By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — After moving higher the past two weeks, mortgage rates fell this week, dropping to the their lowest level since May 2023. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.60% in the week ending January 18, down from 6.66% the previous week, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A year
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Spirit Airlines could end up in bankruptcy and be forced out of business because of a federal court decision to block a proposed sale to JetBlue Airways, according to a note from an airline analyst. Unlike many airline bankruptcies, in which the airline in bankruptcy court either
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By Matias Grez and Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde remembers seeing the net along the edge of the ski slope rushing towards him at 120 km/h (74.6 mph). Then darkness. The Norwegian alpine skier was involved in a horror crash during a World Cup downhill race in Wengen, Switzerland, on Saturday, resulting
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By Kate Sullivan and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday said presidents of the United States should have full immunity from prosecution even if they “cross the line” while in office, pushing his claims even further as he awaits a highly anticipated ruling from a federal appeals court in Washington
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — La erosión ha causado enormes arcos y huecos cavernosos en el iceberg más grande del mundo mientras flota en el océano lejos de la Antártida, como lo muestran nuevas impactantes fotografías. Las imágenes fueron capturadas por fotógrafos a bordo de un barco de la compañía EYOS Expeditions, que navega a lo
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s Karim Wade, who is the son of a former president, has renounced his French nationality paving the way for him to run in next month’s presidential election. Wade says on social media that France’s interior minister has confirmed his renunciation. Wade’s dual French and Senegalese
Continue ReadingOpinion by Danielle Campoamor (CNN) — After E. Jean Carroll took a seat inside a Manhattan courtroom in her ongoing defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, one legal commentator described her posture as “not comfortably settled.” She was described as “perched” on the edge of her seat, “her back ruler straight, willing herself as far away
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Mark Thompson, on his 100th day as CNN’s new leader, sent his 4,000-person strong workforce a 2,300-word memo that said
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Franz Welser-Möst is back on the Cleveland Orchestra’s podium, concentrating again on music instead of his health. On track to surpass George Szell as Cleveland’s longest-tenured music director, the 63-year-old Austrian returned to his orchestra at Cleveland’s Severance Music Center last week and leads it in
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A billionaire couple is giving $100 million to Atlanta’s Spelman College, which the women’s school says is the largest-ever single donation to a historically Black college or university. Thursday’s donation is by Ronda Stryker and her husband. She’s the billionaire granddaughter of the founder of medical device
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s governing parties have assailed a resurgent far-right opposition party over a report that extremists recently met to discuss the deportation of millions of immigrants, including some with German citizenship, which has led to a string of protests in recent days. Media outlet Correctiv last week reported on the alleged far-right meeting
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — NATO will launch its biggest military exercises in decades next week with around 90,000 personnel set to take part in months of drills aimed at showing the alliance can defend all of its territory up to its border with Russia, top officers said Thursday. The exercises come as Russia’s war on Ukraine
Continue ReadingBy John Cardinale Click here for updates on this story NEW MEXICO (KOAT) — Target 7 was the first to tell you about how some retired teachers who decided to go back to work and help with New Mexico’s teacher shortage are now being asked to repay the state thousands of dollars back to their
Continue ReadingOpinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — Adolescents’ enthusiasm for beauty products is nothing new. Indeed, we’ve long taken it for granted. When I was about 12, I received a large — unsolicited — Estee Lauder makeup sampler for Christmas. The box felt like a totem of my impending maturity, recognition that I would soon be
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. hit a United Arab Emirates shipping firm and its 18 vessels with sanctions after it transported Russian crude oil above the $60 per barrel price cap. U.S. firms and people can no longer conduct business with the firm. The U.S., EU, countries in the Group
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WLWT) — A Liberty Township grandmother accused of shooting her 6-month-old granddaughter has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. David Albrecht, the attorney for Mia Harris, entered the plea on her behalf Tuesday. Harris is accused of shooting her 6-month-old granddaughter
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — A court of appeals in Thailand has handed a political activist what is believed to be a record sentence for the criminal offense of insulting the monarchy. A lawyers’ group said Thursday that the court gave 30-year-old Mongkhon Thirakot a 50-year prison term after finding him guilty of 25 violations of the
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly majority leader says a GOP attempt to impeach Wisconsin’s nonpartisan top elections official is nothing more than “a big show for the cameras” and will be ignored. Several Republican lawmakers, including the state Senate president, have called for Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The writer who accused former President Donald Trump of sexually attacking her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s has concluded her testimony in a New York courtroom. E. Jean Carroll’s second day on the witness stand came Thursday in Manhattan
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican soldiers and police say they have found a small factory used to make a kind of bomb usually dropped by drones. The facility is about the size of a warehouse and has computer-controlled metalworking equipment. It also apparently produced under-barrel, 40mm grenade launchers designed to be attached to assault rifles.
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