One of the reasons for the record $1.9 billion jackpot for the Powerball drawing Monday night is something you wouldn't expect — the recent run of steep interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
Questions of propriety about the fifth season of "The Crown" premiering two months after Queen Elizabeth II's death are largely eclipsed by other issues, as the Netflix series reloads with new prestige talent in key roles and old troubles, while feeling more disjointed than unusual. The result is an uneven campaign that reinforces a sense the Emmy-winning series risks extending its reign too long.
Former President Trump went on the attack against a potential opponent, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, at a rally for Dr. Mehmet Oz in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Aaron Carter, a former child pop singer and younger brother of Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter, has died, a source close to the family told CNN. He was 34.
A week after she obliterated the 1500m short-course record, Katie Ledecky broke another -- this time in the 800m as she stormed to victory at the FINA World Cup in Indianapolis.
Last week was a volatile one on Wall Street, with stocks falling after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell dashed the market's dreams of a pivot and suggested that more big rate hikes are likely coming. But Wall Street is still turning its hopes to Washington.
On the day of the Uvalde massacre, fourth graders Khloie Torres and Miah Cerrillo, surrounded by the bodies of classmates and their teacher at Robb Elementary School, whispered but managed to speak clearly and politely to a 911 operator.
Joaquin Ciria knows firsthand the power of the so-called progressive prosecutor movement, which seeks to make the US criminal legal system less harsh and more ethical.
Authorities are seeking multiple individuals suspected of firing into a crowd outside a Philadelphia bar Saturday night, wounding at least nine people, according to police.
As global leaders converge in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the UN's annual climate summit, researchers, advocates and the United Nations itself are warning the world is still wildly off-track on its goal to halt global warming and prevent the worst consequences of the climate crisis.
