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Fewer people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, another sign that layoffs remain low and that most Americans enjoy job security.

Consumer advocates are calling out "trickflation" -- the repackaging of goods in taller or fancier containers that are priced higher than previous packages but offer less substance.

A Chinese court sentenced Chinese property tycoon Hui Ka Yan to life in prison for financial crimes linked to the collapse of his Evergrande real estate group, once the world's most heavily indebted developer.

Win or lose, the North Carolina Tar Heels already will be in elite company when they kick off the college football season against Texas Christian University in a game played in Dublin. They will be among a small but growing number of athletic ...

A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling into a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat. Local authorities have dubbed it the "Squidpocalypse of '26."

The longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes has announced his retirement, ending a decades-long career with the military newspaper as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon moves to exert editorial control and eliminate what it asserts are "woke ...

In her first large staff meeting, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promised Wednesday to advocate for the agency while acknowledging that congressionally funded programs lacked staff and employees were feeling burned ...

The federal government has topped $40 trillion in total debt for the first time in history, setting a new record for red ink.

Movie theater chains across the country are wrapping up a summer that generated more than $4.2B in domestic ticket sales, running about 5.7% ahead of the pre-pandemic summer of 2019 and on track to rank among the five biggest summers of all time.

President Trump hosted cryptocurrency executives at the White House on Wednesday, one day after U.S. financial regulators unveiled crypto regulations.