Initial filings for unemployment benefits in California dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 40, ...

The county grand jury wants the district to give taxpayers more details on the projects its bonds will fund, the costs of ...

Venus gazes in bewilderment at the candles flickering on her mini birthday cake. The partygoers crowd around her in expectant silence, but she doesn't blow them out.

Asian stocks rose early Friday as U.S. Treasury yields eased after a rocky week due to worries in the bond market over ...

Powell said that tariffs have dampened consumer and business sentiment and the government recently reported that the U.S.

The U.S. social safety net would be jolted if the budget bill backed by President Donald Trump and passed Thursday by the House of Representatives becomes law. It would require many low-income ...

If enacted, the legislation could make permanent Trump's 2017 tax cuts, while adding new provisions that could significantly overhaul student borrowing, health savings accounts and car ownership, ...