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An unforeseen flood of revenue is shrinking federal deficits to the lowest level of President Barack Obama’s tenure, Congress’ nonpartisan budget adviser said Tuesday. But in a report that will fuel both parties in their autumn clash over spending, the ...

Eight people across the U.S. who registered to use Ashley Madison are suing the website for cheaters after hackers released personal and detailed information of millions of users, including financial data and sexual proclivities. The lawsuits were filed between last month ...

Republican senators and the Missouri health department director debated Tuesday whether a Columbia Planned Parenthood met state requirements needed to perform abortions, an issue that has led to questions about whether the agency properly granted the clinic a license in ...

Police in more than 20 North American cities are testing the latest in less-lethal alternatives to bullets — “blunt impact projectiles” that cause suspects excruciating pain but stop short of killing them. Or at least that’s the goal. Police have ...

St. Louis’ governing board is debating whether to raise the city’s minimum wage to $13 by 2020. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen took up the measure during a special meeting Tuesday. Earlier versions that sought to push the minimum ...

President Barack Obama on Monday accused fossil fuel interests and other critics of his energy policies of trying to restrict consumers from accessing solar, wind and other renewable sources in order to protect the status quo. “That’s not the American ...

Americans are less happy with their cars and trucks than at any time in more than a decade, and it’s largely because they’re getting sick of dealing with recalls. The 2015 American Consumer Satisfaction Index, an annual survey that involved ...

For many investors, lessons of the Great Recession are fresh. They survived, and some thrived with patience. They see no reason to panic now. The U.S. stock market took investors for a frenetic ride Monday, triggered by a sell-off in ...

Americans stepped up their purchases of new homes in July, with sales surging in the Northeast. The Commerce Department says new-home sales rose 5.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 507,000, recovering from a slide in purchases ...

A perceived lack of remorse on the part of a utility company spurred on a plaintiff’s attorney during closing arguments in a property damage case that is coming to a close after six weeks of trial in Jackson County. “We’ve ...

The FBI and Jackson County officials have been investigating four cases of guards accused of abusing inmates at the county jail, authorities announced Monday. County Executive Mike Sanders announced the county and FBI investigations at a news conference. Sanders said ...