House-hunters across the U.S. are confronting a painful reality: Rising mortgage rates are adding thousands of dollars to the cost of buying a home. In April, average interest rates on a standard 30-year fixed mortgage were nearly 2 percentage points higher than a year ago, according to real estate data …
Read More »For the best summer travel deals, find out what’s popular and search around
Many Americans are looking forward to traveling this summer and hunting for good deals. But that’s not how the law of supply and demand usually works. With COVID-19 posing less of a threat, air travel has nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels. Hotels are filling up, and vacation rentals are booming. “Demand …
Read More »Two men accused of impersonating federal agents and offering gifts to Secret Service plead not guilty
Two men accused of impersonating federal agents and offering free apartments and gifts to Secret Service employees have pleaded not guilty. Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali are charged with false impersonation of an officer or employee of the U.S. and unlawful possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device. The …
Read More »Supreme Court says Congress can deny federal disability benefits to Puerto Rico residents
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday said Congress is not required to extend federal disability benefits to residents of Puerto Rico, finding that denying the payments, which are by law available only to residents of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, does not violate the Constitution. The …
Read More »Netflix shares slide after it loses 200,000 subscribers
Netflix shares are sinking sharply after the streaming service suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade. The company’s customer base fell by 200,000 subscribers during the January-March period, the company disclosed Tuesday in releasing its latest earnings report. Netflix’s stock price plunged more than 37% to $219.50 …
Read More »Read the letter Vice President Kamala Harris wrote to her goddaughter about Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation
Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman and woman of color to hold her position, said she wrote a letter to her teenage goddaughter about the significance of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court while presiding over the vote earlier this week. Jackson will be the first Black …
Read More »Elon Musk joins Twitter’s board after becoming its largest shareholder
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors, a day after disclosing that he owns a 9.2% stake in the social media platform. Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing Tuesday that it entered into an agreement with Musk …
Read More »Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad announce they were secretly married
Grammy-winning musician Jon Batiste, the bandleader of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and Suleika Jaouad, author of the bestselling cancer memoir “Between Two Kingdoms,” revealed that they were secretly married in February, they told “CBS Sunday Morning.” The couple, who have been together for eight years, decided to wed …
Read More »DNA technology helps solve 1980 murder of Eve Wilkowitz on Long Island
BAY SHORE, N.Y. — Cutting-edge DNA technology helped solve a 42-year-old cold case murder on Long Island. Wednesday, the family of a young woman murdered decades ago got their first look at pictures of the man who killed her. As CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reports, they are grateful for long-sought answers. …
Read More »Walmart to stop selling cigarettes in some stores
Walmart will stop selling cigarettes in some of its 4,700 U.S. locations, the retail giant confirmed on Monday. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the development Monday. It noted some stores in California, Florida, Arkansas and New Mexico were on the list, citing anonymous sources and store …
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