Washington — The Department of Justice is working to brief lawmakers on potential risks to national security after the discovery of classified documents at the homes of both former President Donald Trump and President Biden, a department official told senators in a letter Saturday. The letter by Assistant Attorney General …

Tipping is encountering its own form of inflation, with consumers commonly facing digital kiosks that ask for tips that start at 18% or 20% and can go as high as 30% — a far cry from the 15% that used to be traditional.  And more types of employees are now …

Attorneys for a Native Hawaiian man who has been imprisoned for more than 20 years for the 1991 sexual assault, kidnapping and murder of a White woman visiting Hawaii will ask a judge Tuesday to dismiss his conviction due to new evidence – including DNA testing – in the case. …

The U.S. Treasury Department could drain emergency resources to cover the federal government’s financial obligations by the beginning of July, potentially setting off an unprecedented fiscal crisis if lawmakers fail to lift the nation’s debt limit, according to a new report from Wells Fargo.  The note, published Thursday by Wells …

A search is ongoing for British actor Julian Sands, who has been missing since last week when he went hiking in a mountain area northeast of Los Angeles, authorities said Wednesday. The 65-year-old Sands was reported missing on the night of Jan. 13 on Mount Baldy, according to the San …

Child remains have been found by investigators in rural Grady County, Oklahoma, amid the ongoing search for Athena Brownfield, as court documents allege the 4-year-old was punched to death on Christmas Day. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) said in a statement it could not confirm the remains, which …

The approximately 10 documents marked classified and discovered at the Penn Biden Center included top-secret material, according to a federal law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. Top secret is the highest of the three basic levels of classification: confidential, secret and top secret. A leak of top secret information …

Inflation subsided in December, reflecting the smallest annual increase since October 2021, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The Consumer Price Index rose at an annual rate of 6.5%, in line with economists’ expectations. Core prices, which exclude energy and food, rose 5.7% from the year before.  On a monthly basis, …

The special grand jury in Atlanta that has been investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia has finished its work. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who was overseeing the panel, issued an order Monday …

A Texas inmate who escaped a police van was caught on video running away from officers and then being apprehended.  Timothy Chappelle was being taken to a different jail by a Smith County Sheriff’s Office detention officer in Tyler, Texas, on Jan. 3, when he kicked out the passenger side …