A dearth of new home listings is hampering mortgage demand even as the benchmark home loan rate continues its downward trajectory, according to data released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The Mortgage Composite Index, which measures the volume of mortgage applications, decreased by 4.1 percent from a week earlier, MBA’s data showed. Mortgage rates for...
Story at a glance Structural racism in the form of housing discrimination is associated with modern-day stroke risk for some communities in New York City. That’s according to new research published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open. Previous studies have found a similar association between redlining and current heart disease risks and exposure to polluted air. ...
Maryland lawmakers passed a Safe Harbor bill this week that will protect trafficked children from being charged with certain crimes. The bill, which was approved by the Maryland General Assembly on Tuesday, will prevent law enforcement authorities from arresting and charging child victims of sex trafficking or human trafficking with crimes they may have committed...
Louisiana State University (LSU) star forward Angel Reese called out Jill Biden’s “apology” after the first lady initially suggested that the Iowa Hawkeyes, the runner-ups of the NCAA Division I women’s basketball national championship game, should also get a White House visit. “If we were to lose, we would not be getting invited to the...
Former President Trump handed down his gratitude to his supporters, police officers and court attendants after his arraignment in New York, saying they represented the city well and calling them “great patriots.” “The great patriots inside and outside of the Courthouse on Tuesday were unbelievably nice, in fact, they couldn’t have been nicer,” Trump said...
For most of the 19th and early part of the 20th century, the British and Russian Empires engaged in elaborate political, economic, and diplomatic confrontations to control portions of Central Asia. Coined by British spy Arthur Conolly in 1840, the Great Game defined a power rivalry in Central Asia that represented the worst tendencies of...
Brandon Johnson secured the Chicago mayor's office on Tuesday, a big win for the city's teacher union, which backed the progressive against his more centrist opponent. The Democrat vs. Democrat runoff election was dominated by crime issues rather than schools, but Johnson is a former teacher and organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), giving...
A nearly century-old law banning abortion in Michigan was repealed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Wednesday. The 1931 law banned abortion, with no exceptions for rape or incest, and called for the prosecution of reproductive care providers. "Today, we're going to take action to ensure that our statutes, our laws reflect our values and...
Fox News morning host Steve Doocy admonished former President Trump for remarks attacking the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York. "It is a very bad look to attack the family," Doocy said during Wednesday's episode of "Fox and Friends." During his speech at Mar-a-Lago, Trump railed against what he said was the “Trump-hating”...