More than five decades after Diane Cusick’s lifeless body was discovered in the parking lot of a mall on New York’s Long Island, authorities have linked her death to the so-called “Torso Killer,” a serial killer already convicted in 11 other killings. The suspect, Richard Cottingham — believed to be …

The Texas Republican Party officially rejected the results of the 2020 presidential election over the weekend, passing a resolution in its platform that falsely blames election fraud in five battleground states for President Joe Biden’s victory over former President Donald Trump. The resolution refers to Mr. Biden as “acting” president. …

WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon is stepping away from his duties while the company investigates him for alleged misconduct, the company announced Friday.  The probe centers on claims that McMahon paid hush money to an employee with whom he allegedly had an affair, the Wall Street Journal first reported.  …

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped back up ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting, where it’s expected to announce another big increase to its main borrowing rate. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate jumped to 5.23% this week from 5.09% last week. A year ago …

Stocks faltered on Thursday as investors await a key government report on the pace of U.S. inflation in May. The S&P 500 fell 98 points, or 2.4%, to close at 4,018, putting it on track for its ninth losing week in the last 10. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled …

Santa Monica, Calif. — In video testimony played for jurors Wednesday at a civil trial, Bill Cosby denies sexually abusing a teenage girl at the Playboy Mansion in the mid-1970s. Asked by an attorney for Judy Huth, who is suing Cosby, whether he had tried to put his hand down …

Two candidates for Michigan governor, including a business consultant willing to spend personal millions, lost their final appeals Friday and will remain off the ballot in the Republican primary, the result of phony petition signatures that left them short of the 15,000 threshold. The state Supreme Court was the last …

Someone turning 65 has nearly a 7-in-10 chance of needing long-term care in the future, but don’t have the savings to manage the cost of assisted living. One way to help pay for it is grabbing a reverse mortgage and using the equity in their mortgage-free home. Here’s how to …

[This story originally aired on February 13, 2021. It was updated on May 21, 2022.] Michelle Troconis has been dubbed “the other woman” in a headline-making story about a Connecticut mother of five, Jennifer Dulos, who vanished and is believed to have been killed by her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos. …

Leave your plastic at home — all you need to make purchases in a new pilot program from Mastercard is your face. To buy something, simply smile or wave at a camera equipped with a biometric reader, according to the company, which touts the advantage of not having to pull …