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What can the federal government do to offset a rash of foreclosures on home loans? The House Financial Services Committee hears the views of the treasury secretary and the Federal Reserve chief on options legislative and regulatory.

The National Bureau of Economic Research says the United States has officially been in a recession since December 2007. A recession is sometimes defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth, but the private group uses a more precise measure.

"I never really think that I'm defining a generation," Beattie says. "What I am doing is talking about individual psychology." Her latest novel is called A Wonderful Stroke of Luck.

Money to build the AcelorMittal Orbit Tower came from Britain's richest man, steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal. At 377 feet high, it's Britai's largest public work of art. The design of the tower has generated a lot of criticism.

In secular Tel Aviv, a religious group sought to pray in a public square with women and men segregated — until secular protestors confronted them.

Israel's war with Hamas is squeezing the country's finances. That's where diaspora bonds come in.

Military servicemembers who took part in the country's nuclear testing program are on the verge of losing federal benefits.

Republican lawmakers in Georgia are advancing a bill that would require police to help identify undocumented immigrants and detain them for deportation.

A star-studded cast appeared with the former presidents and Biden, including Mindy Kaling, Ben Platt and Stephen Colbert hosting the event.

The Justice Department's third-in-command talked about the department's pledge to fight hate crimes, and shared he was close in age to Matthew Shepard, whose death inspired a federal law helping to prosecute people fueled by hate.