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The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday said consumer spending increased 0.1 percent in June, the lowest growth since February....Read More

Senate Democrats on Tuesday penned a letter to President Donald Trump and GOP Senate leadership calling for both parties to work together on tax reform....Read More

Ocean City, Md., police said Tuesday they are investigating the discovery of a body buried in sand on a beach....Read More

A 12-man jailbreak in Alabama over the weekend was aided by peanut butter used to obscure a cell’s identification, authorities said....Read More

Wells Fargo’s community banking division will cut 70 senior executive positions months after facing fines in a fake accounts scandal....Read More

Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in 31 counties but Tropical Storm Emily weakened to tropical depression as it moved east through state....Read More

Two South Carolina energy companies announced Monday they are scraping plans to build a $14 billion nuclear plant near Columbia....Read More

The United States levied new sanctions on Venezuela after a weekend election gave the Maduro regime virtually unlimited powers....Read More

A federal judge on Monday found Joe Arpaio, a former sheriff in Arizona, guilty of ignoring a judge’s order to stop racial profiling in immigration enforcement....Read More

Charter Communications Inc. ended speculation it would acquire Sprint Corp., announcing it would not seek a merger between media companies....Read More