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WASHINGTON—ZIRP. ZLB. ELB. Whatever the acronym, when the U.S. Federal Reserve dropped its policy rate to near zero on Dec. 16, 2008, to counter a full-scale economic crisis, it ushered ...

The family of Kenneka Jenkins, who was found dead in a freezer at a hotel in Rosemont, Illinois, ...

WASHINGTON—With incentives provided by the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, investors are eager to deploy money into opportunity ...

A pickup truck smashed into a horse and buggy near Avon, Minnesota, on Dec. 16, killing two. The ...

REFUGIO, Texas—An illegal alien must travel through at least five counties beyond the U.S.–Mexico border to reach Refugio, ...

WASHINGTON—The United States will be shifting away from aid programs and toward investment in Africa as it aims ...

A federal judge’s surprise move late in the day on Dec. 14 to strike down the Affordable Care ...

New York City reaches an intensity during the holiday season that can be felt by visitors and locals ...

President Donald Trump announced Dec. 16 that he will review the case of a former U.S. Army Green ...

New York State Police are searching for people responsible for tossing two dogs out of a moving vehicle ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The panel investigating the Florida high school massacre recommended 0n Wednesday, Dec. 12,  that teachers who ...

An Indiana teen broke into a school carrying a gun, engaged police in a gunfight, and then apparently ...

HONOLULU—U.S. prosecutors in Hawaii are accusing the owners and officers of a Japanese fishing boat of helping Indonesian ...

The father of a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died while crossing into the United States has “no complaints” ...

DENVER—An official leading the search for a missing Colorado woman urged her fiance to speak with investigators, saying ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla—It started out as a mystery—how did a Fort Lauderdale waitress wind up lying on a ...

PARADISE, Calif.—The remaining residents who fled from the deadliest wildfire in California history were allowed to return to ...

FREDRICKSBURG, Virginia—Authorities said a Virginia man has died in the crash of a single-engine plane. A spokeswoman for ...

NEW YORK—The New York City police commissioner said on Dec. 14, that a more complicated and “chaotic” story ...

SAN FRANCISCO—In a rare step, the California Supreme Court has blocked Gov. Jerry Brown’s attempt to issue a ...

A plot to blast a hole into the Alamance County Detention Center was foiled when the inmate-mastermind accidentally ...

NEW YORK—A 4-month-old boy died on Dec. 15, after he was found unconscious and unresponsive in the lobby ...

Colin Kroll, the founder of Vine and HQ Trivia, was found dead at age 34 of an apparent ...

A group of Los Angeles community colleges abolished “free speech zones” after a student filed a lawsuit because ...

NEW YORK—New York City police were concerned about Pete Davidson after he wrote “I don’t want to be ...

An 84-year-old Army veteran in Florida died after a gangrene infection developed around his genitals, and his family ...

The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois said a story about a 13-month-old baby being abducted over the ...