LOS ANGELES — A Southern California wildfire carving a path to the sea grew to more than 15 square miles and crews prepared Friday for another bad day of gusting winds and searing … more

WASHINGTON— Making history, America's blacks voted at higher rates than whites in 2012, lifting Democrat Barack Obama to victory amid voter apathy, particularly among young people, new census data … more

NEW YORK — Bye-bye Black Friday. So long Small Business Saturday. Now, it's Cyber Monday's turn. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed online sales spiked on the … more

Arch Coal expects the coal market to improve in the future despite the challenges it faced in the past year. Expected growth in the global steel market driven by global growth, a migration to … more

WASHINGTON — Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to significantly lower Social Security … more

RAWLINS, Wyo. — Jerry Palen grew up in rural Wyoming and in the museums of the West. Each greatly influenced his life and work.Palen saw a lot of rural people while traveling with his father … more