroll, co-founder of HQ Trivia, found dead

Colin Kroll, a tech executive who co-founded the HQ Trivia app, has died. He was 35.

New store blends retail and entertainment

CAMP, a new store in Manhattan's Flatiron District is blurring the lines between retail and experience.

J&J hammered by report it knew of asbestos in baby powder

Johnson & Johnson is forcefully denying a media report that it knew for decades about the existence of trace amounts of asbestos in its baby powder.

Virgin Galactic tourism rocket reaches space in test flight

Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California's Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary of space.

Your DNA test kit results could inspire your next vacation

The booming DNA kit business has spawned another business: customized vacations based on the results from your genetic analysis.

Cops use fake Amazon boxes, GPS to track would-be package thieves

The explosion in online shopping has led to porch pirates and stoop surfers swiping holiday packages from unsuspecting residents. The cops in one New Jersey city are trying to catch the thieves with some trickery of their own.

Inspired Organics sunflower butter recalled due to listeria risk

Inspired Organics LLC is voluntarily recalling one lot of its organic sunflower butter after testing showed a risk of listeria contamination.

Amazon executives face angry protesters, council members

New York City Council members grilled Amazon executives about the company's plan to build a secondary headquarters in New York during a contentious hearing Wednesday that was interrupted several times by jeering protesters.

Gov. Cuomo vetoes lottery anonymity bill

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vetoed a measure that would have allowed big lottery jackpot winners in New York to remain anonymous.

Why estate planning is important regardless of your age or wealth

You're never too young or too old, too rich or too poor to start estate planning, according to Jennifer Cona, a managing partner at Genser Cona Elder Law on Long Island.

Amazon council hearings
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The City Council grilled Amazon executives about the deal with New York City and New York State. Protesters rallied outside City Hall as well as inside the council chambers.

Recall issued for some Kotex tampons after complaints they come apart

A voluntary recall has been issued for some Kotex tampons after several complaints that the tampons have come apart during use and even caused some infections. 

California may tax text messages

California state regulators have been working on a plan to charge mobile phone users a text messaging fee intended to fund programs that make phone service accessible to the low-income residents, reports said Tuesday.

"Little League for esports" hopes to organize youth gaming

Christian Pineda plays a lot of video games, but he's best at "Minecraft." Hunched over a laptop in the front row of a half-full movie theater last month, the 13-year-old eagerly showed off why.

If New Jersey legalizes cannabis, some towns will 'opt out'

As New Jersey inches closer to legalizing recreational marijuana use for adults over 21, some towns consider it a half-baked idea and are opting out.

Brands born on the internet embrace physical stores

Online retailers are getting physical. A growing number of brands born on the internet are now opening brick-and-mortar stores and moving into the suburban malls once considered doomed as more Americans shopped online.

Man putting $14.5 million lottery win toward education for others

A Tampa man is a millionaire after he struck the Florida Lottery's $14.5 million dollar jackpot, and he plans to use his windfall to help less fortunate children in his home country.