Target's quarterly sales fell for the first time in six years as consumers pulled back on home goods, clothing and other discretionary goods. Backlash to Target's Pride Month clothing collection — and the company's response — also hit sales.
The Killers apologized on Tuesday after inviting a Russian drummer on stage during a concert in Shekvetili, Georgia, and telling the booing crowd that he was their "brother."
Ukrainian forces have retaken the village of Urozhaine in the eastern Donetsk region, Kyiv said on Wednesday, after days of punishing battles as part of its counteroffensive against Russia.
US consumers, trapped in a web of conflicting signals on the health of the economy and how it impacts their ability to shop for extras, might be forced to spend less enthusiastically on a key bucket of discretionary spending -- Christmas gifts, according to early forecasts of this year's holiday sales.
When 16-year-old Shreya Nallamothu from Normal, Illinois, scrolled through social media platforms to pass time during the pandemic, she became increasingly frustrated with the number of children she saw featured in family vlogs.
The power of the presidency always lures those seeking reflected glory. And Donald Trump's riotous palace court -- renowned for lax Oval Office walk-in privileges -- was a pageant of characters who might normally have gotten nowhere near a president.
Vice President Kamala Harris had some words of advice for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan last year after Congress passed the Biden administration's sweeping health care, tax, and climate law.
UK inflation eased to a 17-month low in July, official data showed Wednesday, though it also revealed that prices of services, such as haircuts, hotels and restaurants, increased at a faster pace than the previous month.
Portugal's Mais Habitação ("More Housing") law seeks to tackle the country's spiraling housing crisis. But its broad-brush measures threaten the future of hostels, guesthouses and the entire tourist industry, say those affected.
A three-person tribunal has recommended against the firing of a Georgia teacher who is at risk of being terminated after reading a book about gender identity to her fifth grade class, according to the teacher's attorney.
Rural Mingo County, West Virginia, is one of America's poorest counties. Nearly one-third of its residents live below the poverty line, only a third of its population is employed and countless lives have been upended by opioid addiction.
North Korea's first public confirmation that a US soldier crossed into its territory in July has prompted an appeal from his family to treat him humanely, as questions remain about why he entered one of the most hostile countries on Earth at a time of heightened tensions on the peninsula.
Students in Arkansas public high schools enrolled in the controversial Advanced Placement African American Studies course will not be able to receive credit toward graduation, state education officials told districts last week.
Four Australian surfers who were saved after 38 hours at sea have spoken publicly for the first time after their miraculous rescue, thanking those involved in the operation, as the search continues for one more person still missing.