The annual time change is coming Nov. 1, but Congress is still considering whether Americans should stop changing their clocks twice a year.

The practice of daylight savings time in the U.S. began over a century ago, and it is now an unofficial symbol of winter's approach. Here's what to know.

*The U.S. House has approved legislation that would end the twice-yearly clock change, advancing a proposal that would place most of the country on permanent daylight-saving time if it clears the ...