SAN DIEGO — A police pursuit ended in a long standoff on Interstate 5 in the Carmel Valley area Monday, forcing authorities to shut down the freeway in both directions on one of the busiest travel ...

On August 1, Fitch, one of the three major credit rating agencies, downgraded the U.S. credit rating amid yet another debt-limit standoff, removing the U.S. government from the list of risk-free ...