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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Americans are living through the toughest housing market in a generation and, for some young people, the quintessential dream of owning a home is slipping away. Mortgage rates surged in recent years, hitting the highest levels in more than two decades last fall. While rates have come down slightly
Continue ReadingBy ANDI JATMIKO and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tens of thousands of Indonesians have flocked to presidential campaign rallies to air their concerns over the state of democracy in the country. President Joko Widodo is facing mounting criticism over his lack of neutrality after he threw his support behind frontrunner Prabowo
Continue ReadingBy HELENA ALVES and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A man armed with a knife and a hammer wounded three people Saturday in an early morning attack at the bustling Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, another nerve-rattling security incident in the Olympics host city before the Summer Games open in six
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto says corruption and incompetence among officials allowed the operation of an illegal liquid petroleum plant in a residential area. An explosion at the site on Thursday caused a fire that killed three people and injured more than 280 others, 24 of them
Continue ReadingCNN By Allison Chinchar and Sara Tonks, CNN (CNN) — California is bracing for a stronger and longer-lasting atmospheric river event this weekend, which is expected to bring mudslides, damaging winds, and heavy mountain snow and has already triggered flood watches for nearly 40 million people. The Weather Prediction Center has issued a rare Level
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas has begun to resurface in areas where Israel withdrew the bulk of its forces a month ago, deploying police officers and making salary payments to some of its civil servants in Gaza City in recent days, four residents and a senior
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The US conducted major airstrikes on 85 targets across seven locations in Iraq and Syria on Friday, the start of what will likely be a series of larger-scale US strikes on Iranian-backed militias who have carried out attacks on US troops in
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An Irish nationalist is set to make history by becoming Northern Ireland’s first minister. Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O’Neill is expected to be chosen as first minister as the government returns to work after a two-year boycott by unionists. Under the terms of the 1998 Good
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Taylor Swift, who is holding concerts in Japan through Feb. 10, will make it in time for the Super Bowl to see her partner and football superstar Travis Kelce play. To make sure all her fans know, the Japanese Embassy has sent a message on X, formerly
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump’s drive to return to the White House is putting the Supreme Court uncomfortably at the center of the 2024 presidential campaign. In arguments Thursday, the justices will, for the first time, wrestle with a constitutional provision that was
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — A Texas border city has gained an unsolicited spotlight in an extraordinary showdown between the state’s Republican governor and Democratic White House over border security. Mayor Rolando Salinas says Eagle Pass is about “more than just the immigration crisis,” but that message is hard to
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Joaquin Doria (CNN Español) — La aprobación en general por la Cámara de Diputados de Argentina del polémico proyecto de Ley de Bases y Condiciones para la Libertad de los Argentinos tras tres días de debate, supuso varias modificaciones a la propuesta original del Gobierno de Javier Milei. Pero el debate en la Cámara Baja no
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– El actor Carl Weathers, quien saltó a la fama con el personaje de Apollo Creed en las películas de “Rocky” y participó en decenas de producciones desde “Predator” hasta “The Mandalorian”, murió a los 76 años, informó su manager Matt Luber. El actor “falleció en paz en su casa” este jueves, indicó
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Estar a dieta a veces parece un pasatiempo estadounidense: si no has experimentado el “placer” de hacerlo, es casi seguro que tu mejor amigo, tu hermanito, tu tía o alguien más de tu círculo cercano de familiares y amigos sí lo haya hecho. Probablemente no sea una coincidencia que las
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El actor Carl Weathers, quien falleció a los 76 años, se hizo mundialmente famoso con la interpretación de Apollo Creed en la saga de Rocky. Sin embargo, su extensa carrera trascendió con creces el papel del boxeador inspirado en Muhammad Ali. Aquí, un repaso a algunas de las películas
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de Chile, Gabriel Boric, decretó el estado de excepción constitucional para las provincias de Marga Marga y Valparaíso debido a los incendios forestales, informó este sábado la delegada presidencial de la región Valparaíso, Sofía González Cortés. La funcionaria agregó que se estableció también un toque de queda
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — JuJu Watkins pulled up from long range and hit contested 3-pointers. She powered to the rim against Stanford’s two star posts to draw fouls and get to the line. She outscored Stanford all by herself in the third quarter. The sensational freshman scored a Southern
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer Dozens of psychedelic startup companies are racing to begin selling mind-expanding drugs for depression and other mental health conditions, riding a wave of promising research and media hype. The rush to market has sparked patent battles among companies trying to claim key ingredients found in magic mushrooms and other
Continue ReadingBy Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — It wasn’t until after photographer Rita Nannini left New York that she grew fascinated by the city’s subways. While living in Manhattan’s Upper West Side for some 15 years in the 1980s and early ’90s, Nannini only took short trips on the 1 train for short trips — and
Continue ReadingBy ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD and ALI JABAR Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi militia official on Saturday hinted at a desire to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East following retaliatory strikes launched by the United States against dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Hussein al-Mosawi,
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