Springfield loses just over an hour of daylight during August. By the end of the month, we lose an average of 2 minutes and ...

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell modestly last week, remaining in the historically low range since the U.S. economy emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications for ...

U.S. wholesale inflation surged unexpectedly last month, signaling that President Donald Trump’s sweeping taxes on imports ...

Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close Thursday, as nations remain deadlocked over ...

Fire crews in Greece, Spain and Portugal raced Thursday to contain wildfires, taking advantage of calmer winds that slowed ...

The once-common practice of going back to school after Labor Day has grown rare in 2025. In fact, some schools have been back ...

The leader of the small Baha’i community in Qatar was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for social media posts that ...

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, he vowed it would provide economic stability to older people while giving the ...

The U.S. State Department approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve security in the ...

A team of mountaineers set off on foot Thursday to recover the body of a Chinese climber from the world’s second-highest peak after bad weather grounded helicopter ...

The move would add another barrier for parents who want to vaccinate healthy children ahead of the respiratory virus season.

Since New York began licensing recreational marijuana stores about three years ago, the state has been using a simple tactic ...