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A growing number of volunteers has been delivering gifts to widows and widowers on Valentine's Day

The Commerce Department on Wednesday reports on housing starts for January and the Federal Reserve releases minutes from its most recent policy meeting

Cease production of the penny, let collectors gobble up what’s left of the 1 cent coin, and there will still be one eternally glued to Dale Earnhardt’s old Chevrolet, the luckiest piece of loose change in NASCAR history

The Quaker Oats Co. has recalled 10,000 boxes of pancake mix because it contains milk not declared on the label and could pose a risk of potentially dangerous allergic reactions

Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees

Department of Health and Human Services officials expect most of the agency’s roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired

Department of Health and Human Services officials expected most of the agency’s roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired

The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General says it's launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government’s payment system

The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General says it's launching an audit of the security controls for the federal government’s payment system

U.S. retail sales dropped sharply last month, in part because cold weather kept more Americans indoors and dented sales at car dealers and most other stores