UK wage growth falls behind inflation even as jobless rate sinks to 42-year low

British pay growth lagged inflation for the first time in two-and-a-half years in early 2017, underscoring the growing Brexit squeeze facing many households, official data showed on Wednesday. Excluding bonuses, earnings rose by 2.1 percent year-on-year, the weakest...

Chelsea Manning Is Expected to Leave Prison

By CHARLIE SAVAGE May 16, 2017 WASHINGTON — Chelsea Manning is expected to walk freely out of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., on Wednesday, bringing to a close one of the most extraordinary criminal cases in American history over the...