Another down day for the major market indexes, but not before the S&P 500 set a new intraday record. Earnings season got off to a good start with better-than-expected numbers from Delta and PepsiCo, ...

San Francisco crime statistics compare favorably to other major U.S. cities on the surface, but one expert argues the city's numbers have covered up a problem for over a decade. "Crime is worse than ...

The demographic crisis, a challenge to the economy, also signals a limit to the reach of the government, which has struggled recently to grow the population. By Steven Lee Myers and Alexandra ...