Skechers is being acquired for $9 billion and taken private by the investment firm by 3G Capital. The board of Skechers unanimously approved the deal, the companies said Monday.

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for ...

Two people face charges after a double shooting in Gastonia over the weekend. Paramedics took the victims to the hospital. Their injuries were not life-threatening.