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Deals promoted as some of the best of the holiday season are expected to keep people across the United States glued to their computers and smartphones as the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon wraps up on Cyber Monday.

President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of former investment manager David Gentile, who was convicted of defrauding investors - the latest in a series of clemency actions Trump has taken in white-collar criminal cases.

"Zootopia 2" had a roaring, record-setting opening at the box office.

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Sunday that retailers enjoyed a "blockbuster" sales weekend after Thanksgiving despite narratives about economic pessimism under President Trump.

Global demand for arms in an increasingly fractious world and an alarmingly depleted U.S. stockpile of long-range weapons are driving a dramatic surge in the American defense industry's production of rockets and missiles.

Swiss voters on Sunday decisively rejected a call to require women to do national service in the military, civil protection teams or other forms, as men must already do.

English phrases once bothered Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro so much that he urged his State of the Union address audience to phase out words like skatepark and fashion.

Despite wider economic uncertainty hovering above this year's holiday season, shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday - spending billions of dollars both in stores and online.

Trump on Saturday once again made his plea for the Supreme Court to rule in favor of his sweeping tariffs.

Chicago sidewalks are host to delivery robots from two companies, and hundreds of residents are so opposed, they've signed a petition to stop them.