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Hourly workers in 19 states will enjoy a salary bump in their next paycheck, even as economists warn that minimum-wage hikes reduce jobs and add to inflation.

President Trump said construction for his planned Triumphal Arch in Washington is set to begin early in the new year.

A multi-story building under construction in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, collapsed Friday, leaving at least four people believed trapped.

A grandmother and her 5-year-old grandson burned to death in Gaza when their tent caught fire while cooking, as thousands of Palestinians endure colder weather in makeshift housing.

Zohran Mamdani has started off his term as New York City's mayor by rescinding a host of orders by former Mayor Eric Adams, creating task forces on housing and drawing the ire of Israel.

A yellow Labrador out for a walk with his owner in Rhode Island had to be rescued by firefighters on New Year's Day after he wandered onto a thin layer of ice covering a pond and fell through the center.

President Trump made a pit stop at a marble shop while in Florida on Friday, with plans to use the rock for the planned White House State Ballroom.

The top executive of the private company that owns Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus is stepping down as it struggles with debt taken on to buy a rival almost two years ago.

The FBI announced it prevented a potential attack in support of the Islamic State terrorist group on New Year's Eve in North Carolina.

A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum 's first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded.