UNSURPRISINGLY, Nigeria performed poorly in the latest global governance index. The country, once touted as the giant of Africa, did not even feature among the top 10 best-governed countries in Africa ...

South Dakota lawmakers approved a balanced $7.5 billion state budget on Thursday at the Capitol, up about $172.2 million, or ...

Bellefonte Area School District got a first look at its preliminary 2026-27 budget this week, offering an early glimpse at potential tax increases for residents. The draft spending plan allows for a ...

BSE Sensex rose 326 pts to 74,533 and Nifty 50 gained 112 pts to 23,114, led by IT stocks, while the rupee fell 1.2% to 93.71/USD amid Iran war concerns.

Major stock indexes closed sharply lower Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that surging oil prices "can cause trouble for inflation expectations" after the central bank held ...

Jerome H. Powell, the chair, said he would stay at the Fed until a successor is in place and a federal investigation is concluded.

Wall Street ended sharply higher on Monday, fueled by gains in AI-related stocks, with Meta Platforms climbing after a report that it is preparing for sweeping layoffs, while oil prices retreated amid ...

President Donald Trump threatened to “blow up” the world’s largest gas field, as Israeli strikes spark Iranian retaliation and fears of further economic shocks. Follow for live updates.

The Harish Rana verdict is a landmark. What it reveals about us is far more important than what it decides.

Key Findings ・Florida records just 152 juvenile larceny-theft arrests per 100,000 population, ranking 44th on the Viral-to-Real Crime Index, 8.7 times lower than Montana’s leading 1,322 per 100,000 ...

Stephen Paul Gale is on trial for the rape of two Framingham store employees in 1989. The case went unsolved for years, until a renewed push to test the evidence for DNA led investigators to Gale, who ...

The Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% last month after gaining 0.2% in January, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the CPI climbing 0.3%.