The Mercury will be interviewing all the candidates in depth, too, and we’ll publish stories that compare their positions on substantive issues. Those will get published closer to Election Day. We’ll ...

Weekly mortgage rates stayed basically unchanged this week. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose one basis point to 6 ...

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that imports from India will face 25 percent tariffs, while also announcing an ...

Tip of the editorial cap in advance to the folks involved in Everybody Counts, an effort to serve local folks in need. That event, which is coming up this weekend, ...

With his steely gaze and bald pate, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has emerged as one of the most powerful and ...

Former world 100m champion Fred Kerley has withdrawn from this week's US Track and Field Championships in Oregon, ruling him ...

Lakyn Huncovsky, 17, had the 4-H grand champion steer, which brought $10,000 at the fair’s premium auction on Monday, possibly the highest number to date in Riley County. Huncovsky is a member of the ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East Wednesday, causing tsunamis that ...

The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged for a fifth consecutive policy meeting Wednesday, defying strong ...

Let me explain, because it has become increasingly clear and increasingly important for you to understand this. And yes, I know the original quote about "wanting to be free" was intended to mean ...

At Johnsonville, recent research with The Harris Poll found that 82% of Americans agree there’s too much outrage in the country and wish we could “turn down the temperature.” The company’s “Keep It ...

The surge of spending on the Pentagon and its primary weapons suppliers won’t necessarily make us safer. It may just enrich military companies while subsidizing overpriced, underperforming weapons ...