NEW YORK (AP) — The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose for the seventh straight week, making a significant hurdle for prospective homebuyers. The rate on the long-term loan is 7.79%, up from 7.63% last week and 7.08% a year ago. As mortgage rates rise, they can add hundreds of dollars a
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Newcastle United and Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali has been banned for 10 months for violating betting regulations, the president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), Gabriele Gravina, said on Thursday. “The agreement has already been reached between the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and Sandro Tonali, which occurred before the referral,
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CNN Opinion by Danielle Campoamor (CNN) — On the morning of May 24, 2022, my then-editors at TODAY.com were ready to send me to Ukraine to cover Russia’s unprovoked war. I had done everything necessary to prepare: I completed a three-day hostile environment training; purchased tourniquets and other battlefield medical equipment to carry on my person at all
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE COMSTOCK Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — A Los Angeles teenager is working hard to become a professional mixed martial arts fighter so he can show the resiliency coursing through the veins of many in the Jewish community. Nicknamed “The Hebrew Hammer,” Asher Tessler stands at 5-foot-10-inches and
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Two cargo planes recently orchestrated by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to carry supplies into Israel also contained drones, body armor and helmets for the war-ready country, CNN has learned. The Israeli government procured the equipment and asked the state of Florida for help transporting it overseas, a source with
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is ramping up political pressure on Serbia and Kosovo to normalize their relations. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Albin Kurti met Thursday with the leaders of France, Germany and Italy, plus the two EU officials supervising a stuttering “dialogue” between them. Vucic
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story WOBURN, Connecticut (WBZ) — A Connecticut dog trainer accused of scamming a North Reading family whose dog later died has been ordered to stay away from all animals except her own. Josephine Ragland was charged with larceny and witness intimidation. In August, the Hanson family
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A U.S. Army reservist suspected of killing at least 18 people in Maine had been taken by police for an evaluation after military officials became concerned that he was acting erratically in mid-July, a U.S. official told The Associated Press. The official said commanders in the
Continue Reading By Kara Fox, Krystina Shveda, Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon, CNN (CNN) — Lewiston. Monterey Park. Orlando. Las Vegas. Newtown. Parkland. San Bernardino. Uvalde. Nashville. Louisville. Ubiquitous gun violence in the United States has left few places unscathed over the decades. Still, many Americans hold their right to bear arms, enshrined in the US Constitution,
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A senior Hamas official has told The Associated Press that the Palestinian militant group had expected stronger intervention from Hezbollah in its war with Israel. Thursday’s comments were a rare public appeal by Hamas to its allies in the region. Hamas political bureau member Ghazi Hamad said
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Otis’ stunning transformation into a monster hurricane killed at least 27 people as it devastated Acapulco, officials said Thursday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador went by road after the hurricane hit the iconic city on Mexico’s Pacific coast, where at least four people remained missing. He
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has joined an EU summit saying that he was right to meet the EU’s foremost enemy Vladimir Putin. Orban says he’s the only one actively seeking peace in Ukraine and his stance of engaging with Russia was expected to be backed by
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On his first full day as speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson said prayer was a proper response from the House to the Maine shootings. Johnson said “this is a dark time in America,” and that ”prayer is appropriate at a time
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN The dramatic height difference between the leads accomplishes a great deal of work in “Priscilla,” visually conveying the power disparity between superstar Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu, who he began wooing when she was just 14. Unfortunately, writer-director Sofia Coppola’s version of this oft-told story moves at a snail’s pace,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Valadez Click here for updates on this story October 25, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — On the evening of November 15th, Napa Valley Vintners is all set to transport wine enthusiasts into the realm of holiday bliss. At the heart of the action is a special tasting event that promises to delight your
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Valadez Click here for updates on this story October 25, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — The 2023 Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market, set to run from November 9-12 at NRG Center, is proud to introduce the Small Business Diversity Program in collaboration with Wells Fargo, a long-standing supporter of the event. As the market
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Authorities carried out a massive search Thursday for a man who they say killed 18 people and wounded 13 at a bowling alley and bar in Maine that sent panicked patrons hiding under tables and behind bowling pins and gripped the entire state in fear. Frightened
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s office says the state has arranged to send drones, weapons, and ammunition to Israel as it prepares for an incursion of Gaza in response to Hamas’ attack. Florida has sent cargo planes with healthcare supplies, drones, body armor, and helmets, DeSantis said
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Valadez Click here for updates on this story October 25, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — Obes Nwabara, a dedicated candidate running for Houston City Council At-Large Position 2, addressed the pressing issue of Houston’s water infrastructure during a press conference held today. With a focus on enhancing sustainability, efficiency, and affordability in the
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “Five Nights at Freddy’s” wants to do for animatronic arcade characters what “It” did for clowns. That’s unlikely, as this latest transformation from game to screen yields a weird horror concoction, fleetingly clever in the early going before gumming up the gears down the home stretch. Part of that has
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