Category Archives: World
Average US 30-year mortgage rate slips to 4.23 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates slid this week from their highest levels of 2017. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on 30-year, fixed-rate home loans fell to 4.23 per c...
Mar 23, 2017
US new home sales rise despite higher mortgage rates
WASHINGTON - Americans responded to higher mortgage rates by snapping up new homes in February at the fastest pace since July. New-home sales rose 6.1 per cent month-over-month to a seasonally adjuste...
Mar 23, 2017
'Town That Garbage Built' for sale in Pennsylvania for $1.5M
REDUCTION, Pa. - “The Town That Garbage Built” is up for sale. A family that has owned the Village of Reduction in Pennsylvania for nearly 70 years has decided to divest itself of the 75-a...
Mar 23, 2017
Car tries to ram Antwerp shopping area; security tightened
BRUSSELS - Belgian authorities tightened security Thursday in the port city of Antwerp after a Frenchman drove his car at high speed through a busy shopping area, forcing pedestrians to jump out of th...
Mar 23, 2017
Actress Naturi Naughton expecting first child
LOS ANGELES - Actress Naturi Naughton says she is expecting her first child in July. Naughton revealed the news to People magazine Wednesday. She confirmed it with a post on her Twitter page, saying s...
Mar 23, 2017
'Snooki' inspires bill to cap public university speaker fees
TRENTON, N.J. - Under legislation inspired by former “Jersey Shore” reality TV star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, no more than $10,000 of state money could go to pay speakers at New...
Mar 23, 2017
Greta Garbo's former NYC apartment on market for $5.95M
NEW YORK - Film legend Greta Garbo’s former longtime apartment in New York City is up for sale for nearly $6 million. The New York Times reports (http://nyti.ms/2nFMaXm ) that the Swedish-born s...
Mar 23, 2017
Israel arrests hacker linked to threats on US Jewish centres
JERUSALEM - A 19-year-old American-Israeli Jew was arrested Thursday as the prime suspect in a wave of bomb threats against U.S. Jewish community centres, a startling turn in a case that had stoked fe...
Mar 23, 2017
Applications for US jobless aid rise to still-low 258,000
WASHINGTON - More people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week, but applications are still at a low level that points to a healthy job market. THE NUMBERS: Weekly unemployment benefit applicatio...
Mar 23, 2017
Cardinal Keeler, who led Baltimore archdiocese, has died
CATONSVILLE, Md. - Cardinal William Keeler, who helped ease tensions between Catholics and Jews and headed the oldest Roman Catholic diocese in the U.S. for 18 years, died Thursday. He was 86. Archbis...
Mar 23, 2017
