WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are considering an income tax surcharge on the wealthy and doubling the standard deduction given to most Americans, with the GOP under pressure to overhaul...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on fraud and corruption charges announced against people associated with college basketball (all times local): 5:35 p.m. A University of Southern California basketball assistant coach charged in a...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes finished barely higher Tuesday after a late slump erased much of an early gain. Technology companies recovered some of the losses they took a day ago, but energy companies and banks slipped. On...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on U.S. policy on North Korea (all times local): 2:35 p.m. President Donald Trump says if the U.S. takes a military option in dealing with the threat from North Korea “it will be...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — New U.S. sanctions will punish eight North Korean banks and 26 bank workers living abroad, the Trump administration announced Tuesday, in the first use of new sanctioning powers granted by President Donald...
Read MoreCLEVELAND (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen acknowledged Tuesday that the Fed is puzzled by the persistence of unusually low inflation and that it might have to adjust the timing of its interest rate policies...
Read MoreLANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan drivers would no longer be required to buy unlimited medical insurance to cover serious crash injuries under legislation that high-ranking supporters proposed Tuesday to significantly reduce the...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Hurricane Maria has devastated Puerto Rico, destroying buildings leaving its more than 3.4 million residents largely without power. Food and drinking water are also difficult to come by, and the recovery will be...
Read MoreLong-term care costs are surging again and the most expensive option — a private nursing home room — may soon top $100,000 per year. Growing labor expenses and sicker patients helped push the median cost of care that includes...
Read MoreCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A passenger train collided with an armored vehicle in southern Sweden Tuesday, injuring the train driver and three Swedish military staff, authorities said. The accident happened near Trosa, south of...
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