Gov. Jerry Brown offered this defense of his signing a statewide $15 minimum wage into law: “Economically, minimum wages may ...

A judge has approved a conditional release plan for a Wisconsin woman who nearly killed her classmate years ago to please the ...

Two days of heavy downpours in South Korea have killed at least four people and forced more than 1,300 others to evacuate.

An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of Gaza’s only Catholic church on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding ...

Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a bill that prohibits hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth.

The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in early trading Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 81 points, and the Nasdaq ...

A new study suggests a proposed two-year time limit on federal housing subsidies could affect as many as 1.4 million ...

The city manager’s office said the changes are meant to “align” the commission with state law and maintain “best practices in ...

Consumers picked up their spending in June showing resilience despite anxiety high over tariffs and the U.S. economy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in three months ...

Roughly half of U.S. adults report that Trump’s policies have “done more to hurt” them since his second term began six months ...

Things to do in the garden this week. Flowers: (Salvia canariensis) is the most robust of the ornamental sages. It grows to a height of eight feet with an even wider girth, and may persist in the ...