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President Biden has tapped Jerome Powell to serve a second term as chair of the Federal Reserve as the economy faces huge challenges, including surging inflation.

The Supreme Court will hear Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools on Monday to decide if disabled children prevented from having qualified service animals at school can go directly to federal court.

"The whole world is singing in Spanish," says singer Luis Fonsi. How the mainstreaming of reggaeton, the ubiquity of streaming services and some queasy culture clashes gave us the song of the summer.

Many Palestinians are skeptical of President Trump's peacemaking efforts as they try to emerge from Israel's ongoing military campaign in Gaza. But Israeli business leaders like what they hear.

President Trump has been upending the global economy in the name of bringing back American manufacturing jobs. But American manufacturers say they're struggling to fill jobs that already exist.

British bank HSBC has agreed to pay a record fine of $1.9 billion to settle an investigation by U.S. prosecutors. HSBC faced charges of laundering money for Mexican drug cartels and facilitating prohibited transactions with nations like Iran and Cuba. For more, Robert Siegel talks with Jimmy Gurule, law professor at the University of Notre Dame.

The World Series gets underway Friday evening in Toronto between the Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani and Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. are set to shine.

The legacy of the emancipation of Jim and Winnie Shankle spans generations. The true love story among former slaves is shared in a dance performance in the Texas town the couple founded in 1867.

In previous high-profile police shooting cases, prosecutors have not won convictions against the officers. But many in Charleston hope the trial of ex-cop Michael Slager will send a different message.

The Department of Justice on Friday released more than 3 million pages, more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images in its files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.