An airplane with at least 51 passengers and crew members crashed Monday in Venezuela, and some of the people on board survived, government officials said.

A growing number of U.S. schools and universities are providing students with iPads, which may usher in a new era for education by transforming paper textbooks into e- textbooks.

Congress returns from its summer break this week for an abbreviated pre-election session as a cascade of poor economic news has put Democrats in peril of losing both chambers.

Bank shares climbed Monday after regulators agreed to require the world's leading banks to boost their capital reserves to help shield them from the shock of another financial crisis.

U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner said Sunday he is willing to go along with President Barack Obama's push to let tax cuts for the wealthy expire.

Austan Goolsbee, newly appointed chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, told ABC News "This Week" unemployment is "going to stay high. This recession is the deepest in our lifetimes, the deepest since 1929.

Hispanics are now the largest ethnic minority in the United States and during the past decade, U.S. Hispanic purchasing power has rapidly increased. This report takes an in depth look at how today's Hispanic Economy is transitioning into an economic power in the U.S. Click here for the executive summary and table of contents!

The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States is expected to grow 41.8 percent in the next six years to 4.3 million, with total revenues surging 39 percent to more than $539 billion, according to new estimates by HispanTelligence. Spurred by growing entrepreneurial trends and affluence among the nation's largest minority population, the increase is expected to come at a robust rate of 8.5 and 8.7 percent, respectfully, over the next couple years.

Growing association gives an edge to young professionals through mentorship, hands-on experience, scholarships and exposure to potential employers.