American consumers pulled back their spending to start 2026, extending the slump in retail sales that began late last year. Retail sales fell 0.2% in January following a flat reading in December.

Until recently, a call coming into the Danbury Fire Department meant alarms and tones immediately blasting at high volume — startling the firefighters before they headed out ...

Iran will not participate in the Milan Cortina Paralympics because its only athlete set to compete can’t safely travel to Italy amid the intensifying ...

Rachael Ray isn’t sick. Her marriage is healthy, too. And yes, she’s still on TV. Rumors have swirled around the woman who gave us 30-minute meals since she stepped away from her daily show. But that ...

Maine’s catch of lobsters declined for the fourth straight year, state fishing regulators said Friday, as the industry ...

Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying its campaign targeting the Islamic Republic’s fleet of ...

Yul Moldauer offers no excuses for the 16-month whereabouts suspension he received from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for missing three drug tests in 2024. That didn’t make looking at his ...

American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The ...

Political printing presses at their busiest in decades. Debate organizers limiting participation due to so many candidates. Constant political ads on television and social media.

German media group Axel Springer has agreed to buy the owner of Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper for 575 million pounds ($766 million), the companies announced Friday. The ...

With neither injured Lindsey Vonn nor Mikaela Shiffrin starting a World Cup downhill on Friday, Emma Aicher seized her chance to cut the American superstars’ leads in ...

Midway through Ramadan, Muslims across the United States are striving to maintain the holy month’s traditional mix of prayers ...