Real estate lawsuit settlement upends decadeslong policies that helped set agent commissions
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer A powerful real estate trade group has agreed to do away with policies that for decades helped set agent…
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New map shows just how extreme last month was for the planet
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Soaring winter temperatures. Unusually warm oceans. Heavy rainfall drenching and displacing communities. Low…
Continue ReadingBiden backs Schumer after senator calls for new elections in Israel
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expressing support for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after the…
Continue ReadingMarriages in the US are back to pre-pandemic levels, CDC says
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels with nearly 2.1 million in 2022. That’s…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court rules that public officials can block social media followers in some circumstances
By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that public officials may block people on social media in certain…
Continue ReadingAs the rumble of tractor protests grows, the EU offers more environmental concessions to farmers
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm has proposed weakening even more climate and environmental…
Continue ReadingThings to know about developments impacting LGBTQ+ rights across the US
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A legal settlement in Florida, legislative action in Arkansas and a lawsuit in Georgia this week made waves in an…
Continue ReadingSerbian prosecutors charge 10 for stealing 43,000 state decorations of honor
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian prosecutors say that 10 people are facing charges for stealing as many as 43,000 state decorations of honor from a…
Continue ReadingStrong storms and tornadoes leave at least 3 dead and destroy buildings in Indiana and Ohio
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford, Amanda Jackson, Mallika Kallingal and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Damaging storms and tornadoes swept…
Continue ReadingKentucky GOP moves to criminalize interference with legislature after transgender protests
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Protests at Kentucky’s Capitol can seem as commonplace as basketball pep rallies…
Continue ReadingA Catholic activist in Belarus is handed a 3-year sentence as a crackdown on dissent intensifies
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Catholic activist in Belarus has been handed a three-year prison sentence on charges…
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled that thousands of low-level drug dealers are ineligible for…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court rules public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking critics on social media
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Friday that public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking…
Continue ReadingFrench company Naval Group has been selected to build 4 new submarines for the Dutch navy
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says that French defense industry heavyweight Naval Group has…
Continue ReadingEuropean charity ship rescues 135 migrants but is assigned to distant port in Italy with 359 aboard
ROME (AP) — The European charity ship Ocean Viking says it has rescued another 135 migrants, including a pregnant woman and eight children, from a…
Continue ReadingUS, G-7 allies warn Iran to back off deal to provide Russia ballistic missiles or face new sanctions
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and allies warned Iran on Friday that major Western economies will pile new…
Continue ReadingUS consumer sentiment ticks down slightly, but most expect inflation to ease further
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers became slightly less optimistic about the economy this month, though they…
Continue ReadingAid is being shipped to Gaza by sea. But a new maritime corridor is unlikely to stop the looming famine
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Gaza has received its first batch of humanitarian aid by sea as international powers step up efforts to bring…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Republican Senate candidate Hovde promises to donate salary to charity
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde pledges in a new campaign ad to donate…
Continue ReadingBulgarians pay their last respects to the late Orthodox patriarch
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Orthodox Christians from across Bulgaria have flocked to Sofia’s Alexander Nevski Cathedral to pay their…
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