The IRS on Friday said it is boosting the 2023 contribution limits for 401(k)s by a record $2,000 due to the high pace of inflation, which will allow workers to sock away more money in 2023.  Individuals will be able to save up to $22,500 in their 401(k)s next year, …

A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, was found guilty on five counts in a sexual abuse case Thursday in a Los Angeles court. The jury found Dr. James Heaps not guilty on seven of the 21 counts, and were deadlocked on the remaining charges. Heaps, a …

Des Moines, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday proposed sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed that are intended to reduce illnesses from food contamination but could require meat companies to make extensive changes to their operations. Despite decades of efforts to try …

Arizona can move forward with the execution of death row inmate Murray Hooper next month, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The state’s high court granted the motion for a warrant of execution of the 76-year-old.  He will die by lethal injection or gas in an execution scheduled for Nov. …

After an interview showed John Fetterman using a closed captioning device to read questions, the Democrat, who is running for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat, tackled the subject that has been front and center on the campaign trail — his health. “The elephant in the room for a lot of folks …

Eleven people working for one of the nation’s leading turkey producers have been charged with animal cruelty in Pennsylvania after state police said they were caught on video kicking, stomping and beating turkeys at several farms. The workers were responsible for capturing and crating turkeys destined for slaughter, Pennsylvania State …

A bench trial is scheduled to begin Monday for a man accused of sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in separate killings nearly 30 years ago near a metro Phoenix canal system. Bryan Patrick Miller, 49, is charged with two counts each of first-degree murder, kidnapping and attempted sexual …

America’s current economic woes are eliciting comparisons to the 1980s — another era with sky-high inflation, rising interest rates and jittery financial markets, not to mention a taste for heavy eye makeup. But most Americans today are far worse financially than they were three decades ago, according to a new …

The Biden administration’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for millions of Americans will cost the U.S. about $400 billion over 30 years, according to the nonpartisan agency that conducts economic analyses of government policies.  The extension of the pause on debt repayments will cost …

Golden, Colorado — There is little time to waste when someone is experiencing a fentanyl overdose.  In Arapahoe County, Colorado, last December, officers used Narcan to seemingly bring a woman back to life after she took an illegal drug laced with fentanyl.  “It did kill me,” the woman, who requested …