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Housing market faces 7% mortgage rates again—here’s what is really going on

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Between April 25 and September 11, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell from...

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Halloween 2024 is bringing the heat wave: Scary-warm weather could break...

This week, parents won’t have to worry too much about bundling up their little ones to stay warm while trick-or-treating. That’s because in addition to goblins, ghouls, and probably a lot of Taylor...

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‘Like, seriously, go vote’: Influencers are getting paid to court your vote

“I hypothetically was just offered a lot of money to endorse a political party. Like, millions,” internet personality Tana Mongeau told her podcast cohost last month. “Then I was being allegedly told...

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Bitcoin price closes in on all-time high, Dogecoin rallies as crypto meme...

Cryptocurrencies are skyrocketing just 7 days before the presidential election, and many people are wondering why. The answer, which should come as no surprise, is of course, Elon Musk. The reason is...

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Trump’s ‘Access Hollywood’ tape is making the rounds on TikTok

“Grab them by the p***y.” Thought that phrase was buried in the past? Think again. With the election on the horizon, the notorious conversation between former President Donald Trump and Billy Bush,...

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Why Sony killed the PS5 game ‘Concord’—and the entire studio that made it

Sony Interactive Studios is swinging the axe with a ferocity even God of War’s Kratos would have trouble matching. The video game company announced plans Tuesday to shut down two internal studios and...

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Amid backlash and fears, AI startups are quietly creeping into Hollywood

Keanu Reeves has fought machines on-screen. Now, his performances are teaching them.  In September, Lionsgate inked a deal with Runway, permitting the AI firm to train a new generative AI model on its...

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U.S. shippers are avoiding East Coast ports. Here’s why

U.S. shippers are steering clear of East and Gulf Coast ports amid worries the 45,000 dockworkers at those trade hubs will go on strike again if their union leader does not land a new contract with...

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Billions spent on swing state political ads is leaving voters frazzled

Libby Brouwer was so fed up with political advertisements interrupting her YouTube viewing in the battleground state of Michigan that she opted to pay $13.99 per month to go ad-free. And don’t get her...

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7 last-minute Halloween costume ideas inspired by memes and pop culture in 2024

Time flies and the next thing you know, Halloween is only a day away. If you have majorly procrastinated on your costume, never fear. Pop culture has your back as it contains a treasure trove of...

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Why the upcoming U.S. jobs report will be one of the most distorted in years

Four days before Election Day, the government will issue its final snapshot of hiring and unemployment in the United States after a presidential race in which voter perceptions of the economy have...

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Elon Musk wants you to submit medical data to his AI chatbot

Billionaire and X owner Elon Musk put out a call on his social media platform Tuesday for people to submit their medical scans to Grok, his AI chatbot. But experts are advising people to use caution...

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Why U.S. union steelworkers are optimistic about clean energy jobs 

The United Steelworkers union is counting on clean energy projects to spur membership growth, offsetting losses at oil refining and petrochemical plants, a union official said, even if Donald Trump...

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Court sides with Elon Musk over a 2018 dispute with the United Auto Workers

A federal agency was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post that union leaders saw as a threat to employee stock options, a sharply divided federal appeals court has...

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TGI Fridays list of closing restaurants keeps growing as store locator keeps...

In a continued wave of retail closures, TGI Fridays has significantly scaled back its U.S. presence. As of today, the casual restaurant chain has just 163 remaining locations, according to the store...

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JPMorgan Chase is suing customers over the viral check fraud scam

JPMorgan Chase has begun to file lawsuits against people that exploited the viral “infinite money glitch”—or committed check fraud—this summer.  In August, posts began circulating on social media...

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Google’s AI-aided cloud computing gains heat up the race against Amazon,...

Google-parent Alphabet’s breakout cloud sales in the July-September quarter bode well for top cloud providers Microsoft and Amazon.com, and signal that market for AI-aided computing power is only...

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DOT and Delta reveal plans for wheelchair-adaptive seats on planes

It’s been a long time coming, but air travel is about to get a little less complicated for travelers who use wheelchairs. This week, the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Federal Aviation...

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Arizona students just pressured the Tucson school district to pass an...

The Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) in Arizona just passed a bold climate action plan—and the effort was spearheaded by student activists. In a 3-2 vote Tuesday night, the TUSD board adopted a...

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The Harris campaign is running the biggest political ad of all time on the...

The single biggest ad of the election—ever, for that matter—is running in Las Vegas. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign is running the first-ever political ad on the Sphere, the gargantuan new...

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