WASHINGTON – Long-term mortgage rates rose this week to the highest level in months. Continue Reading Below Mortgage giant Freddie Mac says the rate on benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages hit 3.95 percent, up from 3.90 percent last week and highest since July. A year ago, it stood at 3.94 percent. […]
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Post-nuke debacle, utility wants to cut S. Carolina rates
CAYCE, S.C. – With customers angry that they’re still paying for a defunct multibillion-dollar nuclear reactor project, a co-owner of the South Carolina plant says it now wants to cut power rates and offer other givebacks. Continue Reading Below South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. incoming President Keller Kissam on […]
Walmart sees strong online sales lift third-quarter results
NEW YORK – A surging online business and strong food sales boosted Walmart’s results Thursday ahead of the holiday season, a day after its rival Target offered a cautious forecast that overshadowed progress it has made in bringing more customers to its stores. Continue Reading Below And Best Buy, the […]
Mugabe meets with army officer who placed him under house arrest
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was shown meeting Thursday with the army commander who put him under house arrest, as negotiations with a South African delegation and a Catholic priest at the state house pushed for a resolution to the political turmoil and the likely end to Mugabe’s […]
Grenfell Tower fire killed 71, police say
The Grenfell Tower fire killed a total of 71 people, London’s police said on Thursday after recovering and identifying all those believed to have died in the blaze. In June, London’s Metropolitan Police estimated that about 80 people had died in the fire, which started on June 14 just before […]
Wanted polygamist free after over a decade on the lam in Mexico
PHOENIX — A polygamist who fled to Mexico about 15 years ago with his wives and kids while facing child molestation charges in Arizona is now free after the charges were dropped months ago. Orson William Black Jr. was arrested by Mexican authorities in the northern state of Chihuahua and […]
Sen. Al Franken accused of groping, unwanted kissing
Last Updated Nov 16, 2017 12:04 PM EST Television host, sports broadcaster and model Leeann Tweeden says that Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota, “kissed and groped” her without consent while entertaining troops on a USO Tour in December 2006. Tweeden, a KABC radio news anchor, wrote in a post that among […]
Tipster cabbie says she drove psych hospital escapee
STOCKTON, Calif. – A strange conversation and a vigilant cabbie are the reasons escaped killer Randall Saito is behind bars Wednesday, reports CBS affiliate KGMB. Yellow Cab told reporters in California that Randall Saito, the “psychopathic” Hawaii State Hospital patient who escaped Sunday morning and flew to California — hours […]
Dick’s Sporting Goods Tempers Expectations With Q3 Results
Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) initially declined after the company reported its third quarter 2017 earnings. Results actually beat management’s guidance, but the outlook for the business in the year ahead kept a lid on optimism. Continue Reading Below Q3 by the numbers Metric Q3 2017 Increase (Decrease) […]
Divorcees warily eye GOP plan to cut alimony tax deduction
HARTFORD, Conn. – A congressional proposal to eliminate the tax deduction for alimony is generating concerns about higher taxes for men and less spousal support for women. That’s pushing some soon-to-be ex-spouses to try to get their cases resolved before the changes would take effect Jan. 1. Continue Reading Below […]