The federal funds rate is the rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another. While the rates consumers pay to borrow money aren’t directly linked to this rate, shifts affect what you pay for ...

Fall is unpredictable, but kids who love it can always have it with these 4 picks from teacher Caroline Luzzatto.

Hurricane Melissa is grinding across eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest ...

The foundation that oversees preservation efforts at Historic Jamestowne recently received a state grant that will help it ...

The data drought raises risks for the Fed because it is widely expected to keep cutting rates in an effort to shore up growth ...

The Virginia Lottery Board approved a gaming license for a long-planned Norfolk casino project Wednesday. In a series of unanimous votes, board members approved a gaming license application by the ...

Leading off November for arts performances in the Historic Triangle is Opera in Williamsburg’s presentation of Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” in the Kimball Theatre on Nov. 4, 7 and 9.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s decision to shift the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier to South America in his campaign against drug cartels is pulling the ship out of the ...

PARIS (AP) — France’s Senate gave its final approval on Wednesday to a bill defining rape and other sexual assault as any non-consensual sexual act, a move that comes after the landmark drugging and ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Democratic congressional candidate in Illinois has been indicted along with five others over blocking vehicles during protests outside a federal immigration enforcement building in ...

Some cameras swivel, ensuring sweeping views of public squares. Others scan license plates of passing cars, allowing police to track vehicles in real-time. At night, cameras light up across China’s ...

The United States and South Korea are addressing details of $350 billion that would be invested in the American economy.