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US consumers showed signs of fatigue leading up to the longest government shutdown, and their outlook has worsened ever since, sending a note of caution heading into the holiday-shopping season.Retail sales, not adjusted for inflation, rose a tame 0.2% in September...

The Department of Justice is facing new scrutiny over the decision to withhold the Jeffrey Epstein files earlier this year.A federal judge on Monday ordered the DOJ to expedite processing of a Freedom of Information Act request related to...

Top officials at the Federal Reserve have displayed a rare degree of public disagreement over a possible interest rate cut next month.In recent days, sentiment shifted dramatically in favor of an interest rate cut as some influential central bankers...

The 2025 government shutdown drew widespread attention to how many Americans struggle to get enough food. For 43 days, the more than 42 million Americans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits had to find...

A woman in Thailand who was found alive in her coffin at a Buddhist temple was saved from organ donation and cremation because her brother didn't have a death certificate.Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist...

President Donald Trump's senior Africa envoy, Massad Boulos, has rejected criticism that the US's latest proposal to end the Sudan civil war is "biased".The US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been attempting to mediate...

Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire entrepreneur behind the Virgin Group empire, announced on Tuesday that his wife, Joan Templeman, has died at the age of 80.​“Heartbroken to share that Joan, my wife and partner for 50 years, has passed...

A high school football coach who went missing last week is wanted for possession of child sexual abuse material and using a computer to solicit a minor, authorities in Virginia said Tuesday.Travis Turner, 46, of Appalachia, Virginia, has been...