Author: Mike Snider, USA TODAY

National Fried Chicken Day means deals and discounts on chicken sandwiches, wings and other dishes from KFC, Bojangles, Popeyes and more.

Robberies of mail carriers and cases of mail theft are rising, the U.S. Postal Service says. You may want to be careful when you mail your rent check.

About 15,600 vehicles from Ford, Lincoln, BMW and Porsche were recalled last week; 14,452 were Ford Fusion Plug-in Hybrid EVs for a battery issue.

Apple on Friday became the first publicly-traded company to have a market value of $3 trillion or more at the close of Wall Street’s trading day.

Looking for deals over the July 4th holiday weekend? Food joints from Arby’s and Auntie Anne’s to Shake Shack and White Castle have specials.

This July Fourth holiday, a gallon of unleaded gas costs, on average, about $3.50, more than $1 less than a year ago, according to AAA and GasBuddy.

Pepsi worked with the Culinary Institute of America to make a Pepsi-infused ketchup. You can try it at four Major League Baseball parks on July 4.

The newest Oreos are randomly packed and can contain any of 16 different Super Mario character-adorned cookies. Plus they are Double Stuf.

Starting this week, Taco Ball Rewards Members can order Volcano Menu items: Volcano Taco, Double Beef Volcano Burrito and Lava Sauce.