After the U.S. Department of Labor identified violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, Lyons Group, a network of 15 Boston-area restaurants, and owners Patrick Lyons and Edward Sparks are to pay back $424,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 409 employees.

President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is unfolding as a national experiment with American consumers as the guinea pigs: Who will do a better job getting uninsured people covered, the states or the feds?

When a patient was moved from the intensive care unit to a regular hospital bed, it used to be routine for Dr. Anthony Granato to order 24 hours of heart monitoring, just in case.

Mississippi House Democrats said Monday they're trying to bring pressure on Republicans to revive a Medicaid bill that's blocked in a committee.