Shoppers stepped up their spending in July, particularly at the nation’s auto dealerships. Retail sales rose 0.5% last month, ...

Tropical Storm Erin was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Friday as it approached the northeast Caribbean, prompting ...

President Donald Trump ‘s face-to-face high-stakes summit with President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday could determine ...

Rescuers searched for missing people in a remote village in India-controlled Kashmir on Friday after flash floods caused by ...

When Terrence Dwyer received a knock on his door and a flyer for a solar panel system small enough to fit on his deck, he was quickly sold. Solar systems that plug into regular wall outlets have ...

The nation’s capital challenged President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration stepped up its crackdown ...

Ms. Jay didn’t wait for the authorities to come before packing her tent and carrying what belongings she could across ...

As President Donald Trump attempts to reshape college admissions, he’s promising a new era of fairness, with an emphasis on merit and test scores and a blind eye toward ...

A political standoff in Texas over proposed House maps that could hand Republicans five new seats is poised to enter a new ...

For a 3 1/2-year-old, Elmo sure has sung a lot on “Sesame Street” with some of the best musicians in the world. But it wasn’t ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Terry Cole, as Washington’s ...

Asian are mostly higher after most stocks on Wall Street fell following a disappointing report that said inflation was worse ...