After a two-week hiatus, “Saturday Night Live” returned with a new episode Dec. 6 with host Melissa McCarthy and musical ...

A single-family home in Ithaca that sold for $1.25 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales ...

A Puzzle of Flesh (1996) made history with its bisexual protagonist, Curtis Craig. Paul Morgan Stetler reflects on the game's ...

Here is a look at the life of Dennis Hastert, former Republican speaker of the House. Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison in a hush money case that revealed he was being accused of sexually ...

President Trump has declared that Christmas Eve and Dec. 26 will be federal holidays this year, meaning that federal departments and agencies will be closed. According to an executive order issued ...

President Trump signed an executive order making Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 federal holidays for 2025. The order applies only to departments and agencies of the federal government. Private businesses, banks, ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the closure of all executive departments and agencies of the federal government on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, excusing most federal ...

The latest Consumer Price Index was below what economists had expected and likely reflects what they called distortions caused by the government shutdown. Note: Data for October 2025 is missing ...

Inflation in November fell to 2.7%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday, a positive sign for consumers on its face. However, November’s data was collected later than normal. The released ...

Inflation unexpectedly – and sharply – slowed in November, a seemingly welcome change for Americans weighed down by the persistently high cost of living. However, economists were quick to caution ...

This year marks 40 years since a Council Bluffs man became Iowa's first lottery millionaire. The Iowa Lottery opened for business in August 1985, and it was in November that year when Bill Watson, a ...

Employers across the U.S. added 64,000 jobs in November, beating economists' forecasts, new government data shows, even as new October figures revealed a loss of 105,000 jobs, a sign the labor market ...