Mortgage interest rates won’t be immune to recent developments in the fight to lower inflation. Getty Images/iStockphoto With the next Federal Reserve meeting not scheduled until June 16, homebuyers and owners looking to refinance may understandably be under the impression that today’s mortgage rates aren’t likely to change anytime soon. That would be a mistake …
Small cities in big Texas metro areas were the fastest growing municipalities in the United States last year, as smaller communities in the South outpaced the rest of the nation, which has experienced a population slowdown since the start of the immigration crackdown last year, according to figures released Thursday. Celina, Princeton, Melissa and Anna …
BORDEAUX (AP) — Passengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship have been allowed off the ship in Bordeaux, while authorities confirmed the cause of the outbreak is norovirus, a nasty stomach bug that spreads easily. French authorities had initially ordered over 1,700 passengers and crew on The Ambition cruise ship to …
NEW YORK (AP) — The lingering impact of COVID-19, a few years out from the declaration that the pandemic was over, is scattered across how we live today — the work-from-home jobs, the way some have decided wearing masks is their new normal, the hand sanitizer dispensers that remain ever present. Some of the other …
A jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million in damages Wednesday to the family of a 24-year-old American who perished in a 2019 Boeing 737 MAX crash. The suit was brought by relatives of Samya Stumo, who died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash that claimed 157 lives. The jury deliberated approximately two hours, then …
A 5.5-carat triangular-cut diamond billed as the largest fancy vivid blue-green diamond known to exist sold for $17.3 million on Wednesday, Christie’s said, calling it a record price for a stone of its kind sold at auction. The “Ocean Dream,” the standout offer at the auction house’s Geneva sale of jewelry, was found in Central …
JOHANNESBURG, May 14 (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday removed Sisisi Tolashe from the position of minister of social development. He appointed Sindisiwe Chikunga, minister in the presidency for women, youth and people with disabilities, as acting social development minister pending a full-time appointment, Ramaphosa’s office said in a statement. (Reporting by …
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Braden Shattuck hit the opening shot of the 108th PGA Championship on Thursday, leading to uncertainty that greeted the second major of the year at Aronimink Golf Club. Aronimink has not held a major since the 1962 PGA Championship, and a restoration project nearly 10 years ago added bunkers and …
NAIROBI, May 14 (Reuters) – A district in southern Somalia is at risk of famine, a U.N.-sponsored report said on Thursday, the first time that part of the country has reached such a critical level of hunger since 2022. One of the world’s most food-insecure nations due to frequent drought, conflict and poverty, Somalia last experienced …
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two Democrats vying to be Iowa’s next U.S. senator are scheduled to debate Thursday, as each seeks to convince voters he’s better positioned to flip the Republican-held seat in a contest that has seen heavy outside spending and high-profile endorsements. State lawmakers Zach Wahls and Josh Turek are competing in …