Retail sales surged by nearly 2% in October — the biggest gain since March, when many Americans received stimulus checks. Economists expect the buying surge to continue through the holidays, but many retailers are struggling to fill holiday job openings.  Eve Golden can’t find any full-time workers to staff her …

Senator Kyrsten Sinema, one of the two moderate Democrats in the Senate who have raised concerns about the price tag of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, will be at the White House on Monday for the signing of the infrastructure bill, her spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. President Biden is …

Americans living in predominantly Black neighborhoods around the U.S. are twice as likely to dispute a mistake on their credit report than people in mostly White neighborhoods, according to federal regulators. And the prevalence of such errors could be hurting some households whose finances took a hit during the COVID-19 …

Voters in Minneapolis have on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure to dismantle their police department and replace it with a Department of Public Safety, according to the Associated Press.  For eligible voters on Tuesday, the referendum, known as “Question 2”, asked members of the community to amend the city’s charter …

Rapper and business mogul Jay-Z joined Instagram on Tuesday, and has already made history on the platform. Not only did he quickly gain over 1 million followers, he also became the only person Beyoncé follows. Beyoncé, Jay-Z’s wife of 13 years, has a whopping 216 million followers on Instagram. She …

A 34-year-old man attempted to get away from police over the weekend by jumping from the top of a Florida bridge into a river after losing control of a stolen van, authorities said. Aerial footage of the wild chase showed the man plunge into the water as the police closed …

Washington — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday defended himself against claims from Senate Republicans that a memo he issued about violent threats to school board members could have a chilling effect on parents who are seeking to voice their concerns about their children’s education. Garland’s one-page memo, issued October …

One thing U.S. consumers won’t be giving thanks for on Turkey Day this year: the higher cost of food, and just about everything else amid sharply rising inflation.  “When you go to the grocery store and it feels more expensive, that’s because it is,” said Veronica Nigh, senior economist at …

The House of Representatives voted Thursday to find former adviser to President Trump Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He was called to appear before the committee last week but failed to appear. …

COVID-19 New Jersey’s gubernatorial race is shaping up as a key test of how voters will judge Democratic incumbent Phil Murphy’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of his fellow Democratic and Republican colleagues will face similar tests in 2022.  Murphy saw his approval skyrocket early in the pandemic, and …