The testing organization behind a new college-level African American studies course for high schoolers is hitting back at Florida officials' comments about the Advanced Placement class, accusing the state Education Department of "slander" and spreading misinformation about it for political gain.
Secure 2.0, the new retirement rules that lawmakers passed in late December, includes several provisions that will make the tax-free savings vehicle known as a Roth more accessible and flexible. And, in one instance, it will mandate that some higher-income earners put a portion of their 401(k) savings in a Roth account.
Three airborne objects in North American airspace were shot from the sky by the US military in the span of three days this past weekend at the direction of President Joe Biden. But as Americans confronted an extraordinary series of headlines about those missions, the president offered no explanation -- or reassurance -- to the public over the weekend.
The White House and Senate Democrats have calculated that Speaker Kevin McCarthy won't have enough votes to raise the national borrowing limit and will end up caving to their demands to avoid a first-ever debt default -- with no strings attached or any conditions whatsoever.
Teen girls in the United States experienced record high levels of violence, sadness and suicide risk in recent years, amid "significant" declines in youth health and well-being overall, according to data published Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Six weeks after he experienced a cardiac arrest on the football field, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said he's "doing great" physically but is "still working through things" emotionally.
A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, will make public some parts of a report from a special grand jury that investigated Donald Trump's actions after the 2020 election in the state, but not specific charging recommendations.
US regulators have fined Mars Wrigley, the maker of Snickers and Skittles, after two workers fell into a tank of chocolate at its Pennsylvania factory last June.
This year might be another strike in the "loss column" for Punxsutawney Phil, which isn't much of a surprise, since he's wrong about 60% of the time. He forecast six more weeks of winter, yet it seems spring is already in full bloom across parts of the country where blooms should still be nearly a month away.
After Sarah Oh lost her job as a human rights advisor at Twitter late last year in the first round of layoffs following Elon Musk's chaotic acquisition of the company, she decided to join a friend in building a rival service.
The Internal Revenue Service has good news for millions of taxpayers in 17 states who received a one-time special state payment last year to offset inflation and other negative economic impacts: Those payments won't be subject to federal income tax.
The superintendent of the New Jersey school district where a 14-year-old student took her own life days after a TikTok video showed she was attacked by four other teenagers has resigned, the district announced.
Everyone seems to be in a bit of a debt bind at the moment: The US government has run out of credit to spend, high inflation and interest rates have taken a big bite out of debt-laden tech companies that expected pandemic-era growth to continue and US credit card debt reached nearly $1 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to TransUnion.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has sold its remaining stake in Paytm, India's top digital payment app, as it gradually divests from its Indian investments amid friction between Beijing and New Delhi.
Workers at a Southern California Medieval Times have walked off the job and went on strike before their second performance of the day Saturday, the union confirmed.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission reiterated its warning about the hazards of some popular Baby Trend-brand strollers and sharply criticized the stroller manufacturer for issuing "a clearly inaccurate statement" about the safety of its products and the agency's position on them.
