Today’s mortgage rates have moved in opposite directions. According to Zillow, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate is down by six basis points to 6.44% while the 15-year fixed rate moved up three basis points to 5.73%. After the release of the July Jobs report, which showed weak employment data, the CME FedWatch tool now reports…
Natalia Paruz, who serenades straphangers with her musical saw, isn’t getting the tips she used to. That was clear on a recent Thursday at the Herald Square station in midtown Manhattan, her gold-colored tip bucket only showing a couple dollar bills and some coins halfway through a three-hour performance during the afternoon rush. “I have…
Elon Musk hasn’t gone “founder mode” on building the America Party just yet. On July 5, enraged by the passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill” and encouraged by the results of an online poll, Musk said he would form a new political party in the United States. Over a month later, he hasn’t taken any…
A bus carrying mourners from a funeral has crashed in western Kenya, killing 25 people, local authorities say. The driver lost control, veered off the road and overturned into a ditch along the Kisumu-Kakamega Highway on Friday afternoon, a police report seen by the BBC says. This area is notorious for many deadly accidents. Police…
If you’re thinking about upgrading your phone or making a switch, then this week is a fantastic time to consider Verizon’s latest deals. The carrier has just brought back some of its strongest iPhone deals ever this week. First up is the iPhone 16 Pro Max: a high-end flagship device that still demands $1,199 upfront….
A Trump-Putin meeting has been floated by both sides for some time. If the two men do meet, one apparent American objective is a trilateral summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss an end to the war. Still, a summit – floated before, delayed before – may happen this time, and it raises the…
Margaret Coker is in mid-rant. The editor of The Current in Georgia can’t believe the state tried to keep quiet a program to help single mothers pay for child care while they study for health aide careers. “She never even heard of the program!” Ms. Coker boils, barely breaking stride for a visitor as she…
A mix of stories on the front pages of Saturday’s newspapers. The i Paper leads with US Vice-President JD Vance’s trip to Britain where he met Foreign Secretary David Lammy. It spotlights Vance’s warning to the UK on the plan to recognise a Palestinian state: “I don’t know what that would mean”. The Times follows…
Hong Kong police arrested 42 riders, including 11 food delivery couriers, for allegedly using electric bicycles on the road in a crackdown in western Kowloon earlier this week. The force said on Saturday that the group comprised 39 men and three women, aged between 18 and 66, of whom 10 were non-locals. Their bikes were…
Manchester United sent scouts to watch Fiorentina youngster Pietro Comuzzo this week, reports from Italy claim, as the Red Devils join Bournemouth, Brighton and Sunderland in pursuit of the 20-year-old. MONZA, ITALY – JANUARY 13: Pietro Comuzzo of ACF Fiorentina in action during the Serie A match between AC Monza and ACF Fiorentina at U-Power…