Lancaster, Texas — People are mourning the loss of Mike Hickmon, a Little League coach who many called a pillar of the Lancaster community.  “They took a great, a great person who wanted to help the community and wanted to better us as people,” friend and fellow coach Heith Mayes said. …

The Walt Disney Co. blew past estimates and added 14.4 million Disney+ streaming subscribers in the latest quarter.  As of July, the streamer had just over 152 million paid subscribers.  In total, Disney streaming services, comprised of Disney+, Hotstar, Hulu and ESPN+, now have more than 221 million subscribers worldwide. …

Two of the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged through a Georgia neighborhood in early 2020 were sentenced to life in prison Monday for federal hate crimes. Travis McMichael, the man responsible for fatally shooting Arbery, and his father, Greg McMichael, had already been …

American employers posted fewer job openings in June as the economy contends with raging inflation and rising interest rates. Job openings fell to a still-high 10.7 million in June from 11.3 million in May, the Labor Department said Tuesday. In its monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, the Labor …

The government and publishing titan Penguin Random House are set to exchange opening salvos in a federal antitrust trial Monday as the Department of Justice seeks to block the biggest U.S. book publisher from absorbing rival Simon & Schuster.  At a time of mega-mergers and flashy high-tech corporate hookups, the …

A U.S. defense contractor and his wife charged with fraudulently living for decades under the stolen identities of two dead infants told family they were going into the witness protection program before abruptly abandoning their house and leaving Texas about 40 years ago, a federal prosecutor said Thursday. At some …

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones repeatedly “lied and attacked the parents of murdered children” when he told his Infowars audience that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax, an attorney for one of the victims’ parents told a Texas jury on Tuesday at the outset of a trial to determine …

As Americans grapple with the stiffest inflation in 40 years, many workers may ponder another milestone today: It’s been exactly 13 years since the last time the U.S. raised the federal minimum wage.  That’s the longest time the baseline wage has stayed flat since the nation first implemented a minimum …

American rock singer Pat Benatar will no longer perform one of her hit songs following a marked rise in gun violence in the U.S. Benatar, who is currently on tour, told USA Today she will not sing “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” in deference to those affected by mass shootings. Released …

President Biden said on Wednesday that U.S. military officials believe it’s “not a good idea” for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Taiwan at the moment. Mr. Biden’s comments in an exchange with reporters came a day after the Chinese Foreign Ministry said it would take “resolute and strong measures” …