When the topic of central banks and the outlook for interest rates comes up, economists often turn to the so-called "star" variables to help with their predictions. What do we mean by star variables?

Officials in Kyiv say they intend to grow Ukraine's long-range strike threat. LONDON -- December saw a new record number of Ukrainian long-range drones shot down by Russian forces, according to ...

Record heat in parts of the US quickly faded as cold winter temperatures returned just in time for the new year. Some areas across the US experienced their warmest December day on Sunday, including St ...

Tony Vitello was a fish out of water at his first ever Winter Meetings. "I don't know what I'm doing at this thing, to be honest with you," the new San Francisco Giants manager admitted last Tuesday ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... To screen or not to screen is not a question in Denver. To roll and perchance to score, now there’s the appeal. First-year coach David Adelman doesn’t deal ...

There was one thing missing from this medical drama teaser and it has fans absolutely livid. Season 1 of The Pitt hinted at some major cast exits. Is Dr. Frank Langdon (Patrick Ball) returning? We ...

In California’s Central Valley, a small K–8 school district is getting big results. Livingston Union School District in Merced County was recently recognized by the UCLA Center for the Transformation ...

Mayor Eric Adams has named a new head of the NYPD’s independent oversight board — installing a pro-police ally in another attempt to set up political roadblocks for far-left successor Zohran Mamdani, ...

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Fall River police said aparaprofessional employed by a Fall River elementary school was arrested on multiple assault charges. Parking bans ahead of weekend storm Multiple cities and towns in Southern ...

Blending Perumal Murugan’s observational honesty with echoes of K Balachander’s domestic grammar, Angammal becomes a nuanced portrait of pride, gender and generational change led by a superb Kailasam.