Here's what to know about so-called “circuit breakers" and when they're used to halt trading on stock markets.

The trading curbs go into effect when the S&P 500 crosses certain thresholds during extreme market volatility.

Amid a 5% S&P 500 drop, investors fear a 1987-like crash. Find out why circuit breakers and interventions can prevent a ...

Stocks fell sharply again Thursday, with declines nearing levels that would trigger a marketwide trading halt. These are the ...

Circuit breakers” were implemented after 1987’s Black Monday market crash.

The Thursday selloff has torched more than $2.5 trillion in market value so far, but the stock market is still ways away from a trading halt. The S&P 500 was recently down 4.1%. It would need to fall ...

He might be hearing from some attorneys. A Florida spring breaker found himself behind bars after he allegedly bit off another man’s ear in a beachside St. Paddy’s Day brawl – à la Mike ...

As spring breakers flock to Florida for the annual March and April escape from the cold weather, one of the Sunshine State’s most popular destinations wants hardcore party people to stay away.

The aromas of weed and fruit-scented tobacco wafted above the sea of sweaty spring breakers packed onto the deck at Harpoon Harry’s in Panama City Beach, Florida, Thursday. Tennessee frat boys ...

Spring breakers of all ages are out in full force this weekend, hitting up South Florida beaches. And right with them are police on the ground and in the air as part of a massive crackdown to keep ...

The New Zealand Breakers will enter their next NBL campaign under new ownership. Seven years after taking over, the current ownership group – fronted by former NBA player Matt Walsh and ...