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Month: February 2024

New home sales ticked up in January, despite elevated mortgage rates

New home sales ticked up in January, despite elevated mortgage rates

Lisette Morales McCabe/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New home sales ticked up in January, despite a twin burden imposed by elevated mortgage rates and expensive housing prices, according to U.S. Census data released on Monday. Sales of new single-family homes rose 1.8% in January compared to the previous year, […]

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Active-duty airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy

Active-duty airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An active-duty airman has died after authorities say he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. The man was identified by the Metropolitan Police Department as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell of San Antonio. The incident unfolded just before 1 p.m. ET outside […]

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Louisiana inmate escapes custody after pepper spraying deputy, stealing officer’s car: Sheriff

Louisiana inmate escapes custody after pepper spraying deputy, stealing officer’s car: Sheriff

Inmate Leon Ruffin in a mugshot from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (HARVEY, La.) — A convicted felon who had been in custody on a second-degree murder charge escaped on Sunday after pepper spraying his transporting deputy and stealing her car, authorities said. The inmate, Leon Ruffin, should be considered […]

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Active-duty airman sets himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy, Air Force confirms

Active-duty airman sets himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy, Air Force confirms

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A man identified by the Air Force as an active-duty airman was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday after authorities say he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. The incident unfolded just before 1 p.m. ET outside the gates of the […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 2/25/24

Scoreboard roundup — 2/25/24

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUEPhiladelphia 4, NY. Yankees 0NY Mets 3, Houston 1St. Louis 3, Houston 0Baltimore 2, Pittsburgh 0Boston 5, Atlanta 4Arizona 5, Chi White Sox 0Final L.A. Dodgers 4 Oakland 2Cincinnati 9, LA Angels 4San Francisco 0, […]

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Machine gun or firearm toy? Bump stock creator speaks out ahead of Supreme Court hearing on ban

Machine gun or firearm toy? Bump stock creator speaks out ahead of Supreme Court hearing on ban

A bump stocks make a gun fire by sliding the weapon against a fixed trigger finger rather than moving a trigger finger against the gun. — ABC News (KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — To gun enthusiasts, Jeremiah Cottle is an American hero and entrepreneurial success story. To his critics, the decorated Air […]

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Judge declines to grant stay of Trump’s $83.3 million judgment in Carroll defamation trial

Judge declines to grant stay of Trump’s $83.3 million judgment in Carroll defamation trial

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Judge Lewis Kaplan has declined to grant a stay of Donald Trump’s $83.3 million judgment in his defamation case and requested a written response from columnist E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers. “The Court declines to grant any stay, much less an unsecured stay, without first […]

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Man in critical condition after setting himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington: Police

Man in critical condition after setting himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington: Police

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A man was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday after authorities say he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. The incident unfolded just before 1 p.m. ET outside the gates of the Israeli Embassy in northwest Washington, according to statements from […]

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Suspect charged with murder after woman who went on run found dead on University of Georgia campus

Suspect charged with murder after woman who went on run found dead on University of Georgia campus

Augusta University (ATHENS, Ga.) — A suspect was taken into custody a day after a woman who went for a run on the University of Georgia’s Athens campus was found dead due to “foul play,” school officials said Friday. The victim, Laken Hope Riley, 22, was found in a wooded […]

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Cross-country storm to hit the Northwest with severe weather before heading East

Cross-country storm to hit the Northwest with severe weather before heading East

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A new cross-country storm is expected to begin Sunday in the West and travel across America, hitting the East Coast by Wednesday evening. On Sunday morning, 11 states from Washington to New Mexico were put on alert for heavy snow and strong winds. By Monday, […]

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