By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates jumped higher this week as investors tried to make sense of data that gave mixed signals about the health of the US economy. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.55% in the week ending August 25, up from 5.13% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. That is significantly
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By COLLIN BINKLEY, SEUNG MIN KIM and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced — and in many cases eliminated — under the long-awaited forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, a historic but politically divisive move in the run-up to the midterm
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN When NASA’s Artemis I launches next week on a journey to the moon, no animals or people will be onboard, but it will still carry biology investigations to see how living things react to the deep space environment. The Orion spacecraft will carry items like yeast, algae, fungi and seeds rather
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MOLINE ACRES, Mo. (AP) — In a story published August 24, 2022, about charges against a police officer who hit and killed another officer while chasing a suspect, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the officer charged, Brian Rayford, worked for St. Louis County police. He worked for Bellefontaine Neighbors police.
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, Chris Boyette and Andi Babineau, CNN A teacher strike has delayed the start of the school year for students in King County, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, one of several school showdowns nationally. Negotiations between the Kent School District and the Kent Education Association, the union representing teachers in the district, have
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A Saraland man sentenced to more than 14 years in prison got a do-over Wednesday. The result was the same. Mobile County Circuit Judge Jay York imposed the same punishment on Brandon Dale Mann that he handed down last month –
Continue ReadingBy KITV Web Staff Click here for updates on this story KAILUA, Hawaii (KITV) — A patient is dead and a paramedic is in critical condition after an ambulance reportedly exploded while entering Adventist Health Castle in Kailua, Wednesday night. Rattled hospital staff told Press the situation was unprecedented and the cause of the explosion
Continue Reading By EMILY ROSE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has filed terror charges against a senior member of the Islamic Jihad militant group. The militant leader’s arrest in the occupied West Bank helped spark three days of heavy fighting in Gaza earlier this month. Islamic Jihad had demanded that Israel release
Continue Reading By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press The Movement for Black Lives is launching a new climate change initiative Thursday, uniting more than 200 Black environmental leaders and organizations nationwide who have pledged to identify equitable climate solutions centering on Black Americans. Thursday’s announcement, first shared with The Associated Press, said The Black Hive initiative builds on
Continue ReadingBy KITV Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Honolulu police are looking to the public for help identifying a grab-and-go thief who stole from a jewelry store at Windward Mall in early August. Authorities released surveillance footage from the incident at Kay Jewelers happened on Aug. 12. Investigators say
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian cyclist Herman Vanspringel, who lost the 1968 Tour de France on the final day and became famously known as Monsieur Bordeaux-Paris for winning the marathon classic 7 times, has died. He was 79. Tour de France organizers confirmed the death in a tribute to the sweet-tempered rider known as much for
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By Oren Liebermann and Chandelis Duster, CNN The US carried out additional airstrikes targeting enemy positions and rocket launchers near Deir ez-Zor in northeast Syria following a rocket attack on coalition bases in the region that injured three US troops on Wednesday, according to a US official. A number of enemy fighters were killed in
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Gov. Mike Parson stressed the state budget’s ability to take the biggest income tax cut in history and still fully fund important programs in his Columbia tour stop Thursday to raise support for his special session plans.
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El organismo de protección al consumidor de Perú demandará a la petrolera española Repsol por US$ 4.500 millones en concepto de responsabilidad civil a la población por la contaminación del derrame de petróleo ocurrido en enero, según un comunicado del Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la
Continue ReadingBy Ashlyn Nichols Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — It was the afternoon of Aug. 13, 1982. Jerry Gray, a civil engineer, was leaving his home on Hayfield Road in Theodore. Gray took off on his motorcycle after getting a phone call, never to be seen again. Judy Clark, Gray’s
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, Oregon (KPTV) — A hiker was found dead at the bottom of a cliff at Angel’s Rest Trail in the Columbia River Gorge, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said a hiker at the top of the trail
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By Marianne Garvey Nick Cannon is going to be a dad again. The actor and television host is set to welcome his ninth child, his third with model Brittany Bell. The duo already share two children, son Golden and daughter Powerful Queen. Cannon revealed the news with a behind-the-scenes look at a maternity photoshoot with
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN Dramatic lightning strikes, extreme climate events, icy spectacles and sublime sun scenes are among the stunning images shortlisted for the Weather Photographer of the Year 2022 competition. The 22 pictures, a selection of which feature in the gallery above, showcase some of nature’s most artistic moments. This is the Royal Meteorological
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Barbie Ferreira is leaving “Euphoria.” Ferreira, who plays Kat on the show, revealed the news on her Instagram Story on Wednesday, saying she will not be returning to the HBO drama ahead of its third season. “After four years of getting to embody the most special and enigmatic character Kat, I’m having
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