U.S. & World

While retailers hope to go big this holiday season, customers may notice that the catalogs arriving in their mailboxes are smaller. Many of the millions of catalogs getting sent to U.S. homes were scaled down to save on postage and paper. Some gift purveyors are sending out postcards. In a sign of the times, the American Catalog Mailers Association...

Southwest Airlines is ending cabin service earlier to reduce the risk of in-flight turbulence injuries. The company says beginning on Dec. 4, flight attendants will start preparing the cabin for landing at an altitude of 18,000 feet instead of 10,000 feet. For passengers, that means returning their seats to an upright position and other pre-landing...

A vehicle carrying World Central Kitchen workers was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, the organization said this morning in a post on X.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he had an “excellent conversation” with Donald Trump in Florida after the president-elect’s threat to impose significant tariffs on two of America’s leading trade partners raised alarms in Ottawa and Mexico City. It’s unclear, as Trudeau headed back to Canada on Saturday, whether the conversation ha...

As temperatures continue to drop across the nation, here’s how you can save a little bit of money this winter season.

Jason Nelson has been playing piano and saxophone at weddings and events full time since 2020. Here’s his best advice for other musicians who want to go pro.

Economists expect the euro to hit parity with the U.S. dollar next year, partly due to tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump may impose.

The first holiday as a newly single person can be anxiety-inducing, especially if your ex attended last year’s festivities. Here’s how to handle it with grace.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah brought hope for normality back to many in southern Lebanon on Friday.

Veteran stage actor Julien Arnold died during a performance of “A Christmas Carol” on Nov. 24 at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was 60.

The U.S. Postal Service has temporarily suspended mail service to Canada amid an ongoing national strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, which represents workers for the country’s primary postal service.

Islamist rebels breached neighborhoods in Syria’s second-largest city of Aleppo and clashed with government military forces after detonating two car bombs Friday.

An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game last month has died, a coroner’s office official said on Friday.

By measuring purchases by how much you will use them, you can make sure you get the most bang for your buck.