Prospective homebuyers are facing higher costs to finance a home with the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate moving above 7% this week to its highest level in nearly five months. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 7.1% from 6.88% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prospective homebuyers are facing higher costs to finance a home with the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate moving above 7% this week to its highest level in nearly five months. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 7.1% from 6.88% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A […]
The smalltooth sawfish, a critically endangered animal, is in even more danger than usual in the Florida seas. Six of the rare creatures washed up dead in the past seven days, officials reported Wednesday – a dramatic increase in mortality amid a mysterious die-off that has baffled scientists for months. These animals that look like a shark with a chainsaw-like mouth, are a part of a group of fish called elasmobranchs that include rays, skates and sharks, and they can live for several decades...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to its highest level in five weeks, a setback for prospective homebuyers during what’s traditionally the busiest time of the year for home sales. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.88% from 6.82% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to its highest level in five
ESPN posted a big increase in viewership for its coverage of the first two rounds of the Masters. According to Nielsen Fast National data, the network attracted a two-day average of 3.4 million viewers for its 3 p.m. ET coverage of the tournament Thursday and Friday. That’s the largest two-day average viewership for those telecasts
Six endangered smalltooth sawfish were found dead, washed up on shore in the Florida Keys in the last week. The anomaly is baffling researchers and coincides with reports of spinning fish.
Lothian has seen the biggest fall in the number of dentists providing NHS services in Scotland since before Covid. Figures show the number on NHS dentists here has dropped by 41 from 627 in 2019/20 to 586 in 2023/24. Glasgow saw a fall of 36 in the same period, in Highland the number dropped by 31 and in Fife there are now 25 fewer dentists. Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton accused the SNP Government of leaving NHS dentistry “to rot”. A freedom...
Expert says immunity from vaccines and Omicron infections have combined to reduce severe diseaseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has recorded its lowest Covid death rate for more than two years, according to federal health department data that dates back to January 2022.The latest data on the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System shows that between Thursday 29 February and Saturday...
Shafaqna English- At least 357 humanitarian-run sites and convoys in Gaza were hit since 7 October, Middle East Eye has learnt. UN officials and aid workers, many speaking on condition of anonymity, have told MEE it had been clear for months that the humanitarian notification system in Gaza was broken.
Tokyo, Japan — Temperatures in Japan's northern city of Sapporo -- famous for skiing -- on Monday passed 25 degrees Celsius at the earliest point of any year on record, a weather agency
Temperatures in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo on Monday passed 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit) at the earliest point in the year ever recorded, a weather agency official said.