By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate dipped for the fourth straight week, a good sign for potential home buyers and a real estate market that has been mostly cold since the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates more than a year ago. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate dipped for the fourth straight week, a good sign for potential home buyers and a real estate market that has been mostly cold since the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates more than a year ago. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN The International Monetary Fund warned this week of “vulnerabilities” among so-called non-bank financial institutions, saying global financial stability could hinge on their resilience. The Bank of England called attention to the same issue last month. And global investors surveyed by Bank of America in the middle of the recent banking crisis
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Microsoft used a federal court order to try to cut off cybercriminals’ access to a hacking tool that has been used in nearly 70 ransomware attacks on health organizations in more than 19 countries, the tech giant said Thursday. It’s one of the biggest moves yet by tech firms and hospitals
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director Just a third of Americans say President Joe Biden deserves to be reelected, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as a majority in his party say they would like to see someone else as the Democratic nominee for president next year. The survey fielded throughout the
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Lizzo has officially joined the “Star Wars” galaxy far, far away. The “About Damn Time” singer surprised fans when she appeared in the latest episode of “The Mandalorian” as a noblewoman who becomes fast friends with young Grogu (Baby Yoda to the uninitiated). She cameoed alongside Jack Black, who played her
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN A bipartisan group of congressional leaders has invited South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to speak before a joint session of Congress on April 27 to mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance between the US and the Republic of Korea. The invitation was extended to Yoon by Republican House Speaker
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN A Spanish TV actress has sparked controversy after using a surrogate to fulfill what she says was the final wish of her dead son: to have a child. Ana Obregón announced the birth in a cover story for Hola! magazine published earlier in April, detailing how she used sperm samples from
Continue ReadingBy Miles Montgomery and Tim Darnell Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WANF) — Vice President Kamala Harris will announce a major commitment between two energy companies that will develop more than two million solar panels, the largest such order in U.S. history. According to the White House, Harris will tour a Qcells
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Bob Jordan, who took over as CEO of Southwest Airlines in February 2022, just 10 months before the airline’s epic holiday travel service meltdown, got a 75% pay hike last year. Southwest’s operational meltdown over the Christmas vacation period prompted the cancellation of 16,700 flights between December 21 and 29, ruined
Continue ReadingBy Allegra Goodwin, CNN Britain’s King Charles III has shown his support for research into the British monarchy’s historical ties to transatlantic slavery, the UK’s Guardian newspaper reported Thursday, after it published a document which researchers say shows evidence of a stake in a slave-trading company belonging to King William III. The document, published by
Continue ReadingMore snow is expected in the Cascades with this next system pressing into the Pacific NW. Mt. Bachelor is expecting 4-9″ of fresh snow to fall over the next 48 hours. This will break up by Saturday morning, giving a pretty nice day. Highs will be in the mid 30’s under partly cloudy skies. A
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN Judge Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York, donated $35 in political contributions to Democrats in 2020, including a $15 contribution to the campaign of Trump’s opponent, President Joe Biden. The political donations are undoubtedly small, but they nevertheless
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN Judge Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York, donated $35 in political contributions to Democrats in 2020, including a $15 contribution to the campaign of Trump’s opponent, President Joe Biden. The political donations are undoubtedly small, but they nevertheless raise
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GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… A warm, wet system closing in on the Pacific NW has already brought us some sprinkles, and the chance of more rain will only increase throughout the day. Highs will be in the mid to upper 50’s and southerly winds will pick up to 10-20 mph, with gusts to 25 mph. Windy,
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Brooklyn man charged in the overdose death of actor and producer Michael K. Williams pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug distribution charges. Irvin Cartagena, who also goes by “Green Eyes,” was one of four men charged for being part of a drug trafficking organization that sold deadly fentanyl-laced heroin to Williams.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El actor australiano Hugh Jackman recibió el alta médica de cáncer de piel después de someterse a pruebas para detectar la enfermedad, anunció a través de Instagram. “¡Mis biopsias resultaron negativas!”, dijo el miércoles. “Gracias por todo el amor. ¡Lo siento!”. Jackman, quien interpretó a Wolverine en la franquicia “X-Men”
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has unveiled what it calls the largest community solar effort in U.S. history, enough to power 140,000 homes and businesses in three states. Vice President Kamala Harris announced the agreement Thursday during a visit to a solar panel factory outside Atlanta. The deal calls
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — China respondió a la solicitud de México de frenar los envíos de fentanilo desde China, diciendo que “no existe el llamado tráfico ilegal de fentanilo” entre los dos países, según dijo este jueves la portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de China (MOFA), Mao Ning. Mira el camino que recorre
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Juventus has been given a partial stadium ban for its next home game in the Italian Cup after some of its supporters directed racist chants at Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku. Lukaku was sanctioned with a second yellow card for provoking Juventus fans by holding his finger to his lips as if
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