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U.S. President Joe Biden will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Friday and is expected to hail what Washington sees as historic plans by Tokyo for a major military buildup in the face of shared concerns about China.

Global stock markets mostly rose Thursday before data that is widely expected to show another softening of US consumer inflation, giving the Federal Reserve room to slow its interest rate hikes.

Major stock markets mostly dropped Tuesday as warnings that US interest rates would continue to rise and remain elevated for some time offset growing optimism over China's economic reopening after Covid lockdowns.

A man who allegedly tried to rob people at a Mexican restaurant in Houston using a fake gun got shot and killed after a customer opened fire at him.

The U.S. dollar on Monday neared its lowest point in seven months against other major currencies after data suggested the Federal Reserve could slow the pace of its rate hikes, while China reopening its borders boosted riskier currencies.

President Joe Biden said on Thursday the U.S. economy was seeing "really bright spots" after a rough few years, and was headed to a "new plateau," a new term for the stable, slower growth White House officials see ahead.

A 41-year-old Indian-origin man drove his Tesla off a cliff with his two children and wife still inside the car in California, US.

Retail pharmacies in the United States will be permitted to sell abortion pills, health officials said Tuesday.

The euro was on track for its biggest one-day drop since September as German inflation eased in December, while the dollar rose to a two-week high with focus turning to the Federal Reserve's minutes from the December meeting.

US Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was a simple up-or-down vote from realizing his dream of becoming one of the country's top statesmen on Tuesday -- in a cliffhanger worthy of TV drama "House of Cards" that could as easily end with his career in tatters.

World stocks were steady and U.S. stock index futures indicated a lower open on Wall Street on the last trading day of 2022, but equities are on course for a 20% drop over a year marred by high inflation and war in Europe.

A 23-year-old woman has been accused of kicking her baby across the floor after she was caught shoplifting at a Walmart store in New Jersey, US.

Alexandra Eckersley, the adopted daughter of former Major League Baseball player Dennis Eckersley, left her newborn baby out freezing in the cold.

U.S. stock investors could not be more eager to turn the page on 2022, a brutal year dominated by market-punishing Federal Reserve rate hikes designed to tamp down the steepest inflation in 40 years.

An elderly man from Massachusetts, United States, managed to win not one, but six state lotteries and attributed the massive wins to his intuition.

A woman has been charged with two counts of murder after she reportedly tracked down and killed the men, she believed stole her car.

A woman from the US did not hesitate to attack her husband at the South Carolina airport.

U.S President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit the Children's National Hospital in Washington on Friday to meet with pediatric patients, their families and hospital staff, the White House said.

Bankers in New York and London are bracing for year-end bonuses that recruiters estimate are 30% to 50% lower, while some may receive none at all as dealmaking sputters and economic gloom sets takes hold.

European and US stocks traded higher Wednesday and the yen steadied after its biggest daily gain versus the dollar in 24 years following a shock Bank of Japan tweak to monetary policy.

A couple from the US managed to survive a 300-foot fall into a canyon in Southern California.