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Profits at New York Stock Exchange member firms reached $45.9B in the first half of 2026, up 51.3% from a year earlier and above the $45.3B New York City had forecast for the full year. This is all while inflation and card debt stay elevated.

One thing that keeps economists such as me in business is that even the simplest inviolable economic rules are routinely violated by politicians -- and sometimes by confused economists.

A study from consumer advocacy group Clean Label Project has found levels of heavy metals in cat food products from 62 brands as high as 99%.

Eagles co-founder DON HENLEY has emerged as a major financial backer of several Texas Democrats, giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to statewide candidates and to a super PAC supporting U.S. Senate hopeful James Talarico.

Virginia voters will decide on the November ballot whether to safeguard access to abortions and same-sex marriages, as Democrats attempt to insulate the state from a conservative U.S. Supreme Court.

The Trump administration is creating a team of attorneys to represent children who traveled alone to the United States in immigration proceedings, which critics say would deprive them of having lawyers who aren't employed by the government and could ...

Philadelphia 76ers center Ariel Hukporti suffered a season-ending right Achilles tendon tear in Monday night's preseason game against the New York Knicks, the team said Tuesday.

Cristiano Ronaldo is not following Lionel Messi into international retirement just yet.

Now riding a three-game losing streak, there's no relief to be found for Maryland, which heads on the road for the second straight week, this time to No. 5 Ohio State.

Louisiana is the only state where public school student reading and math scores have risen above pre-pandemic levels.