These subtle red flags may indicate you need debt assistance before splurging on holiday gifts, experts say.

Home equity can be a handy debt consolidation tool, but using it for this purpose also comes with some risks.

Prosecutors said eight people were detained following searches carried out in Belgium and the Netherlands earlier this month.

The Supreme Court issued its first opinion of the term, a one-line decision dismissing Facebook's appeal.

Authorities are urging a Wisconsin man accused of faking his death and fleeing to Europe to come home to spend the holidays with his wife and three children.

Sen. JD Vance's election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio's U.S. Senate seats.

Mortgage rates should fall next year, experts say, but you may not want to wait. Here's why.

Four Italian soldiers were lightly wounded amid clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.

The man was arrested on an unrelated carjacking warrant and admitted to killing his roommate and her pet.

Bloodshed in the Middle East has been the single biggest cause of the 281 deaths among humanitarians globally this year, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

A rebuke of Iran led by the U.S. and its close allies at the global nuclear watchdog agency has drawn a vow by the Islamic republic to further ramp up uranium enrichment.

The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia was released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore on a popular tourist beach.

Georgia's top health official dismissed all members of a state committee that investigates pregnancy-related maternal deaths after the leak, presumably by a committee member, of information about two such deaths.

Leilani Simon was spared the maximum punishment of life without a chance of parole.

U.S. guns are fueling conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean.

London police said a "loud bang" heard near the U.S. Embassy was a controlled explosion carried out after a suspicious package was discovered.

The federal government put guardrails in place to limit unauthorized plan sign-ups and switches. But the changes could prove to be a burden to consumers.

The death toll has inched up after tourists drank tainted alcohol in the tourist town of Vang Vieng, Laos. Authorities say several people are in custody.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed charges in what could be the nation's first death-resulting criminal case involving a synthetic opioid that is possibly more dangerous than fentanyl.

African Americans make up about 14% of the population, but they represent just 5.2% of doctors nationwide.

A truck driver claims Israeli tanks and an Israeli drone watched as the aid convoy he was with was attacked in Gaza. But Israel's military says it is not responsible for protecting the aid.

Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge was a unanimous pick to win his second American League Most Valuable Player Award in three seasons on Thursday.

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth was with Vice President-elect JD Vance on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

Shohei Ohtani becomes the second player named MVP in both the American and National League.

Incumbent Sen. Bob Casey on Thursday conceded in the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania to Dave McCormick.