Where homeowners are trapped by 74% mortgage cost hike from pandemic-era low rates
To uncover where homeowners feel most trapped in their mortgages, MoneyGeek analyzed data for over 312 metro areas across home values, historic…
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26 style trends that were popularized by hip-hop
Stacker compiled a list of 26 style trends that originated or were popularized in hip-hop with the help of The Museum at FIT and other…
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It's a bird. It's a plane. It's the police responding to a 911 call
The Marshall Project took a look at the increasing use of surveillance drones by police and the effect it is having on incident response time and…
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80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable—here's a closer look at maternal mortality in the US
Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to look at data from the CDC and learn more about the prevalence of preventable pregnancy-related deaths…
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Iran sentences 8 to prison over paramilitary’s death during last year’s nationwide protests
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has sentenced seven men and a woman to prison after their convictions over…
Continue Reading Construction platform at railroad bridge being built in India collapses, killing at least 26 workers
By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Police say that a construction platform at a railroad bridge being built in northeastern…
Continue Reading Bus veers off main highway to Nepal’s capital. At least 8 killed and many more injured
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A passenger bus veered off a key highway and crashed in Nepal, killing at least eight people and injuring many more. Police…
Continue Reading India lands a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, a first for the world as it joins elite club
By ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after Wall Street rally
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday after Wall Street rallied to its best day since June after…
Continue Reading Philippine supply boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in the hotly contested South China Sea
By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press ABOARD BRP CABRA (AP) — As a United States Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats…
Continue Reading As oil activities encroach on sacred natural sites, a small Ugandan community feels besieged
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press BULIISA, Uganda (AP) — Alex Wakitinti is worried about the sacred natural sites he tends in the large swath of…
Continue Reading Hawaii officials urge families of people missing after deadly fires to give DNA samples
By AUDREY McAVOY, GENE JOHNSON and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii are pleading with…
Continue Reading Four years into crisis, Lebanon’s leaders hope tourism boom will help bypass reforms in IMF bailout
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Four years into its historic economic meltdown, Lebanon’s political elites, masters at…
Continue Reading Voting extended after delays as Zimbabwe president known as ‘the crocodile’ seeks a second term
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Delays of up to 10 hours in mostly opposition strongholds have forced electoral officials…
Continue Reading How Ron DeSantis used Florida schools to become a culture warrior
By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer Ron DeSantis ’ path to national prominence started in Florida’s classrooms, where he harnessed culture war…
Continue Reading In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived
By REBECCA BOONE, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, CLAUDIA LAUER and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood,…
Continue Reading Tsai renews her pledge to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense during her visit to war memorial
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has renewed her pledge to strengthen Taiwan’s…
Continue Reading At least 1 person is dead and 2 are missing as Tropical Storm Franklin batters Dominican Republic
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin unleashed heavy…
Continue Reading MLK’s dream for America is one of the stars of the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The last part of the speech took less time to deliver than it takes to boil an egg, but “I Have…
Continue Reading Prosecutor says 3 men accused in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer wanted to start a civil war
By JOHN FLESHER and ED WHITE Associated Press BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor says three men accused in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen…
Continue Reading At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial…
Continue Reading At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off…
Continue Reading Allies say Guatemala election winner is a highly qualified peacebuilder, but opponent’s still silent
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Bernardo Arévalo’s experience in peacebuilding and…
Continue Reading Who takes advantage of Donald Trump’s absence and other things to watch in the Republican debate
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Eight presidential candidates will meet on the debate stage for the first time in…
Continue Reading Republican candidates fight each other, and mostly line up behind Trump, at the first debate
By SARA BURNETT, JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican presidential candidates vying to be the…
Continue Reading Thaksin moved from prison to a hospital less than a day after his return to Thailand from exile
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s divisive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been transferred from…
Continue Reading Chinese-backed port project in Peru to be the ‘gateway from South America to Asia,’ official says
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press CHANCAY, Peru (AP) — Dozens of cranes lift blocks weighing several tons and drop them to compact the soil of…
Continue Reading Thousands of discouraged migrants are stranded in Niger because of border closures following coup
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — After three months of crossing the desert and then watching other migrants die at sea in his…
Continue Reading Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks as Kyiv claims it took out a key S-400 missile defense system
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks early Wednesday, officials said, with Kyiv apparently…
Continue Reading A shooting outside a residence hall at Alabama A&M campus leaves 2 people injured
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Police say a shooting outside a residence hall at an Alabama college campus has left two people injured. A spokesperson for…
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