China's government, strapped for cash after years of enforcing a costly zero-Covid policy, is cutting medical benefits and planning to raise the retirement age, in deeply unpopular moves that are fueling widespread public anger.
A Massachusetts man was indicted on a murder charge Thursday in the disappearance of his wife Ana Walshe, a corporate real estate manager and mother of three who went missing around the start of the year, a district attorney said.
Abby Grossberg, the former Fox News producer who accused the right-wing network of pressuring her into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion defamation case, told NBC News Thursday in her first TV interview that she was "bullied, intimidated and coerced" into protecting the right-wing network to keep her job.
President Vladimir Putin has conceded that Western sanctions designed to starve the Kremlin of funds for its invasion of Ukraine could deal a blow to Russia's economy.
A train hauling ethanol derailed Thursday morning in Raymond, Minnesota, igniting several rail cars and forcing a mandatory evacuation of the city of about 800, officials said.
A group of students at West Texas A&M University have announced a new venue for their charity drag show, which was initially set to take place on campus before it was canceled by the school's president.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday teased future, unspecified action against Disney after the entertainment giant appeared to thwart his attempts at a takeover of its special governing powers.
Ellevest CEO & Co-Founder Sallie Krawcheck tells "Nightcap's" Clare Duffy why remote work at SVB probably wasn't a top reason the bank collapsed. Plus, UNC Chapel Hill Associate Professor Jonathan Jensen explains why footwear companies like Nike & Adidas spend big bucks to court universities and college athletes. And plastic water bottle sales are projected to double by 2030. The National Wildlife Federation's Mustafa Santiago Ali shares a reality check on recycling. To get the day's business headlines sent directly to your inbox, sign up for the Nightcap newsletter.
A bipartisan delegation of Western senators and federal officials will tour key points along the Colorado River next week to see the nation's depleted reservoirs and the basin's vast water infrastructure.
The Biden White House is calling on federal banking regulators to institute a number of changes intended to provide more oversight on large regional banks and reduce the risk of a future banking crisis.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his top lieutenants say they are actively preparing to move a party-line bill to raise the national debt limit if President Joe Biden continues to draw a firm line against talks with House Republicans to avoid the nation's first-ever default.
The Arizona Democratic Party said Thursday it is suing to keep the business-friendly centrist group "No Labels" from being recognized as a political party with the ability to place candidates on the state's ballot.
Spikes in car thefts of certain Hyundai and Kia models, a trend that began in the American midwest and was spread by how-to videos on social media, has reached America's biggest city.
The US economy grew at a slower pace in the fourth quarter than initial estimates as consumer spending continued to trail lower than previously thought.
It is now legal to purchase a pistol without a permit in North Carolina after the state's Republican-led legislature overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
The average annual Wall Street bonus fell to $176,700 last year, a 26% drop from the previous year's average of $240,400, according to estimates released Thursday by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
Silicon Valley Bank's collapse earlier this month dealt a major blow to the wine and crypto firms that entrusted their money with and depended on the lender to stay afloat.