California, Washington, DC, and several states in the Northeast have a high cost of living based on goods and services.

View live updates on electoral votes by state for presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump on ABC News. Senate, House, and Governor Election results also available at ABCNews.com ...

The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009. Overall prices have gone up roughly 47% since then.

The most chaotic College Football Playoff selection process in the history of the event -- given it is the first year of the ...

A map has revealed the safest states for Americans to live if another country initiated a nuclear war on the US. An attack ...

Meanwhile, mixed precipitation is forecast Wednesday for more than a dozen states, from Arizona through ... Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at USA TODAY. You can follow him ...

The latest data on the status of renewable energy in the U.S. has revealed which states are producing the most electricity via nuclear power. Data from the Energy Information Administration ...

Betting sites and apps account for the vast majority of legal wagering on sports throughout the United States. While online betting is not new, any website or app outside Nevada that offered sports ...

Golden appeared to have just over 50 percent of the vote after election night, even counting an official "write-in" candidate, but Maine's Secretary of State disagreed after adding in the blank ...

According to a USA TODAY power outage tracker, there were about 396,000 power outages reported across the state of Washington as of 5:30 p.m. ET. There were over 329,000 outages reported in King ...

Lakes are fascinating geographical features, defined as sizable bodies of standing or slowly moving water contained inland.

Forecasters have released new maps showing impacts of the 'bomb cyclone' moving toward the West Coast, revealing which states will endure hurricane-like conditions. The National Weather Service ...