Prices rose 3.4 percent in April, a slight easing from last month and a positive sign for the Federal Reserve.

A Coast Guard leader told Congress that bridges around the country needed to be assessed to avoid repeating the crash that knocked down the Key Bridge in Baltimore.

President Biden, trailing in polls, is hoping to shake up the race and mitigate political risk. Donald Trump, already lowering expectations for his rival, is eager for onstage clashes.

In their first few weeks of trading, shares of Truth Social’s parent company soared, then crashed, and have recently made a strong recovery. Former President Donald J. Trump’s holding is now worth about $6 billion.

The agreement excludes the populist politician Geert Wilders from becoming prime minister.

Mr. McCourt, a longtime critic of the way tech companies use data, sees acquiring TikTok as a chance to create an “alternative to the current internet.”

In a new study, researchers found universal features of songs across many cultures, suggesting that music evolved in our distant ancestors.

As it cancels events amid criticism of its response to the Israel-Hamas war, PEN America faces questions about when an organization devoted to free speech for all should take sides.

A new portrait of King Charles III is bathed in symbolism.

The states have been major beneficiaries of the Biden administration’s key economic policies, such as spending on infrastructure, manufacturing and clean energy.

The National Labor Relations Board says the management at Lodi unlawfully fought a union drive. If the allegations are upheld, the board could force the company to bargain.

Authoritarianism has moved from the periphery to the center, even the core, of global politics.

Investors seized on the latest inflation report as another sign that interest rates could be cut his year, helping push the S&P 500 past its March record.

Voters are getting a fresh reminder of the ethics and integrity of Donald Trump’s original innermost circle.

While Ukrainian officials and analysts said that a Russian advance across the border appeared to be slowing, President Volodymyr Zelensky canceled his participation in international events.

Preliminary numbers show a nearly 4 percent decrease in deaths from opioids, largely fentanyl, but a rise in deaths from meth and cocaine.

They may “hate the man,” as one put it, but major business players from coast to coast are increasingly on board for a second term after the first one alienated them.

Jonathan Yeo’s painting of King Charles III has prompted both admiration and bemusement, but it’s far from the first royal portrait to divide opinion.

The Consumer Price Index inflation measure accounts for housing costs in a complicated way. There are reasons for it.

And they’re increasingly common. Here’s what to know about the shared risk factors for these diseases.