By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates rose again this week as the conflict in Ukraine and rising inflation continued to weigh on the US economy. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.67% in the week ending March 31, up from 4.42% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. Rates climbed in the face of rising
Continue ReadingBy Mika Miyashima Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — An Oahu physician is getting ready to hit the front lines, helping refugees displaced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Irina Crook is a doctor with Kaiser Permanente. On April 2 — which is also her 57th birthday – Crook will travel to
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By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russian technology workers are fleeing the country by the tens of thousands as the economy goes into a tailspin under pressure from international sanctions. For some countries, Russia’s loss is seen as their potential gain. An elite pool of high-tech exiles furnished with European Union visas
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Investors who lost more than $50 million doing business with convicted fraudster David deBerardinis will likely get only pennies on the dollar in restitution, court documents filed in federal court in Shreveport show. deBerardinis, a Shreveport businessman, began serving a 15-year
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By Gabby Orr, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence has debuted a new conservative policy platform that aims to give Republicans a road map as they campaign for reelection this fall — but it could also become his own platform should he run for president in 2024. Pence’s “Freedom Agenda,” unveiled Thursday, features policy proposals
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DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund faces an anxious wait to see if top scorer Erling Haaland will be fit to face Leipzig on Saturday after the Norway forward returned from international duty with a foot injury. Dortmund coach Marco Rose says “the foot is big, swollen, blue. We’re working on it but there’s a
Continue Reading The Associated Press Wall Street is opening lower and oil prices are falling as President Joe Biden prepares to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve. It’s an effort to control energy prices, which have soared following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Devotees of all things Westeros, our long night of pining after the new “Game of Thrones” series is nearly over — “House of the Dragon” is finally hatching this summer. The highly anticipated prequel to HBO’s fantasy megahit will premiere August 21, the network announced this week, after months of teasing
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Deeply personal in a way that should resonate with anyone who lived through the era (and maybe few others), Richard Linklater’s “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood” captures the infinite possibilities the space program conjured and the quirks associated with growing up in the 1960s, though not really in
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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Severe storms packing isolated tornadoes and high winds are racing across the Deep South _ killing two in the Florida Panhandle and leaving scattered damage to buildings and homes in their path. In Florida, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office says two were killed and
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN As Marvel movies go, “Morbius” is more a sip than a gulp, a relatively small-boned Jekyll-and-Hyde tale that moves another Spider-Man villain into the spotlight. Significantly better than “Venom” but still somewhat lacking in bite, this origin story perhaps inevitably grows more pallid toward the end but until then proves
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN As Marvel movies go, “Morbius” is more a sip than a gulp, a relatively small-boned Jekyll-and-Hyde tale that moves another Spider-Man villain into the spotlight. Significantly better than “Venom” but still somewhat lacking in bite, this origin story perhaps inevitably grows more pallid toward the end but until then proves
Continue Reading CHIPLEY, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff’s office: 2 killed, 2 injured by tornado that touched down in western Florida Panhandle.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Machine Gun Kelly has shared his experience hanging out with Taylor Hawkins days before the Foo Fighters drummer tragically passed. Hawkins died while on tour in South America with the band. He was 50. Kelly told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show that he and his band were on the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN OAKES Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — The pumps at a Shreveport gas station remain shut down Wednesday after water and dirt were found in its tanks, according to the state. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry is now investigating. When Lauren Wagnon filled up her car
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says U.S. airport security procedures will become more gender-neutral. Among the changes are updates to scanners used for screening and the use for the first time of an “X” for travelers going through Precheck who do not identify as male or female. Transportation Security Administration officers will also receive
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Londres (CNN Business) — El aluvión de sanciones impuestas por Occidente tras la invasión rusa de Ucrania diezmó el rublo. Pero un mes después de que rodaran los tanques, la moneda se ha recuperado por completo y ahora cotiza a niveles anteriores a la guerra. ¿Cómo es posible? El Banco Central de
Continue ReadingBy Andrew James Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Emergency homeless sheltering at Asheville’s Ramada Inn will end this week, as the city moves forward with plans to transform the hotel into permanent supportive housing. Since April of last year, 116 people have been sheltered at the Ramada Inn,
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By Jason Hanna and Melissa Alonso, CNN Two people are dead and two others are hurt after a tornado struck in the Florida Panhandle on Thursday morning, authorities said — part of a series of storms that have laid waste to buildings around the South since Wednesday. A tornado struck Washington County, north of Panama
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN US citizens will have the option to select “X” when identifying their gender on US passport applications starting in April and on other documents, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. “Starting on April 11, US citizens will be able to select an X as their gender marker on their US
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