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California is working to help residents interested in becoming homeowners. The state launched a program last month to allow first-time home buyers to borrow a down payment at 0% interest. The Forgivable Equity Builder Loan Program will help buyers with a loan of up to 10 percent of a home’s purchase price. It is offered
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Markets are holding relatively steady after the Federal Reserve’s widely anticipated decision to raise interest rates by double the usual amount in a bid to fight inflation. The Fed also announced details of how it will start reducing its huge holdings of Treasury debt
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By CEDAR ATTANASIO and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — With flames marching across wide swaths of northeastern New Mexico’s tinder-dry forests, firefighters were taking a stand Wednesday in their fight against the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. to keep it from pushing any closer to the town of Las
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN The swift rise in food prices has led Kay O’Reilly to hang out outside her local Amazon warehouse in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to see if it has any extra eggs, milk, meat or produce to spare. The visits are part of O’Reilly’s efforts at “food wrangling” to make sure the Chapel
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Stanford University announced Wednesday it is launching a new school later this year focused on climate change and funded by John Doerr, a renowned Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Doerr and his wife donated $1.1 billion to fund the initiative — the largest gift ever given to a university for establishing a
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Tim Yakteen has been to the Kentucky Derby with good horses before. Now the trainer is at Churchill Downs in charge for the first time with two top contenders that used to be trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. Yakteen worked two different stints
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By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Tim Yakteen has been to the Kentucky Derby with good horses before. Now the trainer is at Churchill Downs in charge for the first time with two top contenders that used to be trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. Yakteen worked two different stints
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez, CNN The federal judge presiding over the cases of the four former Minneapolis police officers implicated in the killing of George Floyd has accepted Derek Chauvin‘s plea deal and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years in prison. That sentencing range was laid out in the plea agreement filed months ago,
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve intensified its fight against the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark interest rate by a half-percentage point Wednesday — its most aggressive move since 2000 — and signaling further large rate hikes to come. The increase in the Fed’s key
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden praised US Olympic and Paralympic athletes at the White House on Wednesday for not only their “incredible athleticism, but your endurance and your state of mind.” It was the first time members of Team USA who competed in the most recent Summer and Winter Games had been welcomed
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Cientos de casas y negocios se quedaron sin luz en Cathedral City debido a una falla en un transformador y aunque no se ha confirmado se cree que pudo haber sido provocado por los bomberos que estaban sofocando un incendio en una casa ubicada cerca de la Avenida 33 donde ayer a las 2:15 de
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Actor Amber Heard told jurors Wednesday how difficult it has been for her to relive her troubled marriage to Johnny Depp as part of a libel lawsuit he filed against her . “I struggle to find the words to describe how painful this is,” she said
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden praised Team USA for bringing a bit of unity to a pandemic weary nation as he hosted a White House celebration Wednesday with about 600 athletes from this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing and the coronavirus-delayed Summer Games held in 2021 in Tokyo. Among
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Wednesday reported that its COVID-19 death toll had passed 30,000 fatalities recorded since the pandemic began in early 2020. The state Department of Health Services’ latest weekly report on pandemic statistics added 238 more deaths as the pandemic total increased to 30,189. According to the federal Centers Disease Control and
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Airbnb is once again trying to stop people from using its platform to host unauthorized parties ahead of key summer holidays. The company said Wednesday it will be instituting “strict anti-party measures” for Memorial Day weekend for the first time and will reapply the same approach for July 4th
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal has gotten is off to a good start in his return from injury, defeating Miomir Kecmanovic in two sets to reach the third round at the Madrid Open. Nadal showed few signs of being rusty in his 6-1, 7-6 (4) opening win at home.
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WYFF) — A mother and grandmother are charged after a young child was found dead on an Asheville motel room floor Monday afternoon, according to police. Asheville police said they were called to the Rodeway Inn and Suites on Crowell Road around
Continue ReadingBy Adam Roberts Click here for updates on this story MONROE, Oklahoma (KHBS, KHOG) — “I know we’ve had damage but it could’ve been so much worse than it actually was,” Loretta Turner said. “The good lord was taking care of us.” 40/29 has confirmed a tornado caused damage in Le Flore County, Oklahoma Monday
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– En la conmemoración del Día Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa, la Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador presentó este martes un informe que expone “una descripción de las diferentes restricciones al ejercicio del periodismo” en el país en 2021, y “su comparación con el 2019 y 2020”. El documento de
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with assaulting a woman last year while he was on duty and then lying about it, prosecutors said Wednesday. Deputy Konrad Thieme and two other deputies responded to a disturbance call in the San Fernando Valley on
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