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By Whitney Burney , Marlon Falconer Click here for updates on this story BRIGHTON, Michigan (WXYZ) — A Livingston County family lost everything in a house fire one week ago. Lindsay Rowe and her husband AJ woke up last Monday to a home filled with smoke. “We worked so hard to get to our dream
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By JAIME HANSON of NerdWallet By the end of the 2023 NCAA tournament, an estimated one in four Americans will have wagered $15.5 billion in bets on the various games, according to the American Gaming Association. Last year, Matt Cappelen — a 34-year-old firefighter from Elk Grove Village, Illinois — would have been in the
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN US cybersecurity officials are unveiling a new program to warn critical American companies that their systems are vulnerable to ransomware attacks before the hackers can successfully strike. The new federal program — details of which were shared exclusively with CNN — is needed because “the pace and the impact of (ransomware)
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Tierney Sneed, CNN The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accused House Republicans of launching an “an unprecedent inquiry into a pending local prosecution,” while defending the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s alleged hush money payments to an adult film actress during the 2016 campaign. In a new letter
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly Craig , Matt Dale Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WXYZ) — It’s a fight over a tiny house in Detroit that has already dragged through 36th District Court for over a year. And this week, a judge told Taura Brown she has 10 days to vacate the tiny house on
Continue ReadingBy Peter Maxwell Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WXYZ) — In the state of Michigan, it is illegal to dump full-sized tires into landfills. It is also illegal to well dump them on a plot of land and in alleyways. Nonetheless, people do it anyway. But now, EGLE has a tire scrap
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN New home sales rose in February, climbing for the third month in a row as mortgage rates eased off their highs of the past year and buyers looked to new construction amid historically low inventory of existing homes for sale. Sales of newly constructed homes were up 1.1% in February from
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By Tina Burnside and Eric Levenson, CNN Five mischievous boys had to be rescued from a Staten Island sewer system on Tuesday after they crawled into a tunnel, ventured deep inside and then got lost, according to the New York City Fire Department. The FDNY received an emergency call around 6 p.m. Tuesday regarding children
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN An “American Idol” contestant has called out judge Katy Perry for a joke that is being slammed as “mom shaming.” In an episode aired earlier this month, 25-year-old Sara Beth Liebe tried out for the singing competition in front of Perry and her fellow judges, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan.
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss central bank has hiked its key interest rate and declared that a government-orchestrated takeover of troubled Credit Suisse by rival bank UBS ended the financial turmoil. In a statement, the Swiss National Bank said Thursday that it’s providing large amounts of support
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising Thursday to recover much of their steep loss from a day before, when markets tumbled into the close. The S&P 500 was 1% higher in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 231 points, or 0.7%, at 32,261, as of
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN In 2017, ‘Oumuamua became the first observed interstellar object to zip through our solar system, and its appearance sparked questions scientists are still trying to answer. The object, similar in shape to a cigar or a pancake, was the size of an asteroid and moved in a somewhat cometlike way but
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN The Golden State Warriors made it two wins in a row with a 127-125 road victory over the Dallas Mavericks, though the game wasn’t without a bit of controversy. With the Warriors leading 88-87 towards the end of the third quarter, the ball went out of bounds and a timeout was
Continue ReadingCNN, EVA LONGORIA: SEARCHING FOR MEXICO Serena Maria Daniels, CNN Mexican food is among the most loved cuisines on the planet, known for its confluence of indigenous and European influences. Corn, vanilla, chocolate, tomatoes and chile peppers are all ingredients native to Mexico that have informed recipes all over the world for generations. It’s consistently
Continue ReadingSerena Maria Daniels, CNN Mexican food is among the most loved cuisines on the planet, known for its confluence of indigenous and European influences. Corn, vanilla, chocolate, tomatoes and chile peppers are all ingredients native to Mexico that have informed recipes all over the world for generations. It’s consistently among the top five most popular
Continue Reading By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has given a grim assessment of Lebanon’s prospects for getting out of its deepening financial crisis. An IMF delegation met with Lebanese officials on Thursday. Ernesto Ramirez Rigo, the head of the IMF mission, said at a news conference later that continued inaction
Continue Reading By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president on Thursday made his third visit in two days to areas that have felt the brunt of Russia’s war, with a trip to the southern Kherson region that was retaken from the Kremlin’s forces, and as a senior Kyiv commander hinted that a brewing
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The Finnish president has formally sealed the Nordic country’s historic bid to join NATO by signing into laws the required legal amendments needed for membership in the military alliance. The president’s move Thursday means Finland is now just awaiting approval from Turkey and Hungary, the only two
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of Coinbase tumbled 16% at the opening bell Thursday after the cryptocurrency trading platform received a warning from the Securities and Exchange Commission that it could face securities charges. The cryptocurrency trading platform said in an SEC filing late Wednesday that it had received a Wells Notice from
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Johnson Click here for updates on this story Granite City, Illinois (KMOV) — Local school bus companies are under fire after drivers are caught on camera running through stop signs and crashing into cars. First Student Inc. has decided to fire a driver after he was seen on video smashing into four parked
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