Is there a circuit breaker in your home that keeps tripping? It may need to be replaced. Fortunately, testing and replacing a breaker is something you can do.

State lawmakers have proposed a circuit breaker that would offer help homeowners who have seen their tax bills spike by more than 25%.

The US stock market had a choppy first hour on Thursday with Dow Jones falling as much as 2,150 points, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq down between 6.5% to 7%.

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

Japan, Taiwan Markets Hit Circuit Breaker As Trump Tariffs Deepen Panic The last time a circuit breaker was triggered by a stock selloff was in March 2020, during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some critics of the circuit breakers say they do not really decrease panic, he said, adding that it's "fairly difficult to study how effective they are because of how infrequently they are triggered." ...

Watch this level for a circuit-breaker to be triggered. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto The market sell-off tied to President Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs entered a second day on April 4.

Circuit breakers were built into the fabric of the stock market to mitigate panics The market sell-off tied to President Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs entered a second day on April 4. After the S&P ...

Most places you live in today will manage their electrical power via circuit breakers, though fuse boxes predated that technology in the early 20th century.

A circuit breaker will be triggered if the S&P 500 falls 7%, 13% or 20%. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto Traders woke up to a sharply lower stock market on Monday morning and a spike in volatility.