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Month: October 2023

Mortgage rates advance toward 8%

By Anna Bahney Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates continued to climb last week amid a stronger-than-expected economy and geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.63% in the week ending October 19, up from 7.57% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A year ago, the

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Biden will deliver a rare Oval Office address as he seeks billions of dollars for Israel and Ukraine

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will deliver a rare Oval Office address Thursday night as he prepares to ask for additional billions of dollars in military assistance for Israel and Ukraine, deepening American involvement in two very different, unpredictable and bloody foreign conflicts. The speech

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More than 300 are arrested in a Capitol Hill demonstration urging a Israel-Hamas war cease-fire

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 people were arrested for illegally demonstrating and three people were charged with assaulting police after protesters descended on Capitol Hill to call for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Hundreds of demonstrators from Jewish advocacy groups poured into a congressional office building on Wednesday. They wore shirts that read

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Las fuerzas de seguridad de Uganda buscan a los responsables del homicidio de una pareja en su luna de miel

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente de Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, afirma que las fuerzas de seguridad están tras la pista de un grupo rebelde vinculado a ISIS conocido como Fuerzas Democráticas Aliadas (ADF) al que se atribuye el asesinato de dos recién casados extranjeros que celebraban su luna de miel en un popular destino turístico del

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Sidney Powell pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in Georgia and agrees to cooperate

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A former federal prosecutor says Sidney Powell’s guilty plea in the case over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia is a “significant win” for the district attorney prosecuting the former president and others. Former U.S. Attorney John Fishwick says Powell “was at ground zero

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With virus season looming and awareness campaign funding slashed, experts see a scattered Covid-19 vaccine rollout ahead

By Brenda Goodman and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — As of Thursday, only about 3% of the US population — about 10 million Americans — have gotten an updated Covid-19 vaccine since their approval in mid-September, according to the latest numbers from the US Department of Health and Human Services. The slow penetration of the

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