Ross says he is puzzled by the challenges federal workers are facing after more than a month with no pay. He told CNBC that workers could just borrow money to tide them over.

Zephen Allen Xaver, 21, has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder after allegedly killing five women inside a bank in Sebring, Fla., on Wednesday.

In a White House meeting with patients and doctors, President Trump directed his health secretary, Alex Azar, and labor secretary, Alex Acosta, to work on a solution for unexpected bills.

Alex, played by Louis Ashbourne Serkis, is a spirited 12-year-old with a love for Arthurian lore. The movie has an affectionately retro vibe, but it’s also very much in tune with its moment.

An annual report from the U.N. humanitarian agency looks at the challenges ahead.

Neither of the bills are considered likely to pass, but they mark the first time the Senate has taken action on the issue this session.

The company announced the news in a memo to staffers. The layoffs, which are expected to mean over 200 lost jobs, come at a tumultuous time — for BuzzFeed and the online media industry.

Part thriller, part noir, and part tropical gothic, Morris Collins’ debut novel follows a New York photographer on a dangerous and increasingly surreal journey through Central America.

As a child on a New York farm, Eben Bayer helped his dad shovel wood chips in the barn. That’s where he noticed a stretchy web of fungus that became the basis of his biodegradable packing material.

The Vampire Weekend frontman shares “2021” and “Harmony Hall” from FOTB, the band’s highly anticipated new album.

Over 10,000 immigrant children are in U.S. custody. In the past year, lawyers say at least 170 willing sponsors were arrested and put in deportation proceedings after coming forward for the child.

Microsoft says its search engine is no longer accessible in China. The country is known for blocking electronic access to information deemed harmful to the state.

The Trump administration has inspired a new activism on the part of liberal religious groups. Like the Moral Majority of the 1980s, they fear an assault on their most basic Christian values.

Whether it’s lowering interest rates or stimulus spending, many of the tools the federal government uses to fight a downturn are already stretched.

A woman’s health issues related to pregnancy don’t always end at the baby’s birth. Scientists say complications from childbirth, such as hypertension or diabetes, increase her risk of heart disease.

Officials haven’t said what the grand jury is investigating. Hashemi hasn’t been accused of any crime. She was held as a material witness and now has been released from further grand jury obligations.

James Jackson admitted he was driven by a plan to murder scores of black men to spark a nationwide race war. It’s New York state’s first conviction of first-degree murder as an act of terrorism.

The utility company is trying to convince a federal judge to modify a wide-ranging proposal to mitigate wildfire risk. PG&E is also seeking bankruptcy protection.

The government shutdown has led the budget of federal court systems to run dry, causing disruptions to the pursuit of justice. Court officials fear that things could get worse in coming weeks.

Police say they responded to a 911 call from someone who said he had opened fire in a SunTrust bank in Sebring, Fla., on Wednesday afternoon. The suspect is a former trainee prison guard.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the committee’s chairman, said the White House appeared “to have disregarded established procedures for safeguarding classified information” — and he wants to know more.

The Lithuanian-born director, poet, archivist and critic, who died Wednesday, not only made dozens of experimental films — he helped carve a place for countless other filmmakers to do the same.

The Death Certificate Project aims to weed out doctors who are overprescribing opioids, but some physicians say the investigations are having a chilling effect on the legitimate treatment of pain.

President Trump promised to find an alternative setting for his State of the Union speech after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared the House chamber off limits during the partial government shutdown.

President Trump recognized Juan Guaidó over Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela’s president as protesters flooded the streets. Maduro said U.S. diplomats have 72 hours to leave.

Nathan Sutherland, 36, a licensed practical nurse who police say worked at the Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix, has been charged with sexual assault and vulnerable adult abuse.

Thousands of coal miners across Appalachia are grappling with complicated black lung, a disease that has drastically changed their lives, their communities and their families.

The African nation is one of the poorest in the world. But it’s driving out some aid groups that are offering help.

Friends say they’re worried for the safety of the Chinese-Australian writer and former diplomat whose push for political change earned him the nickname “the democracy peddler.”

After more than a year of negotiating with the school district, Denver teachers could begin a strike as soon as Jan. 28. It would be the city’s first teacher strike in almost 25 years.

The grim news was expected as the number of open homicide cases continued to climb month after month, making the last 12 months the deadliest on record — an average of 91 deaths per day.