From the Declaration of Independence, to railroads, to the rise of conglomerates: Here are 51 seminal moments in the development of U.S. capitalism.

A City Council committee will begin discussing options in October whether to save, sell or scrap the building.

UAlbany Anthropologist Robert M. Rosenswig's recent paper reevaluates theories of money through the way tally sticks have been used across multiple cultures, including Maya. Credit: Justin Kerr/Justin ...

Governments are overleveraged, households are sitting on a record $18.39 trillion in debt and investors are trading on an inadvisable amount of margin.

Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare an airborne invasion of Taiwan, according to an analysis of leaked Russian documents by a U.K.-based ...

The much-anticipated murder trial of Sarah Hartsfield is underway in Chambers County, with opening statements and witness testimonies set to unfold today.

The need for yet more restrictions on a bumpy stretch of a busy dual-carriageway has been branded an “absolute disgrace”.

Have you ever tried to picture a trillion dollars? Seriously, it’s a number so big it basically breaks your brain. If you had a stack of $100 bills, a billion dollars would be 68 miles high. A ...

Time slows when you take the world on foot. All that’s required of you on a ramble across the countryside is a willingness to walk. The longer the hike, the sooner time falls into step with distance.

With the federal government on the brink of another lapse in funding, here's a look at the 14 shutdowns that have occurred since 1980.

With another US government partial shutdown looming, a look at how often Congress and the White House faced off over budgets since 1976.