Mortgage rates eased again this week, though the latest pullback leaves the average rate on a 30-year home loan at close to 7%, where it’s been much of this year. The rate fell to 6.95% from 6.99% last week, mortgage buyer

Top executives of a California-based online mental health company were arrested on allegations of improperly prescribing addictive stimulants like Adderall during the coronavirus pandemic and exacerbating the shortage of the drugs for those who medically need them, officials said Thursday. Ruthia

A search and rescue operation is underway for a 59-year-old American who was reported missing Tuesday after failing to return from a hike on a Greek island. Albert Calibet, a former LA Sheriff’s Department deputy, failed to return from a hike

“No one has an idea” of how many of the remaining 120 hostages in Gaza are still alive, Hamas official Osama Hamdan, currently based in Lebanon, admitted in an interview with CNN on Thursday. Hamdam spoke with CNN journalist Ben Wedeman

Two people were killed in a single-engine plane crash in Northern California on Thursday, authorities said. Alpine County sheriff’s deputies were notified of an overdue aircraft around 1 a.m. Thursday. The sheriff’s office said in a statement posted to Facebook. The

Firearms are the leading cause of death in the United States for children aged 0-19 years, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting over 4,700 pediatric gun-related deaths in 2021. Many of those deaths are unintentional. A new study

A conservative media outlet is facing contempt from a Tennessee state court judge over its publication of leaked excerpts from the journal of Covenant School killer, Audrey Hale. Click this link for the original source of this article. Author: Paul Bedard

Pope Francis is no stranger to artificial intelligence — a deepfake photo of him in a white puffer jacket went viral last year — but his concerns about AI go far beyond an unflattering shot and are now taking center stage at the Group

A Louisiana woman was found dead in her home Thursday, and her two young daughters were abducted and found hours later in Mississippi — one dead and the other alive, police said. A Louisiana resident who had dated the woman was

Over 2 feet of torrential rain is inundating South Florida, flooding neighborhoods, canceling flights, shutting down roads and forcing residents to evacuate their homes. Rain totals have reached 25 inches in Collier County, 20 inches in North Miami, 19 inches in

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday that she is considering a ban on face masks in the New York City subway system due to concerns about people shielding their identities while committing antisemitic acts. Hochul, a Democrat, told reporters the exact details