By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates climbed above 5% again, after dipping below that threshold for the first time in months a week earlier. While the volatility in mortgage rates remains, there are signs that the housing market is starting to stabilize. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.22% in the week ending August 11,
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN A former Boston public high school dean and alleged Latin Kings recruiter pleaded guilty Tuesday to racketeering charges according to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the district of Massachusetts. Shaun Harrison entered a plea agreement last week, according to court documents. The plea agreement stated Harrison agreed
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En un esfuerzo por ampliar el limitado suministro de la vacuna contra la viruela del mono Jynneos, las autoridades sanitarias federales autorizaron esta semana la administración de dosis más pequeñas utilizando un método de inyección diferente. Con más de 10.000 casos de viruela del mono en Estados Unidos y una gran
Continue Reading By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business As parents and teachers prepare for students to return to classrooms this fall, they’re grappling with how much more the most basic school supplies will cost. From glue, markers, pens and tape to backpacks, sneakers, even underwear, price tags on these necessities have jumped over the last year as inflation
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story Miami, Florida (WFOR) — An Instagram model who was involved in the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend has been arrested in Hawaii. The attorney for Courtney Clenney confirmed to CBS4 that she is facing a charge of murder in the April 3rd killing of Christian
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By Jorge Engels and Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said he had raised “serious concerns” related to human rights as well as issues about regional tensions with the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo during a meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in the capital Kigali. Speaking at a press
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, Stephanie Busari CNN and Reuters Eight police officers were killed during violent anti-government protests in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the country’s youth minister told CNN Thursday, while hospital sources told Reuters that at least 21 civilians were killed in different locations in the country. The officers, six men and two women, were
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El ministro del Interior de Ecuador, Patricio Carrillo, confirmó el asesinato del periodista Gerardo Delgado en la ciudad costera de Montecristi, en la provincia de Manabí. El periodista dirigía la plataforma digital “Ola Manta TV” y fue acribillado cuando conducía por la vía Manta-Montecristi la tarde de este miércoles.
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos now sport the wealthiest owner in the NFL and the league’s most diverse ownership group. Four of the six members of the Walton-Penner ownership group, which was welcomed into the NFL this week, are either women or minorities. Walmart heir Rob
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cooper County judge sentenced a Bunceton man to probation for hitting a child with a vehicle in 2021. Judge Robert L. Koffman sentenced Treyvon Korte at a hearing on Monday to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in physical
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN An armed man held employees and customers hostage at a bank on Beirut‘s bustling Hamra street Thursday demanding his frozen funds be released, according to a security source and Lebanon‘s state-owned National News Agency. After an hours-long standoff, the man surrendered to security forces after receiving a portion of his bank
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — With some airlines denying compensation for delayed flights or missing baggage, a few Canadian passengers are taking their claims to court.. Edmonton resident Curtis Altmiks said he was booked to fly to Toronto with his wife and three
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Un caso de polio detectado en Nueva York el mes pasado es “solo la punta del iceberg” y un indicio de que “debe haber varios centenares de casos en la comunidad circulando”, declaró este miércoles a CNN un alto funcionario de los Centros de Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de Estados
Continue ReadingBy Glen McGregor, CTV National News Senior Political Correspondent Click here for updates on this story Ottawa, Canada (CTV Network) — A Canadian Armed Forces veteran has been charged with murder in connection to a mass shooting in Belize that left two people dead and eight others injured. J.R. Smith, who served with the Royal
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Jackson Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — New changes are in progress for the Southern Baptist Convention after an independent investigation accused several pastors and church leaders of sexual abuse. The SBC has formed a Sexual Abuse Taskforce, composed of nine people, that will develop recommendations to prevent
Continue Reading TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa would rather chat with Tom Brady than answer questions about him taking his job. Tagovailoa spent time talking with Brady while the Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers held a joint practice Wednesday. He had a simple reply when asked about Miami being penalized for tampering with Brady. “I’m
Continue Reading RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco has fired its coach barely three months before the start of the World Cup in Qatar. The Moroccan soccer federation says it fired Vahid Halilhodžić because of disagreements in preparing the team for the tournament. Morocco is scheduled to play 2018 World Cup finalist Croatia, Belgium and Canada in Group
Continue ReadingBy Chuck Morris and Brendan Tierney Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A woman was rushed to the hospital Wednesday morning when her car fell off the upper level of a parking garage. The red pickup truck fell four stories out of the parking garage at Saint Thomas Hospital and
Continue ReadingBy Rebekka Schramm Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — Civil rights icon Rev. Al Sharpton is expected to deliver the eulogy Thursday at the funeral for Brianna Grier, a 28-year-old woman who died after an encounter with Hancock County deputies. Following the funeral, the family’s attorney, famed civil rights attorney
Continue ReadingBy Evan Sobol, Eliza Kruczynski, Marcy Jones and Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story MERIDEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A historic but unoccupied building in Meriden was torn down Wednesday night following a partial collapse. Meriden firefighters said they received a report of a building collapse around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Meriden police
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