NCAA board endorses plan to shift more power, autonomy to 5 biggest conferences

The NCAA's board of directors took the first step toward shifting power to the five largest football conferences on Thursday, endorsing a 57-page plan that calls for giving 65 of the nation's biggest schools more autonomy in how to fund scholarships, handle health care and decide other increasingly hot-button issues involving their athletes.

Payments volume growth, tax benefit contribute to 26 percent rise in Visa's fiscal 2Q profit

Visa Inc.'s profit jumped 26 percent in its fiscal second quarter from a year earlier as the company benefited from strong growth in payments volume, service revenue and a one-time tax gain.

Ohio woman sentenced to prison after guilty plea to helping to enslave mentally disabled woman

An Ohio woman accused of using ice cream to lure a mentally disabled woman and her child to captivity in a forced-labor case has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison.

Verdict reached in death penalty trial of ex-Hawaii soldier accused of killing daughter

A jury has reached a verdict in the case of a former Hawaii-based soldier accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter.