Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump delivers remarks on combatting drug demand and the opioid crisis on October 26, 2017 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the nation’s opioid epidemic a public health emergency, the …

Maybe we’re all just overthinking it when it comes to figuring out where interest rates are headed over the long term. Instead of parsing through data on unemployment, inflation and productivity, rather than scouring for the hidden meaning behind every little turn of a phrase in the post-Fed meeting statements, …

Photo Helen McCrory, right, stars in “Fearless,” a new British conspiracy thriller streaming on Amazon Prime. Credit Gareth Gatrell/Amazon Studios The new Amazon series “Fearless” is a solid, atmospheric but unsurprising exercise in a British perennial: the old-boy’s-club conspiracy thriller, in which an ordinary bloke discovers that the aristocrats and …

The dollar spiked higher versus the euro on Thursday, a move that should boost domestically focused stocks but hurt large multinationals such as Caterpillar, if history is any guide. The euro sank about 1 percent against the dollar after the European Central Bank announced plans to trim its monthly asset …

Christopher Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brian Moynihan, chief executive officer of Bank of America For the year, BofA shares are up more than 26 percent, easily outdistancing the S&P 500’s return of 14.5 percent and the SPDR Bank ETF, which has gained about 5.5 percent. Moynihan also praised …

With Halloween approaching, here are 3 books on the symbols, traditions and lore surrounding the spooky holiday. Photo DEATH MAKES A HOLIDAYA Cultural History of HalloweenBy David J. Skal224 pp. Bloomsbury. (2002) Skal is the author of a number of books on horror movies; in this one, he broadens his …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for travel to Indiana from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, September 27, 2017. A majority of Republicans believe Donald Trump is working harder than any other president since World War II despite the fact he has spent nearly one in …

Photo The choreographer Wayne McGregor at a rehearsal in 2016. He will create his first work for American Ballet Theater, “Afterite,” as part of the company’s spring season. Credit Andrej Uspenski Wayne McGregor will make his choreographic debut at American Ballet Theater next spring with a new setting of Stravinsky’s …

Thursday marks the busiest day for earnings as a number of tech titans report. Alphabet, Amazon, Intel and Microsoft release earnings after the bell Thursday. The four companies combined represent 25 percent of the Nasdaq 100, and have a combined market cap of nearly $2 trillion — and there are …

Pau Barrena | AFP | Getty Images Catalan regional government president Carles Puigdemont attends a regional government meeting at the Generalitat Palace in Barcelona on October 10, 2017. Catalan regional government president Carles Puidgemont has decided not to call a snap election, he announced Thursday. The politician said he had …