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Short sellers get a bad rap. Sometimes with good reason. But overall, they're an inevitable and useful part of a healthy financial system.

Thousands of migrants traveling in a group deny President Trump's claims that terrorists are traveling with them. The group says it is fleeing crime and poverty in the hopes of finding a better life.

In response to the migrant caravan, President Trump has threatened to reduce aid to Central American countries and to seal the southern border, things that may not be solely in his power to do.

Furious about a migrant caravan, President Trump has threatened to cut aid to countries that allowed their citizens to head north. But some members of Congress say cutting aid won't help.

Prime Minister Theresa May has been defending her Brexit strategy in Parliament — amid unusually vehement attacks on her in the press, which have been sourced to members of her own party.

Timisha Barnes-Jones, principal of West Charlotte High School, was named 2018 principal of the year for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district in a…

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's intellectually hefty debut works through ideas about racism, about classism and capitalism, about the apocalypse, and, most of all, about the corrosive power of belief.

North Carolina community colleges have received $1.8 million in federal funding from a program geared to help complete their coursework and training, Gov.…

Rep. Tom MacArthur ran for Congress vowing to repeal Obamacare and cut taxes. After following through on both promises, he's on the defense for his role amid voter backlash about the economic impact.

Eight of the top 10 states with the highest suicide rates are in the Mountain West. Grand Junction, Colo., has launched an ambitious effort starting in the schools to try to address the problem.

Warehouse jobs are growing even faster than the rest of the booming labor market. Are they good jobs?

A Japanese journalist kidnapped in Syria in 2015 has been released. Jumpei Yasuda was released to Turkish officials near the border with Syria.

Helen Reddy's 1972 single captured the spirit of second-wave feminism. Today, its echoes still sound in American culture — including a version that arrived just in time for #MeToo.

After a delay of more than a year, the prestigious competition — exclusively for performers under 30 years old — will return to its roots with two events in Washington, D.C. this December.

You don't have to be a cat lover to enjoy Hiro Arikawa's novel about a man and his cat, traveling across Japan to visit old friends. And you may find yourself tearing up by the end.

Nearly 150 voters in southeastern North Carolina will be invited to cast their ballots a second time after a poll worker's mistake meant they were given…

It’s the time of year when we cook more than usual, and that leads to leftovers. Some people enjoy nibbling their way through morsels of yesterday’s meat,…

Sales of new U.S. homes fell 5.5 percent in September, marking a new two-year low and the fourth consecutive monthly drop. The changes suggest that the housing market is weakening.

Law enforcement is investigating a series of suspicious packages delivered to the Obamas, the Clintons, and other leading democrats. No one has been injured by the what appear to be pipe bombs.

It's been a year since U.S. forces and Syrian fighters forced ISIS from Raqqa. But the Syrian city still has large swaths of destruction, and people are growing resentful.