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American chain restaurants had a tough year and 2019 looks worse
After facing stagnant sales and weak customer traffic in 2018, U.S. restaurants will encounter more headwinds next year, including rising food and wage costs, that may stall profit and hinder...
Wells Fargo reaches $575 million settlement for consumer abuses
Wells Fargo on Friday reached a $575 million settlement with all 50 states and the District of Columbia to resolve allegations it had engaged in various abuses of its customers,...
Trump threatens to close U.S.-Mexico border as shutdown standoff hardens
Donald Trump threatened Friday to close the U.S.-Mexico border as a week-long partial government shutdown appeared likely to stretch into 2019 because of an impasse over funding for the president's...
Numerous school lockdowns are traumatizing kids
Locked behind their green classroom door, MaKenzie Woody and 25 other first-graders huddled in the darkness. She sat on the vinyl tile floor against a far wall, beneath a taped-up...
Under siege in the U.S., toy stores find new life in China
Toys "R" Us outlets are closed in the U.S., but the brand's stores are still a popular destination for Shanghai resident Pan Wei. A 35-year-old manager for an entertainment company,...
Zinkeās departure puts Interior in hands of former oil lobbyist
A former lobbyist who has played a leading, behind-the-scenes role at the Interior Department driving Trump administration policies to expand drilling and strip wildlife protections is poised to take over...
Laura Ingraham taunted David Hogg over college rejections. He just said he got into Harvard.
In mid-December, Harvard's early-entry candidates began logging onto the application status portal to learn whether they'd been accepted to one of the world's most prestigious universities. But for one particularly...
Saturnās rings are halfway to their death
If dinosaurs had possessed telescopes and the will to gaze skyward 100 million years ago, they might have seen a very different Saturn - one without its iconic rings.
Shutdown to stretch until at least Thursday as Senate adjourns with no budget deal
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced Saturday afternoon that the Senate would shutter for legislative business until Thursday, leaving many federal agencies closed until later next week...
Christopher Watts receives love letters while serving life sentence for murdering pregnant wife, two daughters
"Greetings from New York, Chris!" a Brooklyn-based woman wrote to Christopher Watts on Aug. 23, days after he admitted to murdering his pregnant wife and young daughters, loading the bodies...