Walmart plans to close half its stores in Chicago, a reversal of the retail giant's high-profile commitment in 2020 to expand in the city as part of its corporate racial justice initiative in the wake of George Floyd's murder by police.
To those who knew former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's one-time chief of staff, Roy McGrath was fastidious to a fault. He was task-oriented and straight-laced, a career public servant and political operator who was quirky and deeply concerned about his image.
Opinion columnist Jill Filipovic had a rare experience: a pleasent flight. She reflects on what air travel could be if airlines and the government put in a little effort.
British fashion designer Mary Quant, credited with turning the miniskirt into a worldwide phenomenon, has died age 93, her family announced in a statement via the PA news agency.
US inflation at the wholesale level continued its downward slide in March with annualized price increases sinking dramatically to 2.7% from an upwardly revised 4.9%, according to the Producer Price Index released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Spanish police are investigating four people for fraud after they allegedly tried to sell forged paintings for more than €76 million ($84 million), falsely claiming they were works by the masters Velazquez and Goya, according to authorities.
A few days after French President Emmanuel Macron met with Xi Jinping in Beijing, another world leader was boarding a plane to try his luck with the Chinese leader -- Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He'd better tread carefully, writes Frida Ghitis.
It's watched by more than 500 million people from 140 different countries, but the Grand National remains one of the most controversial horse races in the world.
TV viewers tuning into watch the Chicago Bulls' game against the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night were probably wondering what that loud shrieking sound was whenever the home team stepped up to take a free throw.
Jeremy Grantham made his name predicting the dot-com crash in 2000 and the financial crisis in 2008. Now, the famous investor warns another epic bubble in financial markets is bursting — and the turmoil that swept through the banking sector last month is just the beginning.
Sea levels on China's coastline have hit their highest on record for the second year in a row, rising more quickly than the global average and posing a serious threat to coastal cities such as the financial hub of Shanghai.
President Joe Biden is spending much of his trip to Ireland this week exploring his family's roots, from the shoemaker who sailed from Newry in 1849 in search of a better life in America to the brick-seller in Ballina who sold 28,000 bricks to pay for his own family's passage to the US.
The Biden administration will announce nearly $300 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to repair and replace bridges across eight states and the District of Columbia Thursday, closing out its three week "Invest in America" tour highlighting legislative achievements under President Joe Biden.