By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US mortgage rates rose for the third week in a row but stayed just under the 7% threshold. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.96% in the week ending August 10, up from 6.90% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A year ago,
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By LEVAN REID Click here for updates on this story HOPKINTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — There’s a unique mural in Hopkinton that’s highlighting diversity. After George Floyd’s murder in Minnesota in 2020, Ilana Casady, the chair of the Hopkinton Cultural Council, wanted to find a way to bring people together. So, she invited artists to create
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Spain edged past the Netherlands after extra time in a 2-1 win on Friday in Wellington, New Zealand to reach its first Women’s World Cup semifinals. Mariona Caldentey’s penalty after a VAR-reviewed handball decision looked to have won the match for Spain with just nine minutes remaining, but Stefanie
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Virgin Galactic, la empresa de turismo espacial fundada por el multimillonario británico Richard Branson, lanzó por fin a sus primeros turistas espaciales al borde del cosmos, un paso importante para cumplir décadas de promesas. El cohete espacial de la empresa, VSS Unity, despegó de un puerto espacial de Nuevo México
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is asking Congress to provide more than $13 billion in emergency defense aid to Ukraine and an additional $8 billion for humanitarian support through the end of the year. It’s another massive infusion of cash as the Russian invasion wears on
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed for peace after opposition lawmakers had called for a no-confidence vote, accusing him of staying silent as a northeastern state governed by his party convulsed in months of ethnic violence. Modi raised the conflict in Manipur
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Phil Mickelson has wagered more than $1 billion over the last three decades and wanted to place a $400,000 bet on the 2012 Ryder Cup while playing for Team USA, according to a much-anticipated book by renowned gambler Billy Walters. Mickelson denied ever betting on the Ryder Cup. “While
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story August 10, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — The George R. Brown Convention Center came alive with excitement and anticipation this past Saturday, August 5th, for the 13th Annual Mayor’s Back 2 School Fest. This much-awaited event, sponsored by the renowned Shell and masterfully orchestrated
Continue ReadingBy Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story August 10, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — Over 21 million Americans are grappling with clinical depression, and among them is Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. In an open letter to Harris County residents, she revealed her diagnosis and her decision to take a leave of
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Valadez Click here for updates on this story August 10, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — Today, Gilbert Garcia formally submitted his candidacy documents for the upcoming mayoral election in Houston. With a determination to bring about change within City Hall, Garcia has unveiled his comprehensive “Pledge to Houston,” outlining his strategic initiatives for
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft has blasted off on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on Earth’s satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft. The launch from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport in the Far East of the Luna-25
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Allusions to book burning and mobster movies arose during a federal court hearing in New Orleans as judges heard arguments on whether the Biden administration engages in unconstitutional censorship in communications with social media platforms. The administration is fighting a sweeping July 4 order from a
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — When a Hollywood star like Pedro Pascal visits a small English coastal town like Margate, it should be a big deal. But the Emmy-nominated actor received none of the celebrity treatment one might have expected on Sunday when he turned up at an art exhibition dedicated to him. Accompanied
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift capped off her sixth and final “Eras Tour” concert at Los Angeles’s SoFi Stadium on Wednesday with a big announcement that Swifties had been speculating about for weeks. During the surprise song portion of the concert – in which she sang two songs including “New Romantics” –
Continue ReadingCNN, JEANINE RICHER, KGO, @BEYONCE, WILX, WBZ, HELEN POLISE, KCAL, KCBS By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift capped off her sixth and final “Eras Tour” concert at Los Angeles’s SoFi Stadium on Wednesday with a big announcement that Swifties had been speculating about for weeks. During the surprise song portion of the concert
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court says it will not remove former NFL quarterback Brett Favre as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money meant to help some of the poorest people in the United States. A
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was sentenced on Wednesday to three to 10 years in prison, after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a fatal DUI crash in November 2021 that killed a 23-year-old woman and her dog. Clark County District Judge Jennifer Schwartz sentenced
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn New York (CNN) — Twitter has officially rebranded as X — so owner Elon Musk is holding a giant garage sale to purge the company’s HQ of remnants of the past. Items up for auction range from a standard desk chair to a large bird cage welded with a Twitter logo bird
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Tras el asesinato del candidato presidencial de Ecuador Fernando Villavicencio en el norte de Quito, el presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, decretó tres días de luto nacional y “el estado de excepción”. Te contamos de qué se trata. “Dada la gravedad de los hechos que conmocionan al Ecuador, procederé a
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Customs authorities in Rotterdam have confiscated more than 8,000 kilograms (17,600 pounds) of cocaine, the largest seizure of the drug in the Netherlands. Prosecutors say the drugs had an estimated street value of 600 million euros ($662 million). No arrests have been made yet in
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