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It's never wise to underestimate the power of the American consumer, which has kept America's economy humming through a year and a half of inflation chaos.

Severe storms, including possible strong tornadoes, will sweep across parts of the South and central US Thursday, putting millions of people at risk of damaging winds and large hail.

Starbucks will open more than 400 stores across Asia Pacific in 2023, marking its biggest expansion in the region in five years.

Two Shelby County sheriff's deputies who were at the scene of Tyre Nichols' deadly arrest in Tennessee last month violated department regulations and have been suspended for five days each without pay, according to a news release from the sheriff's office obtained by CNN affiliate WHBQ.

A man who was photographed marching in the violent "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 killed himself last week, according to a coroner's report, just as he was scheduled to face trial on federal drug charges.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety is maintaining a shelter-in-place order to a one-mile perimeter around the hazardous spill of liquid nitric acid on Interstate 10 in Tucson.

Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke publicly for the first time about his plans to fight a subpoena issued in the Justice Department's 2020 election subversion investigation, saying Wednesday that his fight was about " separation of powers" and "defending the prerogatives that I had as president of the Senate."

The jury in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial saw footage Wednesday from a crucial interview he had with state investigators, in which they confronted him for the first time with evidence that contradicted his earlier statements to law enforcement.

The Federal Election Commission is warning embattled Rep. George Santos that he needs to name a campaign treasurer if he plans to continue raising and spending money.

The FBI has conducted two searches at the University of Delaware in connection with the investigation into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN.

The director of a criminal justice advocacy group advising the family of a man who died in police custody says she believes Raleigh Police officers used unnecessary force and violated their own policies when they administered two separate taser stuns within 50 seconds during the attempted arrest.

The 19-year-old White man who killed 10 people in a racist mass shooting at a grocery store in a predominantly Black area of Buffalo last May apologized to the victims' families and was sentenced to life in prison during an emotional court hearing Wednesday.

The federal government will be unable to fully pay its obligations sometime between July and September if Congress doesn't address the debt limit before then, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.

Airbnb shares posted their biggest one-day gain in trading Wednesday after the home rental service posted its first annual profit and forecast a sunny travel outlook in 2023 and an uptick in listings.

It was party time in Missouri on Wednesday as the Chiefs continued their celebrations after Sunday's Super Bowl win with a parade through the streets of Kansas City and a rally where two-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes told the crowd he was planning to see them in the same place next year.

President Joe Biden heads to Maryland on Wednesday trying to keep the focus on Republicans' legislative agenda after capitalizing on a viral moment over the future of Social Security and Medicare at last week's State of the Union.

If ever you've been swept up in a mass layoff, among the many unwelcome tasks on your new to-do list is how and when to tell people you lost your job.

The Justice Department has informed lawyers for at least one witness that it will not bring charges against Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz after a years-long federal sex-trafficking investigation, according to a source familiar with the matter.

President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Internal Revenue Service is expected to be grilled by lawmakers Wednesday over how he intends to oversee the use of $80 billion in new funding coming to the agency over the next decade.

Last fall, Americans knocked out their holiday shopping early, leading to frigid sales during the typically bountiful November and December and triggering speculation that the US consumer was tapped out.