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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Arctic weather brought more misery to much of the U.S. on Saturday, especially for people unaccustomed to such bitter cold in places like Memphis, Tennessee, where residents were urged to boil water and some had no water at all after freezing temperatures broke water mains across the city. Temperatures weren’t expected […]
Early Black Friday sales data pointed to a healthy start to the holiday shopping season—at least online. Despite industry expectations for slowing retail sales growth overall this year, Adobe said Black Friday online sales in the U.S. reached a record $9.8 billion, a 7.5% year-over-year increase. The analytics firm expects . . .
Video: Migrant enounters at US-Mexico border are reaching record levels CNN Source link
Last month, India became the first country to put a spacecraft near the lunar south pole — breaking China’s record for the southernmost lunar landing. Now, the so-called father of China’s lunar exploration program, Ouyang Ziyuan, said claims about the accomplishment are overstated. Time reports: Ziyuan […] told the Chinese-language Science Times newspaper that the […]
After weeks of travel on dangerous roads and rugged trails, hundreds of Venezuelan migrants experienced a bittersweet moment Saturday when they reached Eagle Pass, Texas, on the US border with Mexico, only to encounter a thicket of barbed wire and armed soldiers. “Are we safe?” asked Karlen Ramirez, who was in tears after crossing the […]
Recently, the U.S. Labor Department saw a spike in unemployment benefit applications. The Associated Press reported the number of unemployment benefits applications was the most since October 2021. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of jobless claim applicants on June 3, 2023, was 261,000. The number increased by 28,000 compared to the […]
[1/2] U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits a U.N. Logistics Center Warehouse accompanied by USAID/Ethiopia Mission Director Sean Jones and Ethiopian Minister of Finance Ahmed Shide, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 15, 2023. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/Pool/File Photo Food diverted in ‘coordinated campaign’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has welcomed Venzuelan President Nicolas Maduro on an official visit, reaching out to yet another U.S. foe as the oil-rich kingdom engages in a flurry of diplomacy. Maduro arrived late Sunday in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, where he was greeted by Saudi officials, according to […]
Mortgage rates in the US rose to the highest level since November, ramping up the pressure on potential homebuyers. The average for a 30-year, fixed loan was 6.5%, up from 6.32% last week, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. That marks a third straight week of increases. Source link
The Justice Department saw the first acquittal of a Jan. 6 rioter on the felony obstruction charge. Joshua Black, of Alabama, was shot in the face by a police projectile while breaching the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Court documents show him with blood on the side of his face while in the Senate chamber. Afterward, he […]