The White House will send only partial food aid payments to 42 million low-income Americans, as the government shutdown crippling public services nears record length, officials told a judge Monday.

Mortgage rates are likely to rise in November, as a December cut from the Federal Reserve has started to seem uncertain.

Similar incidents happened in the past, with authorities suspecting the hole has opened up into a disused mineshaft.

A train buff has spent more than five years building a stunning working miniature railway track - in his own back garden. James Ardin, 36, created the 660-yard line, which circles his three-acre plot ...