Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that if the U.S. job market further strengthens in the coming months or inflation readings accelerate, the Fed might have to raise its benchmark interest rate higher than it now projects.

Washington state lottery officials say a single winning ticket for a $754.6 million Powerball jackpot was sold at a department store in a Seattle suburb.

Crews in Ohio have released toxic chemicals from five cars of a derailed train near the Pennsylvania state line to reduce the threat of an explosion.

Monday was supposed to be a day of modest hope in the U.S.-China relationship.

Officials say a Maryland woman conspired with a neo-Nazi leader in Florida to plan an attack on Baltimore's power grid in an effort to further their racist mission.

A majority of Democrats now think one term is plenty for President Joe Biden, despite his insistence that he plans to seek re-election in 2024.

Stocks slipped again on Wall Street.

Middle seats at many U.S. movie theaters just got more expensive.

Some Jan. 6 defendants who have expressed remorse in court for joining the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol have later struck a different tone or downplayed the deadly riot publicly.

The Chinese balloon drifting high above the U.S. and first revealed over Montana has created a buzz down below among residents — and raised a chorus of alarm from elected officials.

Navy ships are getting fewer steaming hours because of growing maintenance delays and costs, a troubling trend that comes at a time when the U.S. is struggling to keep pace with China's growing fleet.

For nearly a year, the Federal Reserve has been on a mission to cool down the job market to help curb the nation's worst inflation bout in four decades. The job market hasn't been cooperating.

Wall Street's rally hit a wall after a surprisingly strong jobs report fueled worries about inflation and higher interest rates.

U.S. Agriculture officials have proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars.

U.S. wildlife officials have taken the first step to lift federal protections for grizzly bears in the northern Rocky Mountains, which would open the door to future hunting in several states.

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92.

After months of agonizing, the U.S has agreed to send longer-range bombs to Ukraine as it prepares to launch a spring offensive to retake territory Russia captured last year.

A Baltimore grandmother faces criminal charges for failing to secure the gun that her 9-year-old grandson was carrying when he fatally shot a teenage girl last summer, officials announced Thursday.

A lawyer for President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, has asked the Justice Department to investigate close allies of former President Donald Trump and others who accessed and disseminated personal data from a laptop.

Adnan Syed appeared in court Thursday in Maryland, where a three-judge panel considered whether the victim's family experienced improper treatment when a Baltimore court overturned Syed's conviction last year.

The U.S. says it is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days.

House Republicans have voted to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, reaching an agreement on how to address the issue of policing in America after the recent killing of Tyre Nichols.

Wall Street's bang to start the year got even bigger, as tech stocks and a surge for Facebook's parent company led the market higher.

The FBI has searched President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home as part of its investigation into potential high-level mishandling of classified records.