Long before crowded shopping malls and overnight deliveries became the norm, everyday commerce in America moved at a much slower, more intimate pace.
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Women in America’s boardrooms made strides in the face of historic pushback in 2020. Then came the backlash against diversity initiatives.
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Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer. It is also a time when scammers take advantage of increased online activity and consumer spending.
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The soaring cost of gasoline is reshaping everyday decisions and inspiring creative workarounds in households across the country.
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T-shirts, baseball caps, cutting boards and more: Companies leaned into the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States with a variety of merchandise.
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School districts from Yakima, Washington, to Waco, Texas, are tapping emergency funding reserves to keep buses running.
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He will take the leadership baton from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, whose term ends Friday but who will remain on the Fed board.
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The phone was supposed to launch in August 2025 but has seen delays after the Trump Mobile company realized large-scale smartphone manufacturing would not be feasible in the U.S.
The Trump administration still has other avenues to implement the import taxes that are a cornerstone of the president's economic policy.
Small businesses argued the new tariffs were an attempt to sidestep a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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U.S. flagmakers say half the star-spangled banners sold in this country are made in China, so the manufacturers are urging the Trump administration to impose new tariffs on imports.
The national taxpayer advocate estimates that tens of millions of taxpayers may have been affected.
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Smith Mountain Lake saw very few boaters over the usually bustling holiday weekend. Wet weather and low lake levels kept most boats docked and off the water.
Rocky Mount's Bald Knob Area Preserve unveiled a public access area on Friday. Visitors can now see the unique environment with large stone features and an extremely rare flower seen almost nowhere else.
Riverbend baseball goes back to back; Guys & Dolls onstage
A man from Cana with a criminal record is being actively sought by multiple agencies after fatally shooting a Carroll County sheriff's deputy and injuring another during a welfare check.
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Four of those who died were in an Acura that caught on fire. The occupants included a 45-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, a 13-year-old girl, and a seven-year-old boy from Greenfield, Mass.
There will be plenty of celestial events this June, from planetary conjunctions and the summer solstice to a micro full Strawberry Moon.
NASA and Blue Origin had high hopes that the company's towering rocket would be able to jump-start the agency's plans for a moon base in 2026. Then it exploded.
"Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it," U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper wrote.
The Justice Department announced the creation of an "Anti-Weaponization Fund" last week as part of an agreement to settle Trump's lawsuit against the IRS.
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Buying things takes less time these days — you can have your week’s groceries, a new outfit and a used car headed to your front door in a matter of hours, thanks to technology. But this convenience comes with a price. New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals fewer people are shopping on...
Now that grocery inflation seems to have eased, retailers are clamoring to offer more and better discounts that will get shoppers back to their stores this summer. With an announcement Wednesday, Walgreens joined a growing list of national brands, which also includes Target and Amazon Fresh, that are touting price cuts on an array of...
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Lawrence Toler’s family says the 39-year-old died in custody after months of medical issues tied to a 2024 police shooting.
A Franklin County man was sentenced to three active years in prison in connection with a 2024 crash that killed a Martinsville man and seriously injured two children.
Rocky Mount police executed search warrants at three vape shops on Thursday for potentially selling products exceeding legal THC limits.
Kipps Elementary Principal Mark Crummey was among 17 men arrested at a Christiansburg hotel last week.
Talk that the General Assembly might use a stalled state budget to enact vetoed ideas would be an abuse of the Virginia way, Gov. Abigail Spanberger said Tuesday.
Greene County has accepted a six-figure sum from the Department of Homeland Security, even as questions remain about an immigrant roundup there just weeks ago.
The Trump DOJ's decision to suggest Unite the Right was a false flag operation has left those on both sides of the violence in 2017 with questions.
Virginia has less than six weeks to adopt a new, two-year state budget, but the members of the General Assembly appointed to negotiate an agreement haven't met as a group since March 6.