Bankruptcy

The group says the new company will be led by a majority-female board of directors. The firm had been in turmoil over allegations of sexual harassment and abuse against ex-Chairman Harvey Weinstein.

New York's attorney general filed a civil rights lawsuit against the company two weeks ago, which may have scuttled the deal. Bankruptcy may also hinder plans for a victim compensation fund.

The nation's largest toy retailer filed for bankruptcy in September but said it wants to motivate its top brass to turn around sales in the critical holiday shopping season.

The largest U.S. toy chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Monday. Toys R Us plans to use $3 billion in bankruptcy financing to buy merchandise from vendors and fund operations.

Roughly 300 health care systems around the country have set up medical-legal collaborations to help patients solve legal problems that can affect their health — at little or no cost to the patients.

The territory, which is ineligible for bankruptcy, filed to begin a similar procedure tailor-made for its more than $70 billion debt crisis, which is likely to dwarf Detroit's 2013 Chapter 9 filing.

The island has been struggling with a massive debt burden for nearly two years, and protection from lawsuits are about to expire. An oversight board could initiate a bankruptcy-like process.

The electronics chain closed thousands of stores in 2015 and restructured the remaining business in an attempt to stabilize sales. On Wednesday, the new parent company filed for bankruptcy.

The Affordable Care Act has increased access to doctors and helped reduce medical costs. But poll data show 26 percent of U.S. families are still struggling to pay their health care bills.

It's been one year since the city of Detroit exited the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. New development is erupting downtown, but the city is still walking a financial tightrope.

Tourists love California's Mendocino coast for its redwoods, surf and charm. But the battle to keep the area's only hospital afloat is pitting hospital administrators and doctors against each other.